Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Zimbabwe at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
IOC code ZIM
NOC Zimbabwe Olympic Committee
Website www.zoc.co.zw
in Moscow
Competitors42 (23 men and 19 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Abel Nkhoma [1]
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Zimbabwe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union capital, Moscow. The nation, previously known as Rhodesia, had competed at three Games under that name. 42 competitors, 23 men and 19 women, took part in 30 events in 10 sports. [2]

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Archery

Zimbabwe was represented by one archer in the Archery at the 1980 Olympics, with him making his only appearance in the Olympics. In the competition David Campbell Milne finished in 34th place outscored four archers. [4]

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Zimbabwe was represented by five male athletes in the athletics at the 1980 Olympics, Zephaniah Ncube who at the time was 23 competed in his first Olympics. [6]

Kenias Tembo competed in the 10,000 meters in what would be his only Olympics. [7] In his heat, he would finish in 10th place which didn't get him through to the final as the top 4 got through to the final automatically with the next best three getting in. [8]

Zimbabwe entered three in the marathon, with two of them finishing. The youngest of the three, Tapfumaneyi Jonga who would compete at the shorter events in the next Olympics finished the highest as he finished in 51st place with the gap to first place being over thirty-five minutes. [9] Six minutes behind was Abel Nkhoma who was the last runner to finish in the marathon. [10]

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Zephaniah Ncube 5000 m 14:06.710did not advance
Kenias Tembo 10000 m 30:53.810did not advance
Tapfumaneyi Jonga Marathon —2:47.1751
Abel Nkhoma —2:53:3553
Laswell Ngoma—DNS

Cycling

Three cyclists represented Zimbabwe in 1980.

Individual road race
Sprint
1000m time trial

Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 416.67 points (→ 24th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 356.76 points (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Hockey

After the boycott the committee sent out invitations for other nations to join the women's competition. Zimbabwe agreed to the invitation and in their only appearance in the Olympic hockey to date, they would take out the gold medal as they shocked the whole world in taking it out. [11] Sport historian Cathy Harris called this result a "fairytale" [12] as the nation wouldn't get another medal until the 2004 Summer Olympics. [13]

Women's Team Competition

Team roster
RkTeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 53201348
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 53111057
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 53021156
4Flag of India.svg  India 5212965
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52036114
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 50050180
25 July
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg0 – 4Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
27 July
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg2 – 2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
28 July
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg0 – 2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
30 July
India  Flag of India.svg1 – 1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
31 July
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1 – 4Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1:56.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heats — 56.15 (→ advance to semi)
  • Semi Final — 56.35 (→ 5th place did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1:03.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heats — 1:18.81 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heats — 2:48.86 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

References

  1. ↑ "Abel Nkhoma". olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Zimbabwe at the 1980 Moscow Olympics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Zimbabwe at the 1980 Moscow Olympics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Men's Archery". Sports Reference . Retrieved 18 October 2016.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Men's Archery". Sports Reference . Retrieved 18 October 2016.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Zephaniah Ncube". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Kenias Tembo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Men's 10000 Metres Round 1". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Tapfumaneyi Jonga". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Men's Marathon" . Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Harris, Cathy (11 May 2008). "Caught in Time: Zimbabwe win hockey gold, 1980 Moscow Olympics". The Sunday Times . London. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  12. ↑ Harris 2008.
  13. ↑ "Coventry sparkles in forgettable year". 30 July 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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