India at the 1980 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

India at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websitewww.olympic.ind.in
in Moscow
Competitors76 (58 men, 18 women)
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Gold Vasudevan Baskaran (captain) Hockey Men's team July 20 – 31, 1980

Field Hockey

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

  • Subramanian Perumal
  • Heat — 22.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:49.8
  • Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:55.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat — 29:45.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:22:08 (→ 31st place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Shot Put

  • Bahadur Singh Chauhan
  • Qualification — 17.05 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:38:27.2 (→ 18th place)

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat — 12.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:06.6 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (65-121)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (65-133)
  • Lost to Brazil (64-137)
  • Semi Final Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Poland (67-113)
  • Lost to Senegal (59-81)
  • Lost to Sweden (63-119)
  • Lost to Australia (75-93) → 12th place
  • Team Roster:

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Thapa Birender Singh
    1. First Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Amala Dass
    1. First Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (0-5)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round
  • India defeated Tanzania 18-0
  • India drew Poland 2-2
  • India drew Spain 2-2
  • India defeated Cuba 13-0
  • India defeated Soviet Union 4-2
  • Final
  • India defeated Spain 4-3 → Gold Medal

Women's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Austria (2-0)
  • Defeated Poland (4-0)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-2)
  • Drew with Zimbabwe (1-1)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → 4th place
  • Team Roster:
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