1980 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Allan Wells, GBR | 10.25 | |
| Silvio Leonard, CUB | 10.25 | ||
| Petar Petrov, BUL | 10.39 | ||
| 200m | Pietro Mennea, ITA | 20.19 | |
| Allan Wells, GBR | 20.21 | ||
| Donald Quarrie, JAM | 20.29 | ||
| 400m | Viktor Markin, USSR | 44.60 | |
| Richard Mitchell, AUS | 44.84 | ||
| Frank Schaffer, E. Ger | 44.87 | ||
| 800m | Steve Ovett, GBR | 1:45.4 | |
| Sebastian Coe, GBR | 1:45.9 | ||
| Nikolai Kirov, USSR | 1:46.0 | ||
| 1500m | Sebastian Coe, GBR | 3:38.4 | |
| Jürgen Straub, E. Ger | 3:38.8 | ||
| Steven Ovett, GBR | 3:39.0 | ||
| 5000m | Miruts Yifter, ETH | 13:21.0 | |
| Suleiman Nyambui, TAN | 13:21.6 | ||
| Kaarlo Maaninka, FIN | 13:22.0 | ||
| 10,000m | Miruts Yifter, ETH | 27:42.7 | |
| Kaarlo Maaninka, FIN | 27:44.3 | ||
| Mohammed Kedir, ETH | 27:44.7 | ||
| Marathon | Waldemar Cierpinski, E. Ger | 2:11:03 | |
| Gerard Nijboer, NED | 2:11.20 | ||
| Sat. Dzhumanazarov, USSR | 2:11.35 | ||
| 110m H | Thomas Munkelt, E. Ger | 13.39 | |
| Alejandro Casanas, CUB | 13.40 | ||
| Alexander Puchkov, USSR | 13.44 | ||
| 400m H | Volker Beck, E. Ger | 48.70 | |
| Vasiliy Arkhipenko, USSR | 48.86 | ||
| Gary Oakes, GBR | 49.11 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Bronislaw Malinowski, POL | 8:09.7 | |
| Filbert Bayi, TAN | 8:12.5 | ||
| Eshetu Tura, ETH | 8:13.6 | ||
| 20k Walk | Maurizio Damilano, ITA | 1:23:35.5 | OR |
| Pyotr Pochenchuk, USSR | 1:24:45.4 | ||
| Roland Wieser, E. Ger | 1:25:58.2 | ||
| 50k Walk | Hartwig Gauder, E. Ger | 3:49:24.0 | |
| Jorge Llopart, SPA | 3:51:25 | ||
| Yevgeniy Ivchenko, USSR | 3:56:32 | ||
| 4x100m | USSR (Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolai Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Andrei Prokofiev) | 38.26 | |
| Poland | 38.33 | ||
| France | 38.53 | ||
| 4x400m | USSR (Remigius Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolai Chernetsky, Viktor Markin) | 3:01.1 | |
| East Germany | 3:01.3 | ||
| Italy | 3:04.3 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Gerd Wessig, E. Ger | 7- 83/4 | WR |
| Jacek Wszola, POL | 7-7 | ||
| Jörg Freimuth, E. Ger | 7-7 | ||
| Pole Vault | Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, POL | 18-111/2 | WR |
| Konstantin Volkov, USSR / Tadeusz Slusarski, POL | 18-61/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Lutz Dombrowski, E. Ger | 28- 01/4 | |
| Frank Paschek, E. Ger | 26-111/4 | ||
| Valeri Podluzhniy, USSR | 26-10 | ||
| Triple Jump | Jaak Uudmäe, USSR | 56-111/4 | |
| Viktor Saneyev, USSR | 56-63/4 | ||
| Joao de Oliveira, BRA | 56-6 | ||
| Shot Put | Vladimir Kiselyov, USSR | 70- 01/2 | OR |
| Alexander Baryshnikov, USSR | 69-2 | ||
| Udo Beyer, E. Ger | 69-11/4 | ||
| Discus | Viktor Rashchupkin, USSR | 218- 8 | |
| Imrich Bugar, CZE | 217-9 | ||
| Luis Delis, CUB | 217-7 | ||
| Hammer | Yuri Sedykh, USSR | 268- 4 | WR |
| Sergey Litvinov, USSR | 264-6 | ||
| Yuriy Tamm, USSR | 259-0 | ||
| Javelin | Dainis Kula, USSR | 299- 2 | |
| Alexander Makarov, USSR | 294-1 | ||
| Wolfgang Hanisch, E. Ger | 284-6 | ||
| Decathlon | Daley Thompson, GBR | 8495 pts | |
| Yuriy Kutsenko, USSR | 8331 | ||
| Sergey Zhelanov, USSR | 8135 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Lyudmila Kondratyeva, USSR | 11.06 | |
| Marlies Göhr, E. Ger | 11.07 | ||
| Ingrid Auerswald, E. Ger | 11.14 | ||
| 200m | Bärbel E. Wöckel, E. Ger | 22.03 | OR |
| Natalya Bochina, USSR | 22.19 | ||
| Merlene Ottey, JAM | 22.20 | ||
| 400m | Marita Koch, E. Ger | 48.88 | OR |
| Jarmila Kratochvilova, CZE | 49.46 | ||
| Christina Lathan, E. Ger | 49.66 | ||
| 800m | Nadezhda Olizarenko,USSR | 1:53.42 | WR |
| Olga Mineyeva, USSR | 1:54.9 | ||
| Tatyana Providokhina, USSR | 1:55.5 | ||
| 1500m | Tatyana Kazankina, USSR | 3:56.6 | OR |
| Christiane Wartenberg, E. Ger | 3:57.8 | ||
| Nadyezda Olizarenko, USSR | 3:59.6 | ||
| 100m H | Vera Komisova, USSR | 12.56 | OR |
| Johanna Klier, E. Ger | 12.63 | ||
| Lucyna Langer, POL | 12.65 | ||
| 4x100m | E. Ger. (Romy Müller, Bärbel E. Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies O. Göhr) | 41.60 | WR |
| Soviet Union | 42.10 | ||
| Great Britain | 42.43 | ||
| 4x400m | USSR (Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goistchik, Nina Zyuskova, Irina Nazarova) | 3:20.2 | |
| East Germany | 3:20.4 | ||
| Great Britain | 3:27.5 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Sara Simeoni, ITA | 6- 51/2 | OR |
| Urszula Kielan, POL | 6-41/2 | ||
| Jutta Kirst, E. Ger | 6-41/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Tatiana Kolpakova, USSR | 23- 2 | OR |
| Brigitte Wujak, E. Ger | 23-11/4 | ||
| Tatyana Skachko, USSR | 23-0 | ||
| Shot Put | Ilona Slupianke, E. Ger | 73- 61/4 | |
| Svetlana Krachevskaya, USSR | 70-31/4 | ||
| Margitta Pufe, E. Ger | 69-63/4 | ||
| Discus | Evelin S. Jahl, E. Ger | 229- 6 | OR |
| Maria Petkova-Vergova, BUL | 222-9 | ||
| Tatyana Lesovaya, USSR | 221-1 | ||
| Javelin | Maria Colon, CUB | 224- 5 | OR |
| Saida Gunba, USSR | 222-2 | ||
| Ute Hommola, E. Ger | 218-4 | ||
| Pentathlon | Nadezhda Tkachenko, USSR | 5083 pts | WR |
| Olga Rukavishnikova, USSR | 4937 | ||
| Olga Kuragina, USSR | 4875 |
