Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Great Britain at the; 1980 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Moscow
Competitors	219 (149 men and 70 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Richard Palmer (official)
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 5 Silver 7 Bronze 9 Total 21
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Other related appearances
	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]

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

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

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Drew McMaster	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	110 m hurdles	13.85	4 Q	—		13.98	6	Did not advance
Mark Holtom	110 m hurdles	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	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	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
Athlete	Event	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	Hammer throw	66.74	14	Did not advance
Paul Dickenson	Hammer throw	64.22	15	Did not advance
David Ottley	Javelin throw	77.20	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Heather Hunte	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	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	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	Did not advance
Christina Boxer	800 m	2:02.1	4 Q	—		2:00.9	8	Did not advance
Janet Marlow	1500 m	4:15.9	9	—		Did not advance
Lorna Boothe	100 m hurdles	13.86	6	—		Did not advance
Shirley Strong	100 m hurdles	13.39	4 Q	—		13.12	5	Did not advance
Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman	4 × 100 m relay	—						42.43

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Louise Miller	High jump	1.88	5 Q	1.85	11
Susan Hearnshaw	Long jump	6.66	2 Q	6.50	9
Sue Reeve	Long jump	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	Javelin throw	48.76	9	Did not advance
Fatima Whitbread	Javelin throw	49.74	10	Did not advance

Combined events – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	SP	HJ	LJ	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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keith Wallace	Flyweight	Bye	Radu (ROU) L 1-4	Did not advance
Ray Gilbody	Bantamweight	Almeida (ANG) W 5-0	Zaragoza (MEX) L 1-4	Did not advance
Peter Hanlon	Featherweight	Esparragoza (VEN) W 4-1	Rybakov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
George Gilbody	Lightweight	Bye	Siukoko (ZAM) L 1-4	Did not advance
Tony Willis	Light welterweight	Sodré (BRA) W 5-0	Odhiambo (SWE) W 5-0	Lyimo (TAN) W KO	Oliva (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Joseph Frost	Welterweight	Dao (LAO) L KO	Did not advance
Nick Wilshire	Light middleweight	Bye	Perunović (YUG) W 3-2	Koshkin (URS) L KO	Did not advance
Mark Kaylor	Middleweight	Bye	Fonseca (BRA) W 4-1	Silaghi (ROU) L 2-3	Did not advance
Andy Straughn	Light heavyweight	—	Kvachadze (URS) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Herety	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	Time	Rank
Terrence Tinsley	Track time trial	1:07.542	9

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Repechage	1/8 Final	Repechage	Quarter Final	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Terrence Tinsley	Sprint	Cahard (FRA) R	Musa (ZIM) 11.62 Q	Dazzan (ITA) R	Joseph (GUY) DNF	Did not advance	N/A

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarter Final	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sean Yates	Individual pursuit	4:44.69	7	Ørsted (DEN) 4:41.39 R	Did not advance	N/A
Tony Doyle Malcolm Elliott Glen Mitchell Sean Yates	Team pursuit	4:19.73	5 Q	Czechoslovakia 4:23.45 R	Did not advance	N/A

Diving

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christopher Snode	Men's 3 metre springboard	557.10	5 Q	844.470	6
Martyn Brown	Men's 10 metre platform	380.91	19	Did not advance
Christopher Snode	Men's 10 metre platform	468.21	9	Did not advance
Alison Drake	Women's 3 metre springboard	368.01	20	Did not advance
Deborah Jay	Women's 3 metre springboard	362.73	22	Did not advance
Lindsey Fraser	Women's 10 metre platform	277.08	15	Did not advance
Marion Saunders	Women's 10 metre platform	290.82	14	Did not advance

Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980.

Men's foil

Pierre Harper
Rob Bruniges

Men's team foil

John Llewellyn, Steven Paul, Rob Bruniges, Pierre Harper

Men's épée

Steven Paul
John Llewellyn
Neal Mallett

Men's team épée

Steven Paul, John Llewellyn, Neal Mallett, Rob Bruniges

Men's sabre

Mark Slade

Women's foil

Ann Brannon
Linda Ann Martin
Susan Wrigglesworth

Women's team foil

Susan Wrigglesworth, Ann Brannon, Wendy Ager-Grant, Linda Ann Martin, Hilary Cawthorne

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

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

Men's Competition

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)

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 Competition

Women'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

Wrestling

References

"Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
Team GB: Moscow 1980
Moscow 40 Years On: Remembering the Olympics that Nearly Never Were

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[sports-reference-1] "Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

[2] Team GB: Moscow 1980

[3] Moscow 40 Years On: Remembering the Olympics that Nearly Never Were

Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Cameroon Congo Ethiopia Guinea Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mozambique Nigeria Sierra Leone Senegal Seychelles Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
America	Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad-Tobago Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma India Iraq Jordan North Korea Kuwait Laos Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Sri Lanka Syria Vietnam
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand