Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GBR
Nocname:	British Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Olympic Movement
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	219 (149 men and 70 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Richard Palmer (official)
Rank:	9
Gold:	5
Silver:	7
Bronze:	9
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports.^[1]

In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. There was a boycott of the opening ceremony with Britain being represented solely by the General Secretary of the British Olympic Association, Dick Palmer, carrying the Olympic flag, and no athletes being present. Furthermore, the Olympic flag was raised for the British medal winners in place of the Union Flag, and the Olympic anthem was played instead of God Save the Queen for the five gold medalists.^{[2] [3]}

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Medallists

+ Medals by discipline
Discipline				Total
Athletics	4	2	4	10
Swimming	1	3	1	5
Rowing	0	1	2	3
Judo	0	1	1	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Total	5	7	9	21

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)
• Henry Clay, Andrew Justice, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, Colin Moynihan, John Pritchard, Richard Stanhope, and Allan Whitwell - Rowing, Men's Eights
• Philip 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 4 × 100 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 Kathy Smallwood-Cook - Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Donna Hartley, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Linsey MacDonald, and Michelle Probert - Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 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 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Archery

See main article: Archery 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)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Drew McMaster	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	10.43	3 Q	10.42	6	Did not advance
Cameron Sharp	10.38	2 Q	10.38	4 Q	10.60	7	Did not advance
Alan Wells	10.35	1 Q	10.11	1 Q	10.27	1 Q	10.25
Mike McFarlane	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	21.43	4 q	20.33	6	Did not advance
Cameron Sharp	20.51	1 Q	21.16	4 Q	21.24	8	Did not advance
Alan Wells	21.57	2 Q	20.59	1 Q	20.75	4 Q	20.21
Alan Bell	align=left rowspan=3	400 m	47.48	4 Q	46.17	4 Q	48.50	8	Did not advance
Glen Cohen	48.35	4 Q	47.35	7	Did not advance
David Jenkins	46.67	1 Q	45.99	1 Q	45.59	3 Q	45.56	7
Sebastian Coe	align=left rowspan=3	800 m	1:48.5	1 Q	1:46.7	1 Q	1:45.9
Steve Ovett	1:49.4	1 Q	1:46.6	1 Q	1:45.4
David Warren	1:49.9	2 Q	1:47.2	2 Q	1:49.3	8
Sebastian Coe	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	3:40.1	2 Q	3:39.4	1 Q	3:38.4
Steve Cram	3:44.1	4 Q	3:43.6	4 Q	3:42.0	8
Steve Ovett	3:36.8	1 Q	3:43.1	1 Q	3:39.0
David Moorcroft	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	13:43.0	5 Q	13:52.8	9	Did not advance
Nick Rose	13:44.7	3 Q	13:40.6	5	Did not advance
Barry Smith	13:46.3	7 q	13:36.7	9	Did not advance
Brendan Foster	align=left rowspan=3	10000 m	26:55.15	5 Q	28:22.54	11
Mike McLeod	28:57.27	2 Q	28:40.78	12
Geoff Smith	30:00.1	7	Did not advance
Wilbert Greaves	align=left rowspan=2	110 m hurdles	13.85	4 Q	13.98	6	Did not advance
Mark Holtom	13.83	3 Q	13.94	5	Did not advance
Gary Oakes	400 m hurdles	50.39	3 Q	50.07	3 Q	49.11
Roger Hackney	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.34	5 Q	8:29.18	7	Did not advance
Colin Reitz	8:35.21	4 Q	8:29.75	8	Did not advance
Tony Staynings	8:47.42	8 q	8:52.30	11	Did not advance
Mike McFarlane Alan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster	4 × 100 m relay	39.20	3 Q	38.62	4
Alan Bell Terry Whitehead Rod Milne Glen Cohen	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.9	2 Q	DNF
Dave Black	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	DNF
Bernie Ford	DNF
Ian Thompson	DNF
Roger Mills	20 km walk	1:32:37.8	10
Ian Richards	50 km walk	4:22:57	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mark Naylor	High jump	2.21	1 Q	2.21	9
Brian Hooper	Pole vault	5.35	10 q	5.35	11
Keith Connor	Triple jump	16.57	6 Q	16.87	4
Geoff Capes	Shot put	19.75	8 Q	20.50	5
Chris Black	align=left rowspan="2"	Hammer throw	66.74	14	Did not advance
Paul Dickenson	64.22	15	Did not advance
David Ottley	Javelin throw	77.20	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Bradley McStravick	Result	10.97	6.74	13.53	1.91	48.80	15.23	39.46	4.30	57.98	4:31.0	7616	15
Daley Thompson	Result	10.62	8.00	15.18	2.08	48.01	14.47	42.24	4.70	64.16	4:39.9	8495

