1980 Summer Olympics medal table

none February 2025 1980 Summer Olympics medals Vladimir Parfenovich 1980.jpg Vladimir Parfenovich won three gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, tied for the most of any competing athlete. Vladimir Parfenovich standing in a track suit with a gold medal around his neck, while two hands reach out and touch each other in front of him. Moscow, URS 1980 Summer Most total medals URS 1980 Summer 195 Most gold medals URS 1980 Summer 80 Medalling NOCs 36 1976 Olympics medal tables 1984 thumb|right|450px|alt=alt=Map displaying countries that won medals during 1980 Summer Olympics.|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1980 Summer Olympics. Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #C0C0C0 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #CC9966 represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #5af represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics. The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, from 19 July to 3 August.Moscow 1980 Olympic Games Boycott, Cold War, USSR, & Summer Games https://www.britannica.com/event/Moscow-1980-Olympic-Games Encyclopædia Britannica 2025-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20220820205959/https://www.britannica.com/event/Moscow-1980-Olympic-Games 2022-08-20 live 15 January 2025 enMoscow 1980 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980 International Olympic Committee 15 January 2025 8 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220408132625/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980 live They were the first Olympic Games to be staged in a communist nation.The 1980 Olympics Are The 'Cleanest' In History. Athletes Recall How Moscow Cheated The System. https://www.rferl.org/a/the-1980-moscow-olympics-rank-as-the-cleanest-in-history-athletes-recall-how-the-u-s-s-r-cheated-the-system-/30741567.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2020-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20221231094845/https://www.rferl.org/amp/the-1980-moscow-olympics-rank-as-the-cleanest-in-history-athletes-recall-how-the-u-s-s-r-cheated-the-system-/30741567.html 2022-12-31 live Aleksandrov Aleksei Grebeniuk Ivan Runets Volodymyr Scollon Michael 31 December 2022 A total of 5,179 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included seven teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games; Angola,Angola – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/angola International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006042451/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/angola 6 October 2024 dead 15 January 2025 Botswana,Botswana – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/botswana International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006042619/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/botswana 6 October 2024 dead 15 January 2025 Cyprus,Cyprus – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/cyprus International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20250105031226/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/cyprus 5 January 2025 dead 15 January 2025 Jordan,Jordan – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/Jordan International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241224141518/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/jordan 24 December 2024 dead 20 January 2025 Laos,Lao PDR – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/lao-pdr International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043628/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/lao-pdr 6 October 2024 dead 15 January 2025 Mozambique,Mozambique – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/mozambique International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241130182315/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/mozambique 30 November 2024 dead 15 January 2025 and Seychelles.Seychelles – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/seychelles International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044906/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/seychelles 6 October 2024 dead 15 January 2025 This was the smallest number of participating NOCs since 1956. The games featured 203 events in 21 sports across 27 disciplines.Lorge Barry 1980-07-19 Moscow's Moment https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/07/19/moscows-moment/ef3c21a4-8cfd-4d74-b636-444ab35ed350/ subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20250219204501/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/07/19/moscows-moment/ef3c21a4-8cfd-4d74-b636-444ab35ed350/ 2025-02-19 19 February 2025 The Washington PostWhen Fosbury turned his 'flop' into a big hit https://sportstar.thehindu.com/rio-2016-olympics/olympics-history/when-fosburys-flop-produced-a-hit/article8912406.ece The Hindu 2016-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20240622041832/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/rio-2016-olympics/olympics-history/when-fosburys-flop-produced-a-hit/article8912406.ece 2024-06-22 live Rao Rakesh 19 February 2025 en 67 eligible countries participated in a boycott against these games, some of which did so explicitly citing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.Moscow 1980: Forty years on https://www.olympics.com/en/news/moscow-1980-forty-years-on International Olympic Committee 20 January 2025 19 July 2020 16 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240816041553/https://olympics.com/en/news/moscow-1980-forty-years-on live Cold War rivalries split the Olympics in Moscow in 1980 https://apnews.com/article/sports-virus-outbreak-afghanistan-boycotts-cold-war-8b447c53e96621f1ca2b06e8621b351f Associated Press 2020-08-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20240523085521/https://apnews.com/article/sports-virus-outbreak-afghanistan-boycotts-cold-war-8b447c53e96621f1ca2b06e8621b351f 2024-05-23 live Ellingworth James 20 January 2025 en Sixteen NOCs participated under the Olympic Flag, as opposed to their nation's flag, as a partial boycott.Smith Stephen Stephen G. Smith (writer) 4 August 1980 Olympics: Cheers, Jeers in Moscow https://time.com/archive/6854777/olympics-cheersjeers-in-moscow/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20250125170324/https://time.com/archive/6854777/olympics-cheersjeers-in-moscow/ 25 January 2025 2025-02-19 Time enFimrite Ron Ron Fimrite 28 July 1980 Only The Bears Were Bullish https://vault.si.com/vault/1980/07/28/only-the-bears-were-bullish-the-glittering-opening-ceremony-of-the-moscow-olympics-was-tarnished-by-the-62-nation-boycott-symbolic-protests-of-16-participating-countries-and-bad-vibes-in-the-village dead https://web.archive.org/web/20221007154049/https://vault.si.com/vault/1980/07/28/only-the-bears-were-bullish-the-glittering-opening-ceremony-of-the-moscow-olympics-was-tarnished-by-the-62-nation-boycott-symbolic-protests-of-16-participating-countries-and-bad-vibes-in-the-village 7 October 2022 20 January 2025 Sports Illustrated en-us This included the Olympic Anthem and flag being used at medal ceremonies when athletes from these NOCs won medals.Stars