Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

In the third appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. Mark Blenkarne missed winning a medal in the men's competition by only three points, by far the most successful result for Great Britain since archery was returned to the Olympic schedule.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Gillian Patterson — 2216 points (→ 22nd place)
• Christine Harris — 2187 points (→ 25th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Mark Blenkarne — 2446 points (→ 4th place)
• Dennis Savory — 2407 points (→ 13th place)

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

• Allan Wells

• Heat — 10.35
• Quarterfinals — 10.11
• Semifinals — 10.27
• Final — 10.25 (→ Gold Medal)

• Cameron Sharp

• Heat — 10.38
• Quarterfinals — 10.38
• Semifinals — 10.60 (→ did not advance)

• Drew McMaster

• Heat — 10.43
• Quarterfinals — 10.42 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Steve Ovett

• Heat — 1:49.4
• Semifinals — 1:46.6
• Final — 1:45.4 (→ Gold Medal)

• Sebastian Coe

• Heat — 1:48.5
• Semifinals — 1:46.7
• Final — 1:45.9 (→ Silver Medal)

• Dave Warren

• Heat — 1:49.9
• Semifinals — 1:47.2
• Final — 1:49.3 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Sebastian Coe

• Heat — 3:40.1
• Semifinals — 3:39.4
• Final — 3:38.4 (→ Gold Medal)

• Steve Ovett

• Heat — 3:36.8
• Semifinals — 3:43.1
• Final — 3:39.0 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Steve Cram

• Heat — 3:44.1
• Semifinals — 3:43.6
• Final — 3:41.0 (→ 8th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Brendan Foster

• Heat — 28:55.2
• Final — 28:22.6 (→ 11th place)

• Mike McLeod

• Heat — 28:57.3
• Final — 28:40.8 (→ 12th place)

• Geoff Smith

• Heat — 30:00.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Dave Black

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Bernie Ford

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Ian Thompson

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Alan Bell, Terry Whitehead, Rod Milne, and Glen Cohen

• Heat — 3:05.9
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Wilbert Greaves

• Heat — 13.85
• Semifinals — 13.98 (→ did not advance)

• Mark Holtom

• Heat — 13.83
• Semifinals — 13.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Gary Oakes

• Heat — 50.39
• Semifinals — 50.07
• Final — 49.11 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Colin Reitz

• Heat — 8:35.3
• Semifinals — 8:29.8 (→ did not advance)

• Roger Hackney

• Heat — 8:36.4
• Semifinals — 8:29.2 (→ did not advance)

• Tony Staynings

• Heat — 8:47.5
• Semifinals — 8:52.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Brian Hooper

• Qualification — 5.35 m
• Final — 5.35 m (→ 11th place)

Men's High Jump

• Mark Naylor

• Qualification — 2.21 m
• Final — 2.21 m (→ 9th place)

Men's triple jump

• Keith Connor

• Qualification — 16.57 m
• Final — 16.87 m (→ 4th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Geoff Capes

• Qualification — 19.75 m
• Final — 20.50 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• David Ottley

• Qualification — 77.20 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Chris Black

• Qualification — 66.74 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

• Paul Dickenson

• Qualification — 64.22 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Daley Thompson

• Final — 8495 points (→ Gold Medal)

• Bradley McStravick

• Final — 7616 points (→ 15th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Roger Mills

• Final — 1:32:37.8 (→ 10th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Ian Richards

• Final — 4:22:57 (→ 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres

• Kathy Smallwood-Cook

• Heat — 11.37
• Quarterfinals — 11.24
• Semifinals — 11.30
• Final — 11.28 (→ 6th place)

• Heather Hunte-Oakes

• Heat — 11.40
• Quarterfinals — 11.25
• Semifinals — 11.36
• Final — 11.34 (→ 8th place)

• Sonia Lannaman

• Heat — 11.58
• Quarterfinals — 11.20
• Semifinals — 11.38 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Christina Boxer-Cahill

• Heat — 2:02.1
• Semifinals — 2:00.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Janet Marlow

• Heat — 4:15.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Shirley Strong

• Heat — 13.39
• Semifinal — 13.12 (→ did not advance)

• Lorna Boothe

• Heat — 13.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Louise Miller

• Qualification — 1.88 m
• Final — 1.85 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Susan Hearnskaw

• Qualification — 6.66 m
• Final — 6.50 m (→ 9th place)

• Sue Reeve

• Qualifying Round — 6.48 m
• Final — 6.46 m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Meg Ritchie

• Qualification — 58.66 m
• Final — 61.16 m (→ 9th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Tessa Sanderson

• Qualification — 48.76 m (→ did not advance)

• Fatima Whitbread

• Qualification — 47.44 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Angela Littlewood

• Final — 17.53 m (→ 13th place)

Women's Pentathlon

• Judy Livermore — 4304 points (→ 13th place)
  1. 100 metres — 13.57 s
  2. Shot Put — 13.56 m
  3. High Jump — 1.77 m
  4. Long Jump — 5.71 m
  5. 800 metres — 2:25.30
• Susan Longden — 4234 points (→ 15th place)
  1. 100 metres — 14.10 s
  2. Shot Put — 11.47 m
  3. High Jump — 1.74 m
  4. Long Jump — 6.09 m
  5. 800 metres — 2:19.60
• Yvette Wray — 4159 points (→ 16th place)
  1. 100 metres — 13.78 s
  2. Shot Put — 12.01 m
  3. High Jump — 1.65 m
  4. Long Jump — 5.60 m
  5. 800 metres — 2:15.90

