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Zimbabwe At The 1980 Summer Olympics




Zimbabwe was one of eight nations that made their Olympic debuts at the ''' 1980 Summer Olympics ''' in Moscow . Zimbabwe competed under the IOC Country Code ZIM.


MEDALS



Gold


  • None

  • Bronze

  • None



RESULTS BY EVENT



Archery

Zimbabwe sent one archer to its first Olympic competition. He outscored four archers to place 34th.

Men's Individual Competition:




Diving

Men's Springboard
  • David Parrington

  • Preliminary Round — 416.67 points (→ 24th place, did not advance)


Men's Platform
  • David Parrington

  • Preliminary Round — 356.76 points (→ 22nd place, did not advance)





Field Hockey


Women's Team Competition

Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey competition, the USSR team. A late request was send to the Zimbabwean government, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, thus claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games.


  • Preliminary Round Robin

  • Defeated Poland (4-0)

  • Drew with Czechoslovakia (2-2)

  • Defeated Soviet Union (2-0)

  • Drew with India (1-1)

  • Defeated Austria (4-1) → Gold Medal



Team Roster:




Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle
  • Guy Goosen

  • Heats — 52,87 (→ did not advance)


Men's 200m Freestyle
  • Guy Goosen

  • Heats — 1.56,88 (→ did not advance)