1980 Summer Olympic Games

A U.S.-led boycott reduced the number of participating nations to 80, the lowest number since 1956. Aleksandr Dityatin earned medals in every men's gymnastics event to become the only athlete ever to win eight medals in one Olympics. Super-heavyweight Teófilo Stevenson became the first boxer to win the same division three times. Gerd Wessig became the first male high jumper to break the world record at the Olympics and swimmer Vladimir Salnikov broke the 15-minute barrier for the 1,500m. In adramatic confrontation, runners Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe split the 800 and 1,500m.

1980 Summer Olympic Games Medal Table

Country
Soviet Union
East Germany
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Romania
United Kingdom
Cuba
Italy
Czechoslovakia (until 1992)
France
Sweden
Australia
Yugoslavia (until 1988)
Finland
Spain
Denmark
North Korea
Austria
Brazil
Ethiopia
Mexico
Mongolia
Greece
Jamaica
Netherlands
Ireland
Switzerland
Tanzania
Belgium
Guyana
India
Lebanon
Uganda
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

Gold
80
47
8
7
3
6
5
8
8
2
6
3
2
2
3
1
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1

Silver
69
37
16
10
14
6
7
7
3
3
5
3
2
3
1
3
1
3
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0

Bronze
46
42
17
15
15
12
9
5
4
9
3
6
5
4
4
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0

Total
195
126
41
32
32
24
21
20
15
14
14
12
9
9
8
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1