Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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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 Soviet Union won a record 80 gold medals (although since surpassed by the United States), and their 195 total medals are the second best result in history.
Medalists
The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 80 gold and 195 total medals.
Competitors
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Athletics | 64 | 35 | 99 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 11 | — | 11 |
| Canoeing | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| Cycling | 13 | — | 13 |
| Diving | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Equestrian | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Fencing | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Football | 17 | — | 17 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Handball | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Judo | 8 | — | 8 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | — | 3 |
| Rowing | 30 | 24 | 54 |
| Sailing | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Shooting | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Swimming | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| Water polo | 11 | — | 11 |
| Weightlifting | 10 | — | 10 |
| Wrestling | 20 | — | 20 |
| Total | 341 | 149 | 490 |
Archery
Men
| Athlete | Event | 90 m | 70 m | 50 m | 30 m | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Isachenko | Men's individual | 271 | 303 | 302 | 341 | 2452 | |
| 289 | 312 | 300 | 334 | ||||
| Vladimir Yesheyev | 278 | 307 | 294 | 343 | 2432 | 6 | |
| 268 | 310 | 306 | 326 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | 70 m | 60 m | 50 m | 30 m | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalya Butuzova | Women's individual | 301 | 314 | 301 | 335 | 2477 | |
| 278 | 306 | 300 | 342 | ||||
| Keto Losaberidze | 299 | 317 | 295 | 346 | 2491 | ||
| 282 | 304 | 304 | 344 |
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 100 metres
Heat — 10.26 Quarterfinals — 10.29 Semifinals — 10.45 Final — 10.42 (→ 4th place)
Heat — 10.37 Quarterfinals — 10.34 Semifinals — 10.42 Final — 10.44 (→ 6th place)
Heat — 10.43 Quarterfinals — 10.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Heat — 21.15 Quarterfinals — 20.83 Semifinals — 21.17 (→ did not advance)
Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Heat — 46.88 Quarterfinals — 45.58 Semifinals — 45.60 Final — 44.60 (→ Gold medal)
Heat — 46.41 Quarterfinals — 46.23 Semifinals — 45.97 (→ did not advance)
Heat — 47.04 Quarterfinals — 46.30 Semifinals — 45.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Heat — 1:47.5 Semifinals — 1:46.7 Final — 1:46.0 (→ Bronze medal)
Heat — 1:47.9 Semifinals — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Heat — 3:38.7 Semifinals — 3:43.6 (→ did not advance)
Heat — 3:44.4 Semifinals — 3:41.5 (→ did not advance)
Heat — 3:44.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Heat — 13:45.6 Semifinals — 13:31.9 Final — 13:24.1 (→ 8th place)
Heat — 13:42.9 Semifinals — 13:40.7 (→ did not advance)
Heat — 13:52.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Heat — 29:12.1 Final — 28:13.8 (→ 8th place)
Heat — 29:32.4 (→ did not advance)
Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Heat — 38.68 Final — 38.26 (→ Gold medal)
Men's 4x400 metres relay
Heat — 3:01.8
Final — 3:01.1 (→ Gold medal)
Men's 110 m hurdles
Heat — 13.84 Semifinals — 13.50 Final — 13.44 (→ Bronze medal)
