USGF International Invitational 1980

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The USGF International Invitational was a gymnastics tournament organized by the U.S. Gymnastics Federation (USGF) in Hartford, Connecticut as part of the U.S.-led 1980 Olympic boycott. Competitors were invited from nations not competing in the 1980 Olympic tournament in Moscow. Participants came from Japan, China, the USA, Switzerland, West Germany, Italy, Norway, Korea, Canada, New Zealand and Israel. Similar events in other Olympic sports included the Liberty Bell Classic in athletics.

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Results

Men's Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual all-aroundFlag of Japan.svg  Nobuyuki Kajitani  (JPN)58.30Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Yuejiu  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tong Fei  (CHN)		58.20none awarded–
FloorFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Yuejiu  (CHN)19.800Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tong Fei  (CHN)19.550Flag of the United States.svg  Ron Galimore  (USA)19.500
Pommel horseFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tong Fei  (CHN)19.450Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Yubin  (CHN)19.350Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Kyoji Yamawaki  (URS)19.300
VaultFlag of the United States.svg  Ron Galimore  (USA)19.800Flag of Japan.svg  Kyoji Yamawaki  (JPN)19.550Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tong Fei  (CHN)19.475
RingsFlag of Japan.svg  Nobuyuki Kajitani  (JPN)19.600Flag of Japan.svg  Kyoji Yamawaki  (JPN)19.550Flag of the United States.svg  Ron Galimore  (USA)19.500
Parallel barsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cai Huanzong  (CHN)19.750Flag of Japan.svg  Nobuyuki Kajitani  (JPN)19.650Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Yuejiu  (CHN)19.450
Horizontal barFlag of Japan.svg  Junichi Kitagawa  (JPN)19.600Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tong Fei  (CHN)19.550Flag of the United States.svg  Mitch Gaylord  (USA)19.500

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual all-aroundFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Cuiling  (CHN)38.800Flag of the United States.svg  Marcia Frederick  (USA)38.600Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yongyan  (CHN)38.350
VaultFlag of the United States.svg  Marcia Frederick  (USA)19.175Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Cuiling  (CHN)19.025Flag of the United States.svg  Lisa Zeis  (USA)19.000
Uneven barsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Zheng  (CHN)19.600Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yongyan  (CHN)19.500Flag of the United States.svg  Marcia Frederick  (USA)18.950
Balance beamFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Yanhong  (CHN)19.700Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Cuiling  (CHN)19.300Flag of the United States.svg  Marcia Frederick  (USA)18.950
FloorFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wen Jia  (CHN)19.750Flag of the United States.svg  Lynne Lederer  (USA)19.650Flag of the United States.svg  Kelly Garrison  (USA)19.450
US women's team posing with Nancy Reagan in 1981 1980 US Women's gymnastics team White House.jpg
US women's team posing with Nancy Reagan in 1981

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