Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events: 24 for men and 14 for women. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow) between July 24 and August 1. There were a total of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries. A number of countries had boycotted the 1980 Games due to the Soviet-Afghan War.
Medal table
Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.25 10.25 10.39200 metres 20.19 20.21 20.29400 metres 44.60 44.84 44.87800 metres 1:45.40 1:45.85 1:45.941500 metres 3:38.40 3:38.80 3:38.995000 metres 13:20.91 13:21.60 13:22.0010,000 metres 27:42.69 27:44.28 27:44.64110 metres hurdles 13.39 13.40 13.44400 metres hurdles 48.70 48.86 49.113000 metres steeplechase 8:09.70 8:12.48 8:13.574 × 100 metres relay Vladimir MuravyovNikolay SidorovAndrey ProkofyevAleksandr Aksinin38.26 Zenon LicznerskiLeszek DuneckiMarian WoroninKrzysztof Zwoliński38.33 Patrick BarréPascal BarréHermann PanzoAntoine Richard38.534 × 400 metres relay Viktor MarkinRemigijus ValiulisMikhail LingeNikolay ChernetskiyViktor Burakov*3:01.08 Klaus ThieleAndreas KnebelFrank SchafferVolker Beck3:01.26 Roberto TozziMauro ZulianiStefano MalinverniPietro Mennea3:04.54Marathon 2:11:03 2:11:20 2:11:3520 kilometres walk 1:23:35.5 OR 1:24:45.4 1:25:58.2 50 kilometres walk 3:49.24 OR 3:51.25 3:56.32High jump 2.36 m WR 2.31 m 2.31 mPole vault 5.78 m WR 5.65 mnone --Long jump 8.54 m 8.21 m 8.18 mTriple jump 17.35 m 17.24 m 17.22 mShot put 21.35 m OR 21.08 m 21.06 mDiscus throw 66.64 m 66.38 m 66.32 mHammer throw 81.80 m WR 80.64 m 78.96 mJavelin throw 91.20 m 89.64 m 86.72 mDecathlon 8495 8331 8135
Women 100 metres 11.06 11.07 11.14200 metres 22.03 OR 22.19 22.20400 metres 48.88 OR 49.46 49.66800 metres 1:53.43 WR 1:54.81 1:55.461500 metres 3:56.56 OR 3:57.71 3:59.52100 metres hurdles 12.56 OR 12.63 12.654 × 100 metres relay Romy MüllerBärbel WöckelIngrid AuerswaldMarlies Göhr41.60 WR Vera KomisovaLyudmila MaslakovaVera AnisimovaNatalya Bochina42.10 Heather HunteKathy SmallwoodBeverley GoddardSonia Lannaman42.434 × 400 metres relay Tatyana ProrochenkoTatyana GoyshchikNina ZyuskovaIrina Nazarova3:20.12 Barbara KrugGabriele LöweChristina LathanMarita Koch3:20.35 Linsey MacDonaldMichelle ProbertJoslyn Hoyte-SmithDonna Hartley3:27.74High jump 1.97 m OR 1.94 m 1.94 mLong jump 7.06 m 7.04 m 7.01 mShot put 22.41 m OR 21.42 m 21.20 mDiscus throw 69.96 m OR 67.90 m 67.40 mJavelin throw 68.40 m OR 67.76 m 66.56 mPentathlon 5083 WR 4937 4875
Controversy Polish gold medallist pole vaulter Władysław Kozakiewicz showed an obscene bras d'honneur gesture in all four directions to the jeering Soviet public, causing an international scandal and almost losing his medal as a result. There were numerous incidents and accusations of Soviet officials using their authority to negate marks by opponents to the point that IAAF officials found the need to look over the officials' shoulders to try to keep the events fair. There were also accusations of opening stadium gates to advantage Soviet athletes, and causing other disturbances to opposing athletes.
The Soviet Union's Jaak Uudmäe and Viktor Saneyev won the first two places in the triple jump, ahead of Brazil's world record holder João Carlos de Oliveira. Both de Oliveira and Australia's Ian Campbell produced long jumps, but they were declared fouls by the officials and not measured; in Campbell's case, his longest jump was ruled a "scrape foul", with his trailing leg touching the track during the jump. Campbell insisted he hadn't scraped, and it was alleged the officials intentionally threw out his and de Oliveira's best jumps to favor the Soviets, similarly to a number of other events. Similar allegations were made about a favorable call aiding Tatyana Kolpakova in the women's long jump.
See also 1980 World Championships in Athletics 1980 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links International Olympic Committee results database