Heat — 13.61 Semifinals — 13.59 Final — 13.49 (→ 4th place)
Heat — 13.75 Semifinals — 13.78 Final — 15.80 (→ 8th place)
Men's 400 m hurdles
Heat — 50.22 Semifinals — 49.80 Final — 48.86 (→ Silver medal)
Heat — 50.09 Semifinals — 49.87 Final — 49.34 (→ 4th place)
Heat — 50.79 Semifinals — 50.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 m steeplechase
Heat — 8:33.2 Semifinals — 8:24.9 Final — 8:19.8 (→ 8th place)
Heat — 8:34.3 Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Heat — 8:42.6 Semifinals — 8:44.3 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon
Final — 2:11:35 (→ Bronze medal)
Final — 2:12:05 (→ 4th place)
Final — 2:12:14 (→ 5th place)
Men's 20 km walk
Final — 1:24:45.4 (→ Silver medal)
Final — 1:26:28.3 (→ 4th place)
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km walk
Final — 3:56:32 (→ Bronze medal)
Final — 3:58:32 (→ 5th place)
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's long jump
Qualification — 8.02 m Final — 8.18 m (→ Bronze medal)
Qualification — 8.01 m Final — 8.10 m (→ 6th place)
Men's high jump
Qualification — 2.21 m Final — 2.21 m (→ 8th place)
Qualification — 2.21 m Final — 2.21 m (→ 10th place)
Qualification — 2.21 m Final — 2.21 m (→ 11th place)
Men's pole vault
Qualification — 5.35 m Final — 5.65 m (→ Silver medal)
Qualification — 5.35 m Final — 5.45 m (→ 8th place)
Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump
Qualification — 16.69 m Final — 17.35 m (→ Gold medal)
Qualification — 16.57 m Final — 17.24 m (→ Silver medal)
Qualification — 16.77 m Final — 16.12 m (→ 9th place)
Men's hammer throw
Qualification — 78.22 m Final Round — 81.80 m (→ Gold medal)
Qualification — 75.24 m Final Round — 80.64 m (→ Silver medal)
Qualification — 76.24 m Final Round — 78.96 m (→ Bronze medal)
Men's discus throw
Qualification — 64.78 m Final — 66.64 m (→ Gold medal)
Qualification — 62.82 m Final — 65.58 m (→ 5th place)
Qualification — 63.10 m Final — 64.04 m (→ 6th place)
Men's shot put
Qualification — 20.72 m Final — 21.35 m (→ Gold medal)
Qualification — 20.58 m Final — 21.08 m (→ Silver medal)
Qualification — 20.19 m Final — 19.93 m (→ 9th place)
Men's javelin throw
Qualification — 85.76 m Final — 91.20 m (→ Gold medal)
Qualification — 83.32 m Final — 89.64 m (→ Silver medal)
Qualification — 82.96 m Final — 86.10 m (→ 4th place)
Men's decathlon
Final — 8331 points (→ Silver medal)
Final — 8135 points (→ Bronze medal)
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's competition
Women's 100 metres
Heat — 11.13 Quarterfinals — 11.06 Semifinals — 11.11 Final — 11.06 (→ Gold medal)
Heat — 11.53 Quarterfinals — 11.33 Semifinals — 11.51 (→ did not advance)
Heat — 11.38 Quarterfinals — 11.30 Semifinals — 11.38 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 metres
Heat — 23.28 Quarterfinals — 22.26 Semifinals — 22.75 Final — 22.19 (→ Silver medal)
Heat — 23.49 Quarterfinals — 23.24 Semifinals — 23.27 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres
Heat — 51.66 Semifinals — 50.18 Final — 50.07 (→ 4th place)
Heat — 51.42 Semifinals — 51.12 Final — 50.17 (→ 5th place)
Heat — 51.51 Semifinals — 51.30 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
Heat — 1:59.3 Semifinals — 1:57.7 Final — 1:53.5 (→ Gold medal)
Heat — 2:01.5 Semifinals — 1:57.5 Final — 1:54.9 (→ Silver medal)
Heat — 1:58.5 Semifinals — 1:58.3 Final — 1:55.5 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 1,500 metres
Heat — 3:59.2 Final — 3:56.6 (→ Gold medal)
Heat — 3:59.5 Final — 3:59.6 (→ Bronze medal)
