Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic flag.svg
Flag of the Olympic Movement
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Moscow
Competitors219 (149 men and 70 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Richard Palmer (official)
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
5
Silver
7
Bronze
9
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain , represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports. [1]

Contents

In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. There was a boycott of the opening ceremony with Britain being represented solely by the General Secretary of the British Olympic Association, Dick Palmer, carrying the Olympic flag, and no athletes being present. Furthermore, the Olympic flag was raised for the British medal winners in place of the Union Flag, and the Olympic anthem was played instead of God Save the Queen for the five gold medalists. [2] [3]

Medallists

Medals by discipline
Discipline Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Athletics 42410
Swimming 1315
Rowing 0123
Judo 0112
Boxing 0011
Total57921

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

In the third appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. Mark Blenkarne missed winning a medal in the men's competition by only three points, by far the most successful result for Great Britain since archery was returned to the Olympic schedule.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Drew McMaster 100 m 10.433 Q10.426Did not advance
Cameron Sharp 10.382 Q10.384 Q10.607Did not advance
Alan Wells 10.351 Q10.111 Q10.271 Q10.25Gold medal icon.svg
Mike McFarlane 200 m 21.434 q20.336Did not advance
Cameron Sharp 20.511 Q21.164 Q21.248Did not advance
Alan Wells 21.572 Q20.591 Q20.754 Q20.21Silver medal icon.svg
Alan Bell 400 m 47.484 Q46.174 Q48.508Did not advance
Glen Cohen 48.354 Q47.357Did not advance
David Jenkins 46.671 Q45.991 Q45.593 Q45.567
Sebastian Coe 800 m 1:48.51 Q1:46.71 Q1:45.9Silver medal icon.svg
Steve Ovett 1:49.41 Q1:46.61 Q1:45.4Gold medal icon.svg
David Warren 1:49.92 Q1:47.22 Q1:49.38
Sebastian Coe 1500 m 3:40.12 Q3:39.41 Q3:38.4Gold medal icon.svg
Steve Cram 3:44.14 Q3:43.64 Q3:42.08
Steve Ovett 3:36.81 Q3:43.11 Q3:39.0Bronze medal icon.svg
David Moorcroft 5000 m 13:43.05 Q13:52.89Did not advance
Nick Rose 13:44.73 Q13:40.65Did not advance
Barry Smith 13:46.37 q13:36.79Did not advance
Brendan Foster 10000 m 26:55.155 Q28:22.5411
Mike McLeod 28:57.272 Q28:40.7812
Geoff Smith 30:00.17Did not advance
Wilbert Greaves 110 m hurdles 13.854 Q13.986Did not advance
Mark Holtom 13.833 Q13.945Did not advance
Gary Oakes 400 m hurdles 50.393 Q50.073 Q49.11Bronze medal icon.svg
Roger Hackney 3000 m steeplechase 8:36.345 Q8:29.187Did not advance
Colin Reitz 8:35.214 Q8:29.758Did not advance
Tony Staynings 8:47.428 q8:52.3011Did not advance
Mike McFarlane
Alan Wells
Cameron Sharp
Drew McMaster
4 × 100 m relay 39.203 Q38.624
Alan Bell
Terry Whitehead
Rod Milne
Glen Cohen
4 × 400 m relay 3:05.92 QDNF
Dave Black Marathon DNF
Bernie Ford DNF
Ian Thompson DNF
Roger Mills 20 km walk 1:32:37.810
Ian Richards 50 km walk 4:22:5711
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mark Naylor High jump 2.211 Q2.219
Brian Hooper Pole vault 5.3510 q5.3511
Keith Connor Triple jump 16.576 Q16.874
Geoff Capes Shot put 19.758 Q20.505
Chris Black Hammer throw 66.7414Did not advance
Paul Dickenson 64.2215Did not advance
David Ottley Javelin throw 77.2014Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Bradley McStravick Result10.976.7413.531.9148.8015.2339.464.3057.984:31.0761615
Daley Thompson Result10.628.0015.182.0848.0114.4742.244.7064.164:39.98495Gold medal icon.svg
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Heather Hunte 100 m 11.403 Q11.253 Q11.364 Q11.348
Sonia Lannaman 11.583 Q11.202 Q11.385Did not advance
Kathy Smallwood 11.372 Q11.242 Q11.303 Q11.286
Beverley Goddard 200 m 22.973 Q22.734 Q22.726
Sonia Lannaman 22.843 Q22.824 Q22.808
Kathy Smallwood 22.951 Q22.653 Q22.615
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 400 m 52.241 Q51.476Did not advance
Linsey MacDonald 52.572 Q51.604 Q52.408
Michelle Probert 52.163 Q51.895Did not advance
Christina Boxer 800 m 2:02.14 Q2:00.98Did not advance
Janet Marlow 1500 m 4:15.99Did not advance
Lorna Boothe 100 m hurdles 13.866Did not advance
Shirley Strong 13.394 Q13.125Did not advance
Heather Hunte
Kathy Smallwood
Beverley Goddard
Sonia Lannaman
4 × 100 m relay 42.43Bronze medal icon.svg
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Louise Miller High jump 1.885 Q1.8511
Susan Hearnshaw Long jump 6.662 Q6.509
Sue Reeve 6.486 Q6.4610
Angela Littlewood Shot put 17.5313Did not advance
Meg Ritchie Discus throw 58.6610 Q61.169
Tessa Sanderson Javelin throw 48.769Did not advance
Fatima Whitbread 49.7410Did not advance
Combined events – Pentathlon
AthleteEvent 100H SP HJ LJ 800 mFinalRank
Judy Livermore Result13.5713.561.775.712:25.3430413
Sue Longden Result14.1011.471.746.092:19.6423415
Yvette Wray Result13.7812.011.655.602:39.7415916

