Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | USSR |
| Dates | 20 July - 2 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Czechoslovakia (1st title)
|
| Runners-up |
 East Germany
|
| Third place |
 Soviet Union
|
| Fourth place |
 Yugoslavia
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 82 (2.56 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,821,624 (56,926 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Sergey Andreyev (5 goals) |
The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and ended on August 2. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. A few of the countries which qualified did not participate because of the boycotting such as Malaysia.
Sixteen teams were divided into four groups:
In the technical report following the competition, FIFA reported that: "Compared with the 1979 World Youth Tournament in Japan and the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina, the standard of football at the Olympic Football Tournament was generally of an inferior quality,".
The football tournament was the most attended event on these Olympics: 1,821,624 spectators watched 32 matches of it at the stadiums.
Due to the American-led political boycott, some countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament. The following 16 teams qualified for the 1980 Olympics football tournament:
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