Heat — 4:04.4 Final — 4:01.3 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m hurdles
Heat — 12.67 Semifinal — 12.78 Final — 12.56 (→ Gold medal)
Heat — 12.97 Semifinal — 12.84 Final — 12.84 (→ 6th place)
Heat — 13.31 Semifinal — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x100 metres relay
Final — 42.10 (→ Silver medal)
Women's 4x400 metres relay
Heat — 3:25.3
Final — 3:20.2 (→ Gold medal)
Women's high jump
Qualification — 1.88 m Final — 1.91 m (→ 5th place)
Qualification — 1.88 m Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
Qualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)
Women's long jump
Qualification — 6.70 m Final — 7.06 m (→ Gold medal)
Qualification — 6.56 m Final — 7.01 m (→ Bronze medal)
Qualification — 6.78 m Final — 6.71 m (→ 8th place)
Women's discus throw
Qualification — 62.20 m Final — 67.40 m (→ Bronze medal)
Qualification — 60.32 m Final — 63.84 m (→ 7th place)
Qualification — 53.76 m (→ did not advance)
Women's javelin throw
Qualification — 63.98 m Final — 67.76 m (→ Silver medal)
Qualification — 59.86 m Final — 65.08 m (→ 6th place)
Qualification — 62.96 m Final — 59.94 m (→ 11th place)
Women's shot put
Final — 21.42 m (→ Silver medal)
Final — 21.15 m (→ 4th place)
Final — 19.74 m (→ 7th place)
Women's pentathlon
- Nadiya Tkachenko — 5083 points (→ Gold medal) 100 metres — 13.29s Shot put — 16.84m High jump — 1.84m Long jump — 6.73m 800 metres — 2:05.20
- Olga Rukavishnikova — 4937 points (→ Silver medal) 100 metres — 13.66s Shot put — 14.09m High jump — 1.88m Long jump — 6.79m 800 metres — 2:04.80
- Olga Kuragina — 4875 points (→ Bronze medal) 100 metres — 13.26s Shot put — 12.49m High jump — 1.84m Long jump — 6.77m 800 metres — 2:03.60
Basketball
Summary
| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Final round / Classification round | Final / BM | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Soviet Union men's | Men's tournament | India W 121–65 | Brazil W 101–88 | Czechoslovakia W 99–82 | 1 Q | International Olympic Committee Spain W 102–81 | International Olympic Committee Italy L 85–87 | Yugoslavia L 91–101 | Cuba W 109–90 | —N/a | 3 q | International Olympic Committee Spain W 117–74 | |
| Soviet Union women's | Women's tournament | —N/a | Yugoslavia W 97–62 | Bulgaria W 122–83 | International Olympic Committee Italy W 119–53 | Cuba W 95–56 | Hungary W 120–62 | 1 Q | Bulgaria W 104–73 |
Boxing
Canoeing
Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Sergei Postrekhin | C-1 500 m | 1:54.13 | 1 QF | —N/a | Bye | 1:53.37 | ||
| C-1 1000 m | 4:07.39 | 3 QF | —N/a | Bye | 4:13.53 | |||
| Serhiy Petrenko Aleksandr Vinogradov | C-2 500 m | 1:44.54 | 3 QS | —N/a | Bye | 1:46.95 | 6 | |
| Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov | C-2 1000 m | 3:41.32 | 2 QF | —N/a | Bye | 3:51.28 | ||
| Vladimir Parfenovich | K-1 500 m | 1:44.80 | 1 QS | Bye | 1:43.24 | 1 QF | 1:43.43 | |
| Rasmutis Višinskis | K-1 1000 m | 3:48.57 | 4 QR | 3:50.29 | 1 QS | 3:54.52 | 4 | Did not advance |
| Vladimir Parfenovich Sergei Chukhray | K-2 500 m | 1:33.75 | 1 QS | Bye | 1:34.71 | 1 QF | 1:32.38 | |
| K-2 1000 m | 3:24.61 | 1 QS | Bye | 3:35.81 | 1 QF | 3:26.72 | ||
| Gennady Makhnev Serhei Nahorny Aleksandr Avdeyev Vladimir Tainikov | K-4 1000 m | 3:02.70 | 1 QF | —N/a | Bye | 3:19.83 | 7 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Antonina Melnikova | K-1 500 m | 1:58.74 | 1 QF | Bye | 1:59.66 | |
| Galina Alekseyeva Nina Trofimova | K-2 500 m | 1:47.07 | 1 QF | Bye | 1:46.91 |
Cycling
Thirteen cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1980.