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Keith Wallace Flyweight ByeFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Radu  (ROU)
L 1-4
Did not advance
Ray Gilbody Bantamweight Flag of Angola.svg  Almeida  (ANG)
W 5-0
Flag of Mexico.svg  Zaragoza  (MEX)
L 1-4
Did not advance
Peter Hanlon Featherweight Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Esparragoza  (VEN)
W 4-1
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Rybakov  (URS)
L 0-5
Did not advance
George Gilbody Lightweight ByeFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Siukoko  (ZAM)
L 1-4
Did not advance
Tony Willis Light welterweight Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Sodré  (BRA)
W 5-0
Flag of Sweden.svg  Odhiambo  (SWE)
W 5-0
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Lyimo  (TAN)
W KO
Olympic flag.svg  Oliva  (ITA)
L 0-5
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Joseph Frost Welterweight Flag of Laos.svg  Dao  (LAO)
L KO
Did not advance
Nick Wilshire Light middleweight ByeFlag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Perunović  (YUG)
W 3-2
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Koshkin  (URS)
L KO
Did not advance
Mark Kaylor Middleweight ByeFlag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Fonseca  (BRA)
W 4-1
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Silaghi  (ROU)
L 2-3
Did not advance
Andy Straughn Light heavyweight Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Kvachadze  (URS)
L RSC
Did not advance

Canoeing

Men
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
William Reichenstein C-1 500 metres 2:09.375 QS2:09.865Did not advance
William Reichenstein C-1 1000 metres 4:28.186 QS4:29.725Did not advance
Grayson Bourne K-1 500 metres 1:51.805 R1:47.391 Q1:48.344Did not advance
Douglas Parnham K-1 1000 metres 3:54.586 R4:06.966Did not advance
Christopher Ballard
Neil Robson
K-2 500 metres 1:40.337 R1:39.953 Q1:41.375Did not advance
Christopher Ballard
Neil Robson
K-2 1000 metres 3:28.953 QS3:40.314Did not advance
Stephen Brown
Douglas Parnham
Alan Williams
Steven Hancock
K-4 1000 metres 3:10.187 QS3:13.414Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lucy Perrett K-1 500 metres 2:03.095 QS2:03.732 Q2:04.898
Frances Wetherall
Lesley Smither
K-2 500 metres 1:53.255 QS1:53.123 Q1:52.768

Cycling

Road
AthleteEventTimeRank
John Herety Individual road race 4:57.3821
Neil Martin 5:09:0549
Joseph Waugh DNF
Jeff Williams 5:09:0547
Robert Downs
Des Fretwell
Steve Jones
Joseph Waugh
Team time trial 2:07:30.69
Track
AthleteEventTimeRank
Terrence Tinsley Track time trial 1:07.5429
AthleteEventRound 1RepechageRound 2Repechage1/8 FinalRepechageQuarter FinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Terrence Tinsley Sprint Olympic flag.svg  Cahard  (FRA)
R
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Musa  (ZIM)
11.62 Q
Olympic flag.svg  Dazzan  (ITA)
R
Flag of Guyana.svg  Joseph  (GUY)
DNF
Did not advanceN/A
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarter FinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sean Yates Individual pursuit 4:44.697Olympic flag.svg  Ørsted  (DEN)
4:41.39 R
Did not advanceN/A
Tony Doyle
Malcolm Elliott
Glen Mitchell
Sean Yates
Team pursuit 4:19.735 QFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
4:23.45 R
Did not advanceN/A

Diving

AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Christopher Snode Men's 3 metre springboard 557.105 Q844.4706
Martyn Brown Men's 10 metre platform 380.9119Did not advance
Christopher Snode 468.219Did not advance
Alison Drake Women's 3 metre springboard 368.0120Did not advance
Deborah Jay 362.7322Did not advance
Lindsey Fraser Women's 10 metre platform 277.0815Did not advance
Marion Saunders 290.8214Did not advance

Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual

Team:

Rowing

Men's Single scull

  • (→ 6th place)

Men's Double scull

  • (→ 4th place)

Men's Coxless pair

  • (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed pair

  • (→ 9th place)

Men's Coxless four

  • (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed four

  • (→ 7th place)

Men's Eight

  • (→ Silver)

Women's Single scull

  • (→ 5th place)

Women's Double scull

  • (→ 7th place)

Women's Coxed four

  • (→ 6th place)

Women's Eight

  • (→ 5th place)

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heats 52.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heats 1:54.17 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats 1:55.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Final 55.42 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Final 2:01.20 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Final 2:02.27 (→ 4th place)
  • Final 2:02.93 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Final 1:03.44 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Heats 1:06.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Final 2:20.92 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Final 58.38 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Final 2:04.23 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Final 7:30.81 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Final 3:47.71 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
Women's Competition

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Final 2:03.15 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Final 1:02.21 (→ 4th place)
  • Final 1:02.90 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Final 2:14.83 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heats 1:12.38
  • Final 1:11.48 (→ 4th place)
  • Heats 1:12.83
  • Final 1:12.11 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heats 4:52.38
  • Final 4:46.83 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Heats 5:03.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Final 3:51.71 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Final 4:12.24 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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