Great Britain And Northern Ireland At The 1980 Summer Olympics

The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the ''' 1980 Summer Olympics ''' in Moscow . It was the nineteenth time that the nation participated, being one of only three nations (along with Greece and Australia ) to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that point. Great Britain contested under the IOC Country Code GBR.

Unlike the US, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete, and only a few athletes chose to stay away. There was token boycott of the opening ceremony, the Olympic flag was raised for UK medal winners and the Olympic anthem played for the five Gold Medallists.

MEDALS

Great Britain finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Allan Wells — Athletics, Men's 100 metres

Steve Ovett — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

Sebastian Coe — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres

Daley Thompson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon

Duncan Goodhew — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Silver

Allan Wells — Athletics, Men's 200 metres

Sebastian Coe — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

Neil Adams — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

John Clay , Andrew Justice , Chris Mahoney , Duncan McDougall , Malcolm McGowan , Colin Moynihan , John Pritchard , Richard Stanhope , and Allan Whitwell — Rowing, Men's Eights

Phillip Hubble — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

Sharron Davies — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley

June Croft , Helen Jameson , Margaret Kelly , and Ann Osgerby — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Bronze

Steve Ovett — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres

Gary Oakes — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles

Beverley Goddard-Callender , Heather Hunte , Sonia Lannaman , and Kathryn Smallwood-Cook — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay

Donna-Marie Hartley , Joslyn Hoyte-Smith , Linsey MacDonald , and Michelle Probert — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay

Anthony Willis — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

Arthur Mapp — Judo, Men's Open Class

Malcolm Carmichael and Charles Wiggin — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

John Beattie , David Townsend , Ian McNuff , and Martin Cross — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

Gary Abraham , Duncan Goodhew , David Lowe , and Trevor Smith — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

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)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Keith Wallace

# First Round — Bye

# Second Round — Lost to Daniel Radu (Romania) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Raymond Gilbody

# First Round — Bye

# Second Round — Defeated João Luis De Almeida (Angola) on points (5-0)

# Third Round — Lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) on points (1-4)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Peter Joseph Hanlon

# First Round — Bye

# Second Round — Defeated Antonio Esparragoza (Venezuela) on points (4-1)

# Third Round — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

George Gilbody

# First Round — Bye

# Second Round — Defeated Blackson Siukoko (Zambia) on points (4-1)

# Quarter Finals — Lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) on points (5-0)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Anthony Willis → Bronze Medal

# First Round — Defeated Jaime Soares França (Brazil) on points (5-0)

# Second Round — Defeated Shadrach Odhiambo (Sweden) on points (5-0)

# Quarter Finals — Defeated William Lyimo (Tanzania) after knock-out in third round

# Semi Finals — Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) on points (0-5)

Diving

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)

Modern Pentathlon

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

Swimming

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)

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 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

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

Final — 7.30,81 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

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

Final — 3.47,71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

June Crott

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

Final — 1.11,48 (→ 4th place)

Susannah Brownsdon

Final — 1.12,11 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Sharron Davies

Final — 4.46,83 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Final — 3.51,71 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

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

Final — 2.01,20 (→ Silver Medal)

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