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Heather Hunte	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	11.40	3 Q	11.25	3 Q	11.36	4 Q	11.34	8
Sonia Lannaman	11.58	3 Q	11.20	2 Q	11.38	5	Did not advance
Kathy Smallwood	11.37	2 Q	11.24	2 Q	11.30	3 Q	11.28	6
Beverley Goddard	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	22.97	3 Q	22.73	4 Q	22.72	6
Sonia Lannaman	22.84	3 Q	22.82	4 Q	22.80	8
Kathy Smallwood	22.95	1 Q	22.65	3 Q	22.61	5
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	align=left rowspan=3	400 m	52.24	1 Q	51.47	6	Did not advance
Linsey MacDonald	52.57	2 Q	51.60	4 Q	52.40	8
Michelle Probert	52.16	3 Q	51.89	5	colspan=2
Christina Boxer	800 m	2:02.1	4 Q	2:00.9	8	colspan=2
Janet Marlow	1500 m	4:15.9	9	colspan=4
Lorna Boothe	align=left rowspan=2	100 m hurdles	13.86	6	Did not advance
Shirley Strong	13.39	4 Q	13.12	5	colspan=2
Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman	4 × 100 m relay	42.43
Donna Hartley Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.0	3	3:27.5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Louise Miller	High jump	1.88	5 Q	1.85	11
Susan Hearnshaw	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump	6.66	2 Q	6.50	9
Sue Reeve	6.48	6 Q	6.46	10
Angela Littlewood	Shot put	17.53	13	Did not advance
Meg Ritchie	Discus throw	58.66	10 Q	61.16	9
Tessa Sanderson	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	48.76	9	Did not advance
Fatima Whitbread	49.74	10	Did not advance

Combined events – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event					800 m	Final	Rank
Judy Livermore	Result	13.57	13.56	1.77	5.71	2:25.3	4304	13
Sue Longden	Result	14.10	11.47	1.74	6.09	2:19.6	4234	15
Yvette Wray	Result	13.78	12.01	1.65	5.60	2:39.7	4159	16

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keith Wallace	Flyweight		L 1-4	Did not advance
Ray Gilbody	Bantamweight	W 5-0	L 1-4	Did not advance
Peter Hanlon	Featherweight	W 4-1	L 0-5	Did not advance
George Gilbody	Lightweight		L 1-4	Did not advance
Tony Willis	Light welterweight	W 5-0	W 5-0	W KO	L 0-5	Did not advance
Joseph Frost	Welterweight	L KO	Did not advance
Nick Wilshire	Light middleweight		W 3-2	L KO	Did not advance
Mark Kaylor	Middleweight		W 4-1	L 2-3	Did not advance
Andy Straughn	Light heavyweight		L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
William Reichenstein	C-1 500 metres	2:09.37	5 QS	2:09.86	5	Did not advance
William Reichenstein	C-1 1000 metres	4:28.18	6 QS	4:29.72	5	Did not advance
Grayson Bourne	K-1 500 metres	1:51.80	5 R	1:47.39	1 Q	1:48.34	4	Did not advance
Douglas Parnham	K-1 1000 metres	3:54.58	6 R	4:06.96	6	Did not advance
Christopher Ballard Neil Robson	K-2 500 metres	1:40.33	7 R	1:39.95	3 Q	1:41.37	5	Did not advance
Christopher Ballard Neil Robson	K-2 1000 metres	3:28.95	3 QS	3:40.31	4	Did not advance
Stephen Brown Douglas Parnham Alan Williams Steven Hancock	K-4 1000 metres	3:10.18	7 QS	3:13.41	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucy Perrett	K-1 500 metres	2:03.09	5 QS	2:03.73	2 Q	2:04.89	8
Frances Wetherall Lesley Smither	K-2 500 metres	1:53.25	5 QS	1:53.12	3 Q	1:52.76	8

