| Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ZIM |
| NOC | Zimbabwe Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Moscow | |
| Competitors | 42 (23 men and 19 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Abel Nkhoma [1] |
| Medals Ranked 23rd |
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| 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]
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:
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]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Zephaniah Ncube | 5000 m | 14:06.7 | 10 | did not advance | |||||
| Kenias Tembo | 10000 m | 30:53.8 | 10 | did not advance | |||||
| Tapfumaneyi Jonga | Marathon | — | 2:47.17 | 51 | |||||
| Abel Nkhoma | — | 2:53:35 | 53 | ||||||
| Laswell Ngoma | — | DNS | |||||||
Three cyclists represented Zimbabwe in 1980.
Men's Springboard
Men's Platform
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]
| Rk | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 |  Zimbabwe | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 |
 |  Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
 |  Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 |  India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 |  Austria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 6 |  Poland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
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Men's 100m Freestyle
Men's 200m Freestyle
Men's 100m Butterfly
Women's 100m Freestyle
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Women's 200m Breaststroke
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Austria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 83 competitors, 64 men and 19 women, took part in 51 events in 16 sports.
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Zimbabwe competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 38 events in 10 sports.
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Hong Kong competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 38 competitors, 28 men and 10 women, took part in 39 events in 11 sports.
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Portugal competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Zimbabwe competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. This was the fifth time that Zimbabwe had competed at an Olympic Games with the first three as Rhodesia. 15 competitors, 12 men and 3 women, took part in 18 events in 5 sports.
Zimbabwe competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Guatemala competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 24 competitors, 20 men and 4 women, took part in 40 events in 9 sports.
Tapfumaneyi Jonga is a Zimbabwean long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Kenias Tembo is a Zimbabwean long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