Road
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri Barinov | Road race | ||
| Yury Kashirin | 23 | ||
| Sergei Sukhoruchenkov | 4:48:28.9 | ||
| Anatoly Yarkin | 6 | ||
| Yury Kashirin Oleg Logvin Sergey Shelpakov Anatoly Yarkin | Team time trial | 2:01:21.74 |
Track
Pursuit
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Vladimir Osokin | Individual pursuit | 4:41.51 | 5 Q | Dill-Bundi (SUI) L 4:38.17 | Did not advance | ||
| Aleksandr Krasnov Viktor Manakov Valery Movchan Vladimir Osokin Vitaly Petrakov | Team pursuit | 4:16.62 | 1 Q | Australia W 4:14.64 | Czechoslovakia W 4:26.52 | East Germany W 4:15.70 |
Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round 1 | Round 1 Repechage | Preliminary Round 2 | Round 2 Repechage | Round of 16 | Round of 16 Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Sergei Kopylov | Sprint | Ahokas (FIN) W WO | Bye | Joseph (GUY) W 10.55 | Bye | Tucker (AUS) W 10.55 | Bye | Dazzan (ITA) W 10.76, W 11.00 | Heßlich (GDR) L, L | Tkáč (TCH) W 10.56, W 10.47 |
Time trial
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Panfilov | 1 km time trial | 1:04.845 |
Diving
Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Aleksandr Kosenkov | 3 m springboard | 558.90 | 4 Q | 575.67 | 4 | 279.450 | 5 |
| Aleksandr Portnov | 580.11 | 2 Q | 614.97 | 1 | 905.025 | ||
| Vyacheslav Troshin | 552.42 | 7 Q | 543.84 | 7 | 820.050 | 7 | |
| Vladimir Aleynik | 10 m platform | 539.07 | 2 Q | 550.17 | 4 | 819.705 | |
| David Hambartsumyan | 518.82 | 4 Q | 558.03 | 2 | 817.440 | ||
| Sergey Nemtsanov | 487.20 | 8 Q | 532.26 | 6 | 775.860 | 7 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Irina Kalinina | 3 m springboard | 478.86 | 1 Q | 486.48 | 1 | 725.910 | |
| Irina Sidorova | 432.57 | 5 Q | 433.98 | 8 | 650.265 | 7 | |
| Zhanna Tsiryulnikova | 454.35 | 2 Q | 446.49 | 5 | 673.665 | 4 | |
| Sirvard Emirzyan | 10 m platform | 381.99 | 1 Q | 385.47 | 3 | 576.465 | |
| Yelena Matyushenko | 351.00 | 6 Q | 364.68 | 4 | 540.180 | 5 | |
| Liana Tsotadze | 360.87 | 2 Q | 395.49 | 2 | 575.925 |
Equestrian
- Yuriy Kovshov → Silver medal
- Viktor Ugryumov → Bronze medal
- Vera Misevich → 4th place
- Yuriy Kovshov, Viktor Ugryumov, Vera Misevich → Gold medal
- Aleksandr Blinov → Silver medal
- Yuri Salnikov → Bronze medal
- Valery Volkov → 4th place
- Sergey Rogozhin → 11th place
- Aleksandr Blinov, Yuri Salnikov, Valery Volkov, Sergey Rogozhin → Gold medal
- Nikolai Korolkov → Silver medal
- Viktor Poganovsky → 5th place
- Vyacheslav Chukanov → 9th place
- Nikolai Korolkov, Viktor Poganovsky, Vyacheslav Chukanov, Viktor Asmaev → Gold medal
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Soviet Union in 1980.
