Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics |
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IOC code | URS | ||||||||
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee | ||||||||
in Moscow | |||||||||
Competitors | 489 (340 men and 149 women) in 23 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Nikolay Balboshin | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 1st |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Other related appearances | |||||||||
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–) Belarus (1994–) Georgia (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Kyrgyzstan (1994–) Moldova (1994–) Russia (1994–) Ukraine (1994–) Uzbekistan (1994–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Tajikistan (1996–) Turkmenistan (1996–) |
The Soviet Union (USSR) was the host nation of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 489 competitors, 340 men and 149 women, took part in 202 events in 23 sports.
The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 80 gold and 195 total medals.
The Soviet Union was represented by four archers in Moscow, two men and two women. The women outscored everyone else in the competition, including in the men's division, to win the gold and silver medals. The men added another silver medal and a 6th-place finish to make the Soviet Union the first nation to win three medals in modern Olympic archery competition.
Women's individual competition:
Men's individual competition:
Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Men's 4x400 metres relay
Men's 110 m hurdles
Men's 400 m hurdles
Men's 3,000 m steeplechase
Men's marathon
Men's 20 km walk
Men's 50 km walk
Men's long jump
Men's high jump
Men's pole vault
Men's triple jump
Men's hammer throw
Men's discus throw
Men's shot put
Men's javelin throw
Men's decathlon
Women's 100 metres
Women's 200 metres
Women's 400 metres
Women's 800 metres
Women's 1,500 metres
Women's 100 m hurdles
Women's 4x100 metres relay
Women's 4x400 metres relay
Women's high jump
Women's long jump
Women's discus throw
Women's javelin throw
Women's shot put
Women's pentathlon
Men's light flyweight (48 kg)
Men's flyweight (51 kg)
Men's bantamweight (54 kg)
Men's featherweight (57 kg)
Men's lightweight (60 kg)
Men's light welterweight (63.5 kg)
Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's light heavyweight (81 kg)
Men's heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
K-1 500 metres
K-1 1000 metres