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Keith Wallace
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Daniel Radu (Romania) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Raymond Gilbody
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated João Luis de Almeida (Angola) on points (5-0)
  3. Third Round — Lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) on points (1-4)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Peter Joseph Hanlon
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Antonio Esparragoza (Venezuela) on points (4-1)
  3. Third Round — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• George Gilbody
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Blackson Siukoko (Zambia) on points (4-1)
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) on points (5-0)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Anthony Willis → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Jaime Soares França (Brazil) on points (5-0)
  2. Second Round — Defeated Shadrach Odhiambo (Sweden) on points (5-0)
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated William Lyimo (Tanzania) after knock-out in third round
  4. Semi Finals — Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) on points (0-5)

Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual road race

• John Herety
• Jeff Williams
• Neil Martin
• Joseph Waugh

Team time trial

• Robert Downs
• Des Fretwell
• Steve Jones
• Joseph Waugh

Sprint

• Terrence Tinsley

1000m time trial

• Terrence Tinsley

Individual pursuit

• Sean Yates

Team pursuit

• Tony Doyle
• Malcolm Elliott
• Glen Mitchell
• Sean Yates

Men's Springboard

• Christopher Snode

• Preliminary Round — 557.10 points (→ 5th place)
• Final — 844.470 points (→ 6th place)

Men's Platform

• Christopher Snode

• Preliminary Round — 468.21 points (→ 9th place, did not advance)

• Martyn Brown

• Preliminary Round — 380.91 points (→ 19th place, did not advance)

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980.

Men's foil

• Pierre Harper
• Rob Bruniges

Men's team foil

• John Llewellyn, Steven Paul, Rob Bruniges, Pierre Harper

Men's épée

• Steven Paul
• John Llewellyn
• Neal Mallett

Men's team épée

• Steven Paul, John Llewellyn, Neal Mallett, Rob Bruniges

Men's sabre

• Mark Slade

Women's foil

• Ann Brannon
• Linda Ann Martin
• Susan Wrigglesworth

Women's team foil

• Susan Wrigglesworth, Ann Brannon, Wendy Ager-Grant, Linda Ann Martin, Hilary Cawthorne

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual

• Robert Nightingale — 5,168 pts, 15th place
• Peter Whiteside — 5,085 pts, 21st place
• Nigel Clark — 4,809 pts, 33rd place

Team:

• Nightingale, Whiteside and Clark — 15,062pts, 8th place

Men's Single scull

• Hugh Matheson

• (→ 6th place)

Men's Double scull

• Jim Clark, Chris Baillieu

• (→ 4th place)

Men's Coxless pair

• Malcolm Carmichael, Charles Wiggin

• (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed pair

• N Christie, J Macleod, D Webb

• (→ 9th place)

Men's Coxless four

• John Beattie, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, Martin Cross

• (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed four

• Lenny Robertson, C Seymour, J Roberts, G A Rankine, A F Inns

• (→ 7th place)

Men's Eight

• Henry Clay, Andrew Justice, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, John Pritchard, Richard Stanhope, Allan Whitwell, Colin Moynihan

• (→ Silver)

Women's Single scull

• B Mitchell

• (→ 5th place)

Women's Double scull

• S Hanscombe, A Ayling

• (→ 7th place)

Women's Coxed four

• P Janson, B Buckley, P Bird-Hart, J Cross, S Brown

• (→ 6th place)

Women's Eight

• G Hodges, J Toch, P Sweet, L Clark, E Paton, R Clugston, N Boyes, B Jones, P Wright

• (→ 5th place)

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Mark Taylor

• Heats — 52.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Martin Smith

• Heats — 1:54.17 (→ did not advance)

• Kevin Lee

• Heats — 1:55.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Gary Abraham

• Final — 55.42 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Philip Hubble

• Final — 2:01.20 (→ Silver Medal)

• Peter Morris

• Final — 2:02.27 (→ 4th place)

• Stephen Poulter

• Final — 2:02.93 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Duncan Goodhew

• Final — 1:03.44 (→ Gold Medal)

• Leigh Atkinson

• Heats — 1:06.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Duncan Goodhew

• Final — 2:20.92 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Gary Abraham

• Final — 58.38 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Douglas Campbell

• Final — 2:04.23 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Douglas Campbell, Philip Hubble, Martin Smith, and Andrew Astbury

• Final — 7:30.81 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew, David Lowe, and Martin Smith

• Final — 3:47.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Competition

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• June Croft

• Final — 2:03.15 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Ann Osgerby

• Final — 1:02.21 (→ 4th place)

• Janet Osgerby

• Final — 1:02.90 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Ann Osgerby

• Final — 2:14.83 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Margaret Kelly

• Heats — 1:12.38
• Final — 1:11.48 (→ 4th place)

• Susannah Brownsdon

• Heats — 1:12.83
• Final — 1:12.11 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Sharron Davies

• Heats — 4:52.38
• Final — 4:46.83 (→ Silver Medal)

• Sarah Kerswell

• Heats — 5:03.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Sharron Davies, Kaye Lovatt, Jacquelina Willmott, and June Croft

• Final — 3:51.71 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Helen Jameson, Margaret Kelly, Ann Osgerby, and June Croft

• Final — 4:12.24 (→ Silver Medal)