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Herety	align=left rowspan=4	Individual road race	4:57.38	21
Neil Martin	5:09:05	49
Joseph Waugh	DNF
Jeff Williams	5:09:05	47
Robert Downs Des Fretwell Steve Jones Joseph Waugh	Team time trial	2:07:30.6	9

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarter Final	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sean Yates	Individual pursuit	4:44.69	7	4:41.39 R	N/A
Tony Doyle Malcolm Elliott Glen Mitchell Sean Yates	Team pursuit	4:19.73	5 Q	4:23.45 R	N/A

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christopher Snode	Men's 3 metre springboard	557.10	5 Q	844.470	6
Martyn Brown	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 10 metre platform	380.91	19	colspan=2
Christopher Snode	468.21	9	colspan=2
Alison Drake	align=left rowspan=2	Women's 3 metre springboard	368.01	20	colspan=2
Deborah Jay	362.73	22	colspan=2
Lindsey Fraser	align=left rowspan=2	Women's 10 metre platform	277.08	15	colspan=2
Marion Saunders	290.82	14

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980.

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Elimination			Final
		Won	Lost	Rank	Won	Lost	Rank	Won	Lost	Rank	Won	Lost	Rank
John Llewellyn	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée	3	2	3 Q	0	5	6	Did not advance
Neal Mallett	1	3	5	Did not advance
Steven Paul	2	2	3 Q	3	2	4 Q	0	2		Did not advance
Rob Bruniges John Llewellyn Neal Mallett Steven Paul	Men's team épée	0	1	2 Q	1	2	5
Rob Bruniges	align=left rowspan=2	Men's foil	3	1	1 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance
Pierre Harper	1	2	3 Q	2	3	4 Q	0	2		Did not advance
Rob Bruniges Pierre Harper John Llewellyn Steven Paul	Men's team foil	0	2	3	Did not advance
Mark Slade	Men's sabre	2	2	4 Q	0	5	6	Did not advance
Ann Brannon	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil	1	3	4 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance
Linda Ann Martin	1	4	6	Did not advance
Susan Wrigglesworth	1	4	6	Did not advance
Wendy Ager-Grant Ann Brannon Hilary Cawthorne Linda Ann Martin Susan Wrigglesworth	Women's team foil	1	1	3	Did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Holliday	Extra Lightweight	W	W	L	Repechage W	Bronze Medal L
Raymond Neenan	Half Lightweight	W	W	L	Did not advance
Neil Adams	Lightweight	W	W	W	W	L
Christopher Bowles	Half Middleweight	W	L	Did not advance
Peter Donnelly	Middleweight	L		Repechage Q/F W	Repechage S/F L	Did not advance
Mark Chittenden	Half-Heavyweight	W	W	L	Did not advance
Paul Radburn	Heavyweight		W	W	L	Bronze Medal L
Arthur Mapp	Open category	W	W	W	L	W

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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

• James MacLeod, Neil Christie, David Webb

• (→ 9th place)

Men's Coxless four

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

• (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed four

• Lenny Robertson, Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan 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

• Beryl Mitchell

• (→ 5th place)

Women's Double scull

• Sue Handscomb, Astrid Ayling

• (→ 7th place)

Women's Coxed four

• Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown

• (→ 6th place)

Women's Eight

• Gillian Hodges, Joanna Toch, Penny Sweet, Lin Clark, Elizabeth Paton, Rosie Clugston, Nicola Boyes, Beverly Jones, Pauline Wright

• (→ 5th place)

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's CompetitionMen'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 CompetitionWomen'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)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Games . 2011-04-23 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110918154820/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1980/ . 2011-09-18 .
2. https://www.teamgb.com/competitions/moscow-1980/3u9CjZb5dZ75KvaJGQNJrC Team GB: Moscow 1980
3. https://www.teamgb.com/article/moscow-40-years-on-remembering-the-olympics-that-nearly-never-were/2dFnQqXBtMyYoXYo65eWYr Moscow 40 Years On: Remembering the Olympics that Nearly Never Were