- Volodymyr Smyrnov → Gold medal
- Aleksandr Romankov → Bronze medal
- Sabirzhan Ruziyev → 4th place
- Aleksandr Romankov, Volodymyr Smyrnov, Sabirzhan Ruziyev, Ashot Karagyan, Vladimir Lapitsky → Silver medal
- Aleksandr Mozhayev → 5th place
- Boris Lukomsky → 7th place
- Aleksandr Abushakhmetov → 9th place
- Ashot Karagyan, Aleksandr Abushakhmetov, Aleksandr Mozhayev, Boris Lukomsky, Volodymyr Smyrnov → Bronze medal
- Viktor Krovopuskov → Gold medal
- Mikhail Burtsev → Silver medal
- Vladimir Nazlymov → 8th place
- Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir Nazlymov, Viktor Krovopuskov, Mikhail Burtsev, Nikolay Alyokhin → Gold medal
- Nailya Gilyazova → 9th place
- Yelena Novikova-Belova → 9th place
- Valentina Sidorova → 13th place
- Valentina Sidorova, Nailya Gilyazova, Yelena Novikova-Belova, Irina Ushakova, Larisa Tsagarayeva → Silver medal
Field hockey
Summary
| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Final / BM / Pl | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Soviet Union men's | Men's tournament | International Olympic Committee Spain L 1–2 | Cuba W 11–2 | Poland W 5–1 | Tanzania W 11–2 | India L 2–4 | 3 q | Poland W 2–1 | |
| Soviet Union women's | Women's tournament | Czechoslovakia W 2–0 | Austria L 0–2 | Zimbabwe L 0–2 | Poland W 6–0 | India W 3–1 | —N/a |
Football
Summary
| Team | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |
| Soviet Union men's | Venezuela W 4–0 | Zambia W 3–1 | Cuba W 8–0 | 1 Q | Kuwait W 2–1 | East Germany L 0–1 | Yugoslavia W 2–0 |
Team roster
Rinat Dasayev Tengiz Sulakvelidze Aleksandre Chivadze Vagiz Khidiyatullin Oleg Romantsev Sergey Shavlo Sergey Andreyev Volodymyr Bezsonov Yuri Gavrilov Fyodor Cherenkov Valery Gazzaev Vladimir Pilguy Sergei Baltacha Sergei Nikulin Khoren Oganesian Aleksandr Prokopenko Revaz Chelebadze
Gymnastics
Men
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | |||||
| Nikolai Andrianov | Qualification | C | 9.90 | 9.75 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 9.80 | 59.075 | 2 Q |
| O | 9.85 | 9.85 | 9.85 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.85 | ||||
| Total | 9.875 Q | 9.800 | 9.825 | 9.900 Q | 9.850 | 9.825 Q | ||||
| All-around | 9.800 | 9.900 | 9.950 | 10.000 | 9.850 | 9.950 | 118.225 | |||
| Floor | 9.850 | —N/a | 19.725 | |||||||
| Vault | —N/a | 9.925 | —N/a | 19.825 | ||||||
| Horizontal bar | —N/a | 9.850 | 19.675 | |||||||
| Eduard Azaryan | Qualification | C | 9.75 | 9.80 | 9.75 | 9.75 | 9.65 | 9.75 | 58.700 | 4 |
| O | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.85 | 9.85 | 9.75 | 9.80 | ||||
| Total | 9.775 | 9.850 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.775 | ||||
| Alexander Dityatin | Qualification | C | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.85 | 9.80 | 9.80 | 59.200 | 1 Q |
| O | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.95 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.90 | ||||
| Total | 9.800 Q | 9.900 Q | 9.925 Q | 9.875 Q | 9.850 Q | 9.850 Q | ||||
| All-around | 9.800 | 9.900 | 9.950 | 10.000 | 9.850 | 9.950 | 118.650 | |||
| Floor | 9.900 | —N/a | 19.700 | |||||||
| Pommel horse | —N/a | 9.900 | —N/a | 19.800 | ||||||
| Rings | —N/a | 9.950 | —N/a | 19.875 | ||||||
| Vault | —N/a | 9.925 | —N/a | 19.800 | ||||||
| Parallel bars | —N/a | 9.900 | —N/a | 19.750 | ||||||
| Horizontal bar | —N/a | 9.900 | 19.750 | |||||||
| Bohdan Makuts | Qualification | C | 9.75 | 9.70 | 9.55 | 9.90 | 9.60 | 9.65 | 58.475 | 6 |
| O | 9.80 | 9.75 | 9.80 | 9.85 | 9.90 | 9.70 | ||||
