Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics Last updated August 25, 2025
Sporting event delegation
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , USSR . 209 competitors, 162 men and 47 women, took part in 114 events in 21 sports. [ 1]
Archery In its first appearance in the Olympic archery competition, Czechoslovakia sent two women and one man. Zdeňka Padevětová earned a fourth-place finish. Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
František Hadaš — 2305 points (→ 24th place) Athletics Men's 1,500 metres
Jozef Plachý Heat — 3:44.4 Semifinals — 3:40.4 Final — 3:40.7 (→ 6th place) Men's 5,000 metres
Jiří Sýkora Heat — 13:43.1 Semi Final — 13:31.0 Final — 13:25.0 (→ 9th place) Men's 10,000 metres
Men's Marathon
Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay
Men's 110 m Hurdles
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Dušan Moravčík Heat — 8:33.4 Semifinals — 8:28.0 Final — 8:29.1 (→ 10th place) Men's Long Jump
Men's Discus Throw
Imrich Bugár Qualification — 65.08 m Final — 66.38 m (→ Silver Medal ) Men's Hammer Throw
Jiří Chamrád Qualification — 69.38 m Final Round — 68.16 m (→ 12th place) Men's Shot Put
Jaromír Vlk Qualification — 19.69 m Final — 20.24 m (→ 7th place) Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Women's Long Jump
Women's Discus Throw
Women's Shot Put
Women's Pentathlon
Marcela Koblasová — 4328 points (→ 11th place) 100 metres — 14.10s Shot Put — 13.42m High Jump — 1.71m Long Jump — 6.15m 800 metres — 2:20.30 Basketball Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Lost to Brazil (70-72) Defeated India (133–65) Lost to Soviet Union (83-99) Second Round (Group B) Lost to Australia (86-91) Defeated Sweden (83-61) Lost to Poland (84-88) Defeated Senegal (88-72) → 9th place Team Roster : Boxing Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Men's team competition All matches were played at the Kirov Stadium in Leningrad except where noted.
July 21, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Colombia 3-0 (2-0) July 23, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Nigeria 1-1 (1-0) July 25, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Kuwait 0-0 (0-0) Final standings With four points each (one win and two draws), Czechoslovakia and Kuwait qualified for the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals July 27, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Cuba 4-0 (4-0) Semifinals July 29, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 2-0 (2-0) at Dynamo Stadium , Moscow Final August 2, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - East Germany 1-0 (0-0) Loujniki Stadium, Moscow Handball Women's Tournament
Hockey Women's team competition Preliminary Round Robin Lost to Soviet Union (0-2) Drew with Zimbabwe (2-2) Defeated India (2-1) Defeated Austria (5-0) Defeated Poland (1-0) → Silver Medal Team Roster : Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Kadlec, Bártů, and Starnovský — 15339 pts, 6th place Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle
Men's 400m Freestyle
Men's 100m Backstroke
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Volleyball Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) Lost to Italy (2-3) Lost to Bulgaria (0-3) Defeated Cuba (3-2) Classification Matches 5th/8th place : Lost to Brazil (0-3)7th/8th place : Lost to Cuba (1-3) → 8th place Team Roster Head coaches : Pavel Schenk and Zdeněk Václavík References
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