Guyana at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Guyana at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code GUY
NOC Guyana Olympic Association
in Moscow
Competitors 8 (7 men, 1 women) in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Guyana competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. They won their first, and only Olympic medal to date during these games. Eight competitors, seven men and one woman, took part in ten events in three sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzeMichael AnthonyBoxingBantamweightJuly 31

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat — 10.34
  • Quarterfinals — 10.26
  • Semifinals — 10.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat — 11.79 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.44 m
  • Final — 6.10 m (→ 13th place)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Michael Anthony → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Nureni Gbadamosi (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
    3. Third Round — Defeated Fayez Zaghloul (Syria) on points (3-2)
    4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) after referee stopped contest in second round
    5. Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Fitzroy Brown
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Abilio Almeida Cabral (Angola) on points (5-0)
    3. Third Round — Lost to Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (0-5)


Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Guyana in 1980.

Sprint
1000m time trial

References

  1. ↑ "Guyana at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.


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