India at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:IND
Nocname:Indian Olympic Association
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1980
Location:Moscow
Competitors:76 (58 men, 18 women)
Sports:8
Rank:23
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1900

India competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[1] [2] [3]

Competitors

!Sports!Men!Women!Total!Events
9 2 11 12
12 0 12 1
3 0 3 3
4 0 4 1
16 16 32 2
4 0 4 2
2 0 2 2
6 0 6 6
Total56187429

Medalists

Field Hockey

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1,500 metres

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's Marathon

Men's Shot Put

Men's 20 km Walk

Women's 100 metres

Women's 800 metres

Women's 1,500 metres

Basketball

Group A

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Classification round

Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.

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Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Field hockey

Men's Team Competition

The original plan was for a twelve-team tournament, divided into two round-robin groups of six, with the top two of each qualifying for the semi-finals.

However, nine of the twelve teams withdrew as part of the U.S.-led boycott in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Argentina, Kenya, Pakistan, Malaysia, and West Germany boycotted completely, and while Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand competed in some sports, their hockey governing bodies pulled out.

The organising committee subsequently reduced the competition to six teams, the minimum required to hold a competition, with Cuba and Tanzania representing the Americas and Africa in place of Argentina and Kenya respectively, while Poland were invited as the next best team from the 1978 World Cup.

Team Roster

Preliminary

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Gold-medal match

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mohammed Shahid Was The Reason India Won 1980 Olympics Gold: Zafar Iqbal. 1 May 2022.
  2. Web site: India regains lost glory. 1 May 2022.
  3. Web site: India sinks spain for gold. 1 May 2022.