| Total | 9.775 | 9.725 | 9.675 | 9.875 | 9.750 | 9.675 | ||||
| Vladimir Markelov | Qualification | C | 9.70 | 9.80 | 9.65 | 9.80 | 9.10 | 9.75 | 57.800 | 9 |
| O | 9.70 | 9.80 | 9.85 | 9.60 | 9.80 | 9.85 | ||||
| Total | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.450 | 9.800 | ||||
| Aleksandr Tkachyov | Qualification | C | 9.60 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.85 | 9.10 | 58.700 | 4 Q |
| O | 9.90 | 9.85 | 9.85 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.95 | ||||
| Total | 9.750 | 9.875 Q | 9.825 Q | 9.850 | 9.875 Q | 9.525 | ||||
| All-around | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.900 | 10.000 | 117.700 | 4 | ||
| Pommel horse | —N/a | 9.600 | —N/a | 19.475 | 5 | |||||
| Rings | —N/a | 9.900 | —N/a | 19.725 | ||||||
| Parallel bars | —N/a | 9.900 | —N/a | 19.775 | ||||||
| Nikolai Andrianov Eduard Azaryan Alexander Dityatin Bogdan Makuts Vladimir Markelov Aleksandr Tkachyov | Team all-around | 98.05 | 98.45 | 98.25 | 98.65 | 98.10 | 98.10 | 589.60 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | UB | BB | F | |||||
| Yelena Davydova | Qualification | C | 9.90 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 39.500 | 5 Q |
| O | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 10.00 | ||||
| Total | 9.900 Q | 9.850 | 9.850 Q | 9.900 | ||||
| All-around | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.850 | 9.950 | 79.150 | |||
| Vault | 9.675 | —N/a | 19.575 | 4 | ||||
| Balance beam | —N/a | 9.900 | —N/a | 19.750 | ||||
| Maria Filatova | Qualification | C | 9.90 | 9.85 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 39.400 | 7 |
| O | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.70 | 9.95 | ||||
| Total | 9.850 | 9.875 | 9.80 | 9.875 | ||||
| Nellie Kim | Qualification | C | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 39.475 | 6 Q |
| O | 9.75 | 9.85 | 9.80 | 9.95 | ||||
| Total | 9.825 | 9.875 Q | 9.850 | 9.925 Q | ||||
| All-around | 9.700 | 9.850 | 9.950 | 9.450 | 78.425 | 5 | ||
| Uneven bars | —N/a | 9.850 | —N/a | 19.725 | 6 | |||
| Floor | —N/a | 9.950 | 19.875 | |||||
| Yelena Naimushina | Qualification | C | 9.85 | 9.75 | 9.80 | 9.85 | 39.200 | 12 |
| O | 9.60 | 9.75 | 9.85 | 9.95 | ||||
| Total | 9.725 | 9.750 | 9.825 | 9.900 | ||||
| Natalia Shaposhnikova | Qualification | C | 10.00 | 9.95 | 9.95 | 9.95 | 39.575 | 2 Q |
| O | 9.80 | 9.80 | 9.80 | 9.90 | ||||
| Total | 9.900 Q | 9.875 | 9.875 Q | 9.925 | ||||
| All-around | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.750 | 79.025 | 4 | ||
| Vault | 9.825 | —N/a | 19.725 | |||||
| Balance beam | —N/a | 9.850 | —N/a | 19.725 | ||||
| Stella Zakharova | Qualification | C | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 9.80 | 39.375 | 8 |
| O | 9.75 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.90 | ||||
| Total | 9.825 | 9.850 | 9.850 | 9.850 | ||||
| Yelena Davydova Maria Filatova Nellie Kim Yelena Naimushina Natalia Shaposhnikova Stella Zakharova | Team all-around | 98.600 | 98.650 | 98.600 | 99.050 | 394.900 |
Handball
Summary
| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Final / BM / Pl | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Soviet Union men's | Men's tournament | International Olympic Committee Switzerland W 22–15 | Kuwait W 38–11 | Algeria W 33–10 | Romania L 19–22 | Yugoslavia W 22–17 | 1 Q | East Germany L 22–23 (OT) | |
| Soviet Union women's | Women's tournament | Congo W 30–11 | Czechoslovakia W 17–7 | Hungary W 16–12 | Yugoslavia W 18–9 | East Germany W 18–13 | —N/a |
Judo
Extra lightweight (60 kg)