and Stripes To Fly at Games Despite U.S. Ban https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/07/16/stars-and-stripes-to-fly-at-games-despite-us-ban/f5f3d653-3afc-490d-899f-9d429f8b7eee/?utm_term=.bb009affacdd 1980-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20250126000113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/07/16/stars-and-stripes-to-fly-at-games-despite-us-ban/f5f3d653-3afc-490d-899f-9d429f8b7eee/ 2025-01-26 live The Washington Post Lorge Barry subscription 20 January 2025 Athletes representing 36 NOCs received at least one medal, with 25 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. The Soviet Union won the most overall medals, with 195, and the most gold medals, with 80, setting a new record for most golds won in a single games (which was later broken at the 1984 Games).Which Countries Have Won the Most Olympic Medals? https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/beijing-2022-winter-olympics/which-countries-have-won-the-most-olympic-medals/1147903/ NBC Sports 2022-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20240803012812/https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/beijing-2022-winter-olympics/which-countries-have-won-the-most-olympic-medals/1147903/ 2024-08-03 live Murphy Bryan 20 January 2025 Sports commentators noted that the absence of the United States and various other Western nations stemming from a large-scale boycott contributed to the highly skewed medal results benefitting the Soviet Union. Guyana,Guyana – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/guyana International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043337/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/guyana 6 October 2024 dead 11 January 2025 Tanzania,Tanzania – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/tanzania International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044606/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/tanzania 6 October 2024 dead 11 January 2025 and Zimbabwe won their first Olympic medals of any kind, with Zimbabwe also winning their nation's first gold medal.Zimbabwe – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/zimbabwe International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241211001832/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/zimbabwe 11 December 2024 dead 11 January 2025 Among individual participants, Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin won the most medals overall with eight medals (three gold, four silver, one bronze), becoming the first athlete to win eight medals at a single games.1980 Moskva Summer Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041813/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ 2020-04-17 2025-02-19 Sports ReferenceBritish Olympic Association: Moscow 1980 http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesabout.aspx?gt=s&ga=20 British Olympic Association https://web.archive.org/web/20100428124938/http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesabout.aspx?gt=s&ga=20 28 April 2010 dead 20 August 2010 Dityatin, Soviet canoer Vladimir Parfenovich, Soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov, and East German swimmers Barbara Krause, Caren Metschuck, and Rica Reinisch tied for the most gold medals, with three each. Medal table thumb|alt=Black and white image showing three women with their Olympic medals.|East Germany swept the podium in the women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1980 Summer Games.200 metres Backstroke, Women https://www.olympedia.org/results/6895 Olympedia 17 January 2025 2 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240502085112/http://www.olympedia.org/results/6895 live From left to right: Cornelia Polit, Rica Reinisch, and Birgit Treiber. Olympic medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us Events in boxing resulted in bronze medals being awarded to each of the competitors who lost their semi-final matches, as opposed to them taking part in a third place tiebreaker.Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing International Olympic Committee 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing 28 March 2023 live Ansari Aarish 2 August 2024 Events in judo used a repechage system which also resulted in two bronze medals being awarded.Repechage in wrestling and other sports explained – the second chance https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules International Olympic Committee 21 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240802015913/https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules 2 August 2024 live Nag Utathya 2 August 2024 In women's gymnastics floor there were two-way ties for first and third, respectively, resulting in two gold medals and two bronze medals being issued, with no silver medal being awarded.Moscow 1980 floor exercises women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/gymnastics-artistic/floor-exercises-women International Olympic Committee 15 January 2025 2 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241002205329/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/gymnastics-artistic/floor-exercises-women live In men's pole vault and the women's gymnastic artistic individual all-around events there were two-way ties for second, which resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medals being awarded in each event.Moscow 1980 pole vault men men Results – Olympic athletics https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/athletics/pole-vault-men International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241127123809/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/athletics/pole-vault-men 2024-11-27 live 15 January 2025Moscow 1980 individual all-round women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-women International Olympic Committee 15 January 2025 2 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241002205325/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-women live Lastly, in the women's uneven bars, there was a three-way tie for third, which resulted in three bronze medals being awarded.Moscow 1980 uneven bars women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/gymnastics-artistic/uneven-bars-women International Olympic Committee 15 January 2025 2 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241002205318/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/results/gymnastics-artistic/uneven-bars-women live 1980 Summer Olympics medal tableMoscow 1980 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/medals International Olympic Committee 15 January 2025 29 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240729203106/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/medals live URS flagIOC 1980 Summer NOC National Olympic Committee 80 69 46 yes 47 37 42 8 16 17 8 7 5 8 3 4 7 10 15 6 6 13 6 5 3 5 7 9 3 14 15 3 3 6 3 1 4 2 3 9 2 3 4 2 2 5 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also Olympic Games All-time Olympic Games medal table List of 1980 Summer Olympics medal winners 1980 Winter Olympics medal table 1980 Summer Paralympics medal table References Medal count Category:Summer Olympics medal tables