1980 Summer Olympics medal table

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union from 19 July to 3 August. A total of 5,179 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 203 events from 22 different sports and disciplines.[1] They were the first Games to be staged in a communist nation.[2]

66 countries[3] participated in a boycott against these Games as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[4] Athletes from fifteen boycotting countries (not included in the list of 66 countries that boycotted the games entirely) still competed, albeit without official support[5] or against opposition[6] from their governments. In the opening ceremony, they marched under the Olympic flag,[7] which was also used with the Olympic Hymn at medal ceremonies to replace the respective national flags and anthems. One country—New Zealand—competed under the flag of their association, the NZOCGA.[8] Some of the teams who marched under flags other than their national flags were depleted by boycotts by individual athletes,[9] and others did not march at all.

Of the eighty participating nations, the smallest number since 1956,[10] eight nations made their first appearance at this Games – Angola, Botswana, Cyprus, Laos, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Seychelles.[11] None of these nations won a medal. Whilst competitors from 36 countries became Olympic medalists, the great majority of the medals were taken by the host country and East Germany in what was the most skewed medal tally since 1904.[12] Despite only being invited to compete five weeks prior to the opening ceremony, Zimbabwe won a surprise gold medal in the new Olympic sport of women's field hockey.[13] The Soviet Union's Aleksandr Dityatin became the first athlete to win eight medals at a single Games, with three gold, four silver and a bronze medal.[6] In rowing, the winners of both the gold and silver medals in the coxless pairs were identical twins.[13] Tanzania and Guyana won their first ever Olympic medals.

Medal table

East German swimmers Cornelia Polit (left) Rica Reinisch (center) and Birgit Treiber (right), who swept the 200 metre backstroke.[14]

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

In boxing and judo two bronze medals were awarded in each weight class. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.[15][16]

  *   Host nation (Soviet Union)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)*806946195
2 East Germany (GDR)473742126
3 Bulgaria (BUL)8161741
4 Cuba (CUB)87520
5 Italy (ITA)83415
6 Hungary (HUN)7101532
7 Romania (ROU)661325
8 France (FRA)65314
9 Great Britain (GBR)57921
10 Poland (POL)3141532
11 Sweden (SWE)33612
12 Finland (FIN)3148
13 Czechoslovakia (TCH)23914
14 Yugoslavia (YUG)2349
15 Australia (AUS)2259
16 Denmark (DEN)2125
17 Brazil (BRA)2024
 Ethiopia (ETH)2024
19 Switzerland (SUI)2002
20 Spain (ESP)1326
21 Austria (AUT)1214
22 Greece (GRE)1023
23 Belgium (BEL)1001
 India (IND)1001
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1001
26 North Korea (PRK)0325
27 Mongolia (MGL)0224
28 Tanzania (TAN)0202
29 Mexico (MEX)0134
30 Netherlands (NED)0123
31 Ireland (IRL)0112
32 Uganda (UGA)0101
 Venezuela (VEN)0101
34 Jamaica (JAM)0033
35 Guyana (GUY)0011
 Lebanon (LIB)0011
Totals (36 nations)204204223631


See also

References

General

  • Kubatko, Justin. "1980 Moskava Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
Specific
  1. ↑ "Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. ↑ John E. Findling. Historical dictionary of the modern Olympics. Google Books. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Olympic Boycott, 1980". state.gov. U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Bilderberg meeting report Aachen, 1980. Accessed 20 August 2010. Archived 19 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "1980 Moscow Olympics boycott". nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  6. 1 2 "British Olympic Association: Moscow 1980". olympics.org.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  7. ↑ Barukh Ḥazan. Olympic sports and propaganda games: Moscow 1980. Google Books. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  8. ↑ A. C. Wilson. New Zealand and the Soviet Union, 1950–1991: a brittle relationship. Google Books. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  9. ↑ For example, the New Zealand national team
  10. ↑ Brian Murphy. "Sting remains from boycotted 1980 Games". idahostatesman.com. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  11. ↑ "40 Years of Summer Olympic Cities". cnbc.com. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  12. ↑ Moscow 1980 Olympic Games. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition: http://www.library.ebonline.com/eb/article-9098213
  13. 1 2 The Olympics: Athens to Athens 1896–2004. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-84382-6.
  14. ↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Swimming at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games:Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  15. ↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Boxing at the 1980 Moskava Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  16. ↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Judo at the 1980 Moskava Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
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