- Aramby Emizh → Bronze medal
Half lightweight (65 kg)
- Nikolai Solodukhin → Gold medal
Lightweight (71 kg)
- Tamaz Namgalauri → 12th place
Half middleweight (78 kg)
- Shota Khabareli → Gold medal
Middleweight (86 kg)
- Aleksandrs Jackēvičs → Bronze medal
Half heavyweight (95 kg)
- Tengiz Khubuluri → Silver medal
Heavyweight (+95 kg)
- Vitaly Kuznetsov → 10th place
Open category
- Serhiy Novikov → 5 place
Modern pentathlon
| Athlete | Event | Riding | Fencing (épée one touch) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Running | Total points | Final rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Penalties | Rank | MP Points | Results | Rank | MP Points | Points | Rank | MP Points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Time | Rank | MP Points | ||||
| Pavel Lednyov | Individual | 2:01.8 | 74 | 21 | 1026 | 30–12 | =2 | 1026 | 195 | =13 | 1022 | 3:41.494 | 31 | 1104 | 13:07.7 | 4 | 1204 | 5382 | |
| Yevgeny Lipeyev | 1:59.0 | 0 | 5 | 1100 | 24–18 | =11 | 870 | 186 | =40 | 824 | 3:25.358 | 7 | 1232 | 13:25.2 | 10 | 1150 | 5176 | 14 | |
| Anatoly Starostin | 2:00.9 | 32 | 13 | 1068 | 29–13 | =4 | 1000 | 199 | 2 | 1110 | 3:27.418 | 10 | 1216 | 13:17.2 | 8 | 1174 | 5568 | ||
| Pavel Lednyov Yevgeny Lipeyev Anatoly Starostin | Team | 16126 |
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1980.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Vasil Yakusha | Single sculls | 7:47.15 | 1 Q | Bye | 7:15.14 | 2 FA | 7:11.66 | |
| Aleksandr Fomchenko Yevgeniy Duleyev | Double sculls | 7:07.12 | 3 R | 6:37.77 | 1 FA | —N/a | 6:35.34 | 5 |
| Yuriy Pimenov Nikolay Pimenov | Coxless pair | 7:25.09 | 1 Q | Bye | 6:52.11 | 1 FA | 6:50.50 | |
| Viktor Pereverzev Gennadi Kryuçkin Aleksandr Lukyanov | oxed pair | 7:38.49 | 2 R | 7:15.38 | 1 FA | —N/a | 7:03.35 | |
| Yuriy Shapochka Evgeni Barbakov Valeri Kleshnyov Mykola Dovhan | Quadruple sculls | 6:14.67 | 4 R | 5:57.82 | 1 FA | —N/a | 5:51.47 | |
| Aleksey Kamkin Valeriy Dolinin Aleksandr Kulagin Vitali Eliseev | Coxless four | 6:31.71 | 1 FA | Bye | —N/a | 6:11.81 | ||
| Artūrs Garonskis Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Žoržs Tikmers Juris Bērziņš | Coxed four | 6:50.29 | 3 R | 6:28.14 | 1 FA | —N/a | 6:19.05 | |
| Viktor Kokoshyn Andriy Tishchenko Oleksandr Tkachenko Jonas Pinskus Jonas Narmontas Andrey Luhin Oleksandr Mantsevych Ihar Maystrenka Hryhoriy Dmytrenko | Eight | 5:50.76 | 1 FA | Bye | —N/a | 5:52.66 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Antonina Makhina | Single sculls | 4:13.39 | 3 R | 3:54.10 | 1 Q | 3:43.68 | 2 FA | 3:47.22 | |
| Yelena Khloptseva Larisa Popova | Double sculls | 3:25.51 | 1 FA | Bye | —N/a | 3:16.27 | |||
| Larisa Zavarzina Galina Stepanova | Coxless pair | 3:55.08 | 1 FA | Bye | —N/a | 4:12.53 | 5 | ||
| Antonina Pustovit Yelena Matiyevskaya Olga Vasilchenko Nadezhda Lyubimova Nina Cheremisina Nataliya Kazak | Quadruple sculls | 3:16.76 | 2 R | 3:19.88 | 2 FA | —N/a | 3:15.73 | ||
| Mariya Fadeyeva Galina Sovetnikova Marina Studneva Svetlana Semyonova Nina Cheremisina Nataliya Kazak | Coxed four | 3:28.72 | 2 R | 3:21.51 | 1 FA | —N/a | 3:20.92 | ||
| Nina Frolova Maria Paziun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Elena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina | Eight | 3:11.72 | 1 FA | Bye | —N/a | 3:04.29 |
Sailing
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||
| Vladimir Ignatenko Sergei Ždanov | 470 | 8 | 14.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.0 | DSQ | 22.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 68.0 | 10 |
