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Australia competed at the ''' 1980 Summer Olympics ''' in Moscow under the IOC Country Code AUS. It was the nineteenth appearance of the nation from Oceania, being one of only three nations to have participated in every Summer Olympics to that time. This included two times that Australia competed as part of a combined team with New Zealand .


AMERICAN-LED BOYCOTT OF THE 1980 SUMMER OLYMPICS

Although Australia did not officially participate in the boycott led by the United States, athletes were encouraged to boycott by the government, and Australia competed under the Olympic Flag .

The following are some of the more notable athletes or teams who chose to boycott the games:


MEDALS


Gold



Silver



Bronze





RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

In the third Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and one man. Carole Toy , a veteran of the 1972 Games , repeated her 15th place performance despite shooting 20 points lower.


Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:



Basketball


Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C):
  • Lost to Cuba (76-83)

  • Defeated Italy (84-77)

  • Defeated Sweden (64-55)

    • Classification Round (Group B):

  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (91-86)

  • Lost to Poland (74-101)

  • Defeated Senegal (95-64)

  • Defeated India (93-75) → 8th place



Team Roster:




Boxing

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)


Modern Pentathlon

Men's individual competition:



Diving

Men's Springboard
  • Stephen Foley

  • Preliminary Round — 521.82 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)


Men's Platform
  • Stephen Foley

  • Preliminary Round — 427.44 points (→ 16th place, did not advance)





Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle
  • Neil Brooks

  • Qualifying Heat — 51,11 (2nd)

  • Semi-Finals — 52,70 (→ did not advance)

  • Graeme Brewer

  • Qualifying Heat — 52,59 (4th)

  • Semi-Finals — 51,91 (3rd)

  • Final — 52,22 (→ 8th place)

  • Mark Tonelli

  • Qualifying Heat — 52,04 (3rd)

  • Semi-Finals — 52,17 (5th, did not advance)


Men's 200m Freestyle
  • Graeme Brewer

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.51,92 (2nd)

  • Final — 1.51,60 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Ron McKeon

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.52,66

  • Final — 1.52,60 (→ 5th place)


Men's 400m Freestyle
  • Graeme Brewer

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.57,19 (→ did not advance)

  • Max Metzker

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.54,79 (2nd)

  • Final — 3.56,87 (→ 7th place)

  • Ron McKeon

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.56,77 (2nd)

  • Final — 3.57,00 (→ 8th place)


Men's 1.500m Freestyle
  • Max Metzker

  • Qualifying Heat &mdashl 15.21,63 (3rd)

  • Final — 15.14,49 (→ Bronze Medal)


Men's 200m Butterfly
  • Paul Moorfoot

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.05,69 (5th, did not advance)


Men's 100m Breaststroke
  • Peter Evans

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (2nd)

  • Final — 1.03,96 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Lindsay Spencer

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.04,78 (3rd)

  • Final — 1.05,04 (→ 6th place)


Men's 200m Breaststroke
  • Lindsay Spencer

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.21,08 (2nd)

  • Final — 2.19,68 (→ 5th place)

  • Peter Evans

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.26,62 (4th, did not advance)


Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Mark Tonelli

  • Qualifying Heat — 58,66 (1st)

  • Semi Final — 57,89 (2nd)

  • Final — 57,98 (→ 7th place)

  • Mark Kerry

  • Qualifying Heat — 58,08 (3rd)

  • Semi Final — 58,07 (3rd, did not advance)

  • Glenn Patching

  • Qualifying Heat — 58,30 (1st)

  • Semi Final — 1.00,31 (8th, did not advance)


Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Mark Kerry

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.03,60 (1st)

  • Final — 2.03,14 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Mark Tonelli

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.07,04 (3rd, did not advance)

  • Paul Moorfoot

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.04,87 (1st)

  • Final — 2.06,15 (→ 8th place)


Men's 400m Individual Medley
  • Paul Moorfoot

  • Qualifying Heat — 4.34,28 (5th, did not advance)


Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle
  • Karen Ramsay

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.06,06 (3rd, did not advance)


Women's 400m Freestyle
  • Michelle Ford

  • Qualifying Heat — 4.13,90 (1st)

  • Final — 4.11,65 (→ 4th place)

  • Rosemary Fydler

  • Qualifying Heat — 4.21,36 (6th, did not advance)


Women's 800m Freestyle
  • Michelle Ford

  • Qualifying Heat — 8.42,36 (2nd)

  • Final — 8.28,90 (→ Gold Medal)

  • Rosemary Fydler

  • Qualifying Heat — 8.49,47 (4th, did not advance)


Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Lisa Curry

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92 (3rd)

  • Final — 1.02,40 (→ 5th place)


Women's 200m Butterfly
  • Michelle Ford

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.12,72 (1st)

  • Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Karen Ramsay

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.17,82 (4th, did not advance)


Women's 200m Breaststroke
  • Lisa Curry

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.39,42 (→ 5th place, did not advance)


Women's 200m Butterfly

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke
  • Lisa Forrest

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.15,40 (1st)

  • Final — 2.16,75 (→ 7th place)

  • Georgina Parkes

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.17,78 (3rd, did not advance)


Women's 400m Individual Medley
  • Lisa Curry

  • Qualifying Heat — 5.01,58 (→ 5th place, did not advance)


Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay




Water Polo


Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)

  • Defeated Bulgaria (9-5)

  • Lost to Cuba (4-6)

  • Lost to Yugoslavia (2-9)

  • Final Round (Group B)

  • Defeated Bulgaria (8-5)

  • Drew with Romania (4-4)

  • Defeated Greece (4-2)

  • Defeated Sweden (9-4)

  • Defeated Italy (5-4) → 7th place



Team Roster




TRIVIA

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay, in which he excited exclaimed ''"Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold"'' {Link without Title} , has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.


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