| Andrey Balashov | Finn | 6 | 11.7 | 14 | 20.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 47.4 | |
| Vladimir Leontiev Valeri Zubanov | Flying Dutchman | 6 | 11.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 51.7 | 5 |
| Boris Budnikov Aleksandr Budnikov Nikolay Polyakov | Soling | 3 | 5.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 30.4 | |
| Valentin Mankin Aleksandr Muzychenko | Star | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 24.7 | |
| Viktor Potapov Aleksandr Zybin | Tornado | 6 | 11.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 35.1 | 4 |
Shooting
Open
Swimming
Men
Women
Volleyball
Summary
| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Semifinals / Pl | Final / BM / Pl | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Soviet Union men's | Men's tournament | Czechoslovakia W 3–1 | International Olympic Committee Italy W 3–0 | Bulgaria W 3–0 | Cuba W 3–0 | 1 Q | Romania W 3–0 | Bulgaria W 3–1 | |
| Soviet Union women's | Women's tournament | Peru W 3–1 | East Germany W 3–1 | Cuba W 3–0 | —N/a | 1 Q | Hungary W 3–0 | East Germany W 3–1 |
Water polo
Summary
| Team | Preliminary round | Final round | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |
| Soviet Union men's | International Olympic Committee Italy W 8–6 | International Olympic Committee Spain W 4–3 | Sweden W 12–1 | 1 Q | Hungary W 5–4 | International Olympic Committee Spain W 6–2 | Cuba W 8–5 | International Olympic Committee Netherlands W 7–3 | Yugoslavia W 8–7 |
Team roster
Evgeni Sharonov Sergei Kotenko Vladimir Akimov Yevgeny Grishin Mait Riisman Aleksandr Kabanov Aleksei Barkalov Erkin Shagaev Georgi Mshvenieradze Mikhail Ivanov Viacheslav Sobchenko
Weightlifting
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Kanybek Osmonaliyev | 52 kg | 107.5 | 4 | 137.5 | 1 | 245.0 | |
| Yurik Sarkisyan | 56 kg | 112.5 | 6 | 157.5 | 1 | 270.0 | |
| Viktor Mazin | 60 kg | 130.0 | 1 | 160.0 | 2 | 290.0 | |
| Aleksandr Pervi | 75 kg | 157.5 | 3 | 200.0 | 1 | 357.5 | |
| Yurik Vardanyan | 82.5 kg | 177.5 | 1 | 222.5 | 1 | 400.0 | |
| David Rigert | 90 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Igor Nikitin | 100 kg | 177.5 | 2 | 215.0 | 3 | 392.5 | |
| Leonid Taranenko | 110 kg | 182.5 | 2 | 240.0 | 1 | 422.5 | |
| Vasily Alekseyev | +110 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sultan Rakhmanov | 195.0 | 1 | 245.0 | 1 | 440.0 |
Wrestling
Medals by republic
In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
| Rank | Republic | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 102 | 69 | 81 | 252 |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 34 | 21 | 17 | 72 |
| 3 | Byelorussian SSR | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Lithuanian SSR | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Georgian SSR | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Tajik SSR | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Kirghiz SSR | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Kazakh SSR | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Estonian SSR | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Latvian SSR | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Armenian SSR | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Uzbek SSR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Turkmen SSR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Moldavian SSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan SSR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 182 | 125 | 126 | 433 |