Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Medallists

Medals by discipline

Discipline				Total
Athletics	4	2	4	10
Swimming	1	3	1	5
Rowing	0	1	2	3
Judo	0	1	1	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Total	5	7	9	21

Gold

• Allan Wells — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• Steve Ovett — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Sebastian Coe — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Daley Thompson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Duncan Goodhew — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Silver

• Allan Wells — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Sebastian Coe — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Neil Adams — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
• Henry Clay, Andrew Justice, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, Colin Moynihan, John Pritchard, Richard Stanhope, and Allan Whitwell — Rowing, Men's Eights
• Philip Hubble — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Sharron Davies — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
• June Croft, Helen Jameson, Margaret Kelly, and Ann Osgerby — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Bronze

• Steve Ovett — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Gary Oakes — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
• Heather Hunte, Sonia Lannaman, and Kathy Smallwood-Cook
  — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Donna Hartley, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Linsey MacDonald, and Michelle Probert — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
• Anthony Willis
  — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Arthur Mapp — Judo, Men's Open Class
• Malcolm Carmichael and Charles Wiggin — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
• John Beattie, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, and Martin Cross — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Trevor Smith
  — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Archery

In the third appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. Mark Blenkarne missed winning a medal in the men's competition by only three points, by far the most successful result for Great Britain since archery was returned to the Olympic schedule.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Gillian Patterson — 2216 points (→ 22nd place)
• Christine Harris — 2187 points (→ 25th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Mark Blenkarne — 2446 points (→ 4th place)
• Dennis Savory — 2407 points (→ 13th place)

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Drew McMaster	100 m	10.43	3 Q	10.42	6	Did not advance
Cameron Sharp		10.38	2 Q	10.38	4 Q	10.60	7	Did not advance
Alan Wells		10.35	1 Q	10.11	1 Q	10.27	1 Q	10.25
Mike McFarlane	200 m	21.43	4 q	20.33	6	Did not advance
Cameron Sharp		20.51	1 Q	21.16	4 Q	21.24	8	Did not advance
Alan Wells		21.57	2 Q	20.59	1 Q	20.75	4 Q	20.21
Alan Bell	400 m	47.48	4 Q	46.17	4 Q	48.50	8	Did not advance
Glen Cohen		48.35	4 Q	47.35	7	Did not advance
David Jenkins		46.67	1 Q	45.99	1 Q	45.59	3 Q	45.56	7
Sebastian Coe	800 m	1:48.5	1 Q	—		1:46.7	1 Q	1:45.9
Steve Ovett		1:49.4	1 Q	—		1:46.6	1 Q	1:45.4
David Warren		1:49.9	2 Q	—		1:47.2	2 Q	1:49.3	8
Sebastian Coe	1500 m	3:40.1	2 Q	—		3:39.4	1 Q	3:38.4
Steve Cram		3:44.1	4 Q	—		3:43.6	4 Q	3:42.0	8
Steve Ovett		3:36.8	1 Q	—		3:43.1	1 Q	3:39.0
David Moorcroft	5000 m	13:43.0	5 Q	—		13:52.8	9	Did not advance
Nick Rose		13:44.7	3 Q	—		13:40.6	5	Did not advance
Barry Smith		13:46.3	7 q	—		13:36.7	9	Did not advance
Brendan Foster	10000 m	26:55.15	5 Q	—				28:22.54	11
Mike McLeod		28:57.27	2 Q	—				28:40.78	12
Geoff Smith		30:00.1	7	—				Did not advance
Wilbert Greaves	110 m hurdles	13.85	4 Q	—		13.98	6	Did not advance
Mark Holtom		13.83	3 Q	—		13.94	5	Did not advance
Gary Oakes	400 m hurdles	50.39	3 Q	—		50.07	3 Q	49.11
Roger Hackney	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.34	5 Q	—		8:29.18	7	Did not advance
Colin Reitz		8:35.21	4 Q	—		8:29.75	8	Did not advance
Tony Staynings		8:47.42	8 q	—		8:52.30	11	Did not advance
Mike McFarlane Alan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster	4 × 100 m relay	39.20	3 Q	—				38.62	4
Alan Bell Terry Whitehead Rod Milne Glen Cohen	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.9	2 Q	—				DNF
Dave Black	Marathon	—						DNF
Bernie Ford		—						DNF
Ian Thompson		—						DNF
Roger Mills	20 km walk	—						1:32:37.8	10
Ian Richards	50 km walk	—						4:22:57	11

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Bradley McStravick	Result	10.97	6.74	13.53	1.91	48.80	15.23	39.46	4.30	57.98	4:31.0	7616	15
Daley Thompson	Result	10.62	8.00	15.18	2.08	48.01	14.47	42.24	4.70	64.16	4:39.9	8495

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Heather Hunte	100 m	11.40	3 Q	11.25	3 Q	11.36	4 Q	11.34	8
Sonia Lannaman		11.58	3 Q	11.20	2 Q	11.38	5	Did not advance
Kathy Smallwood		11.37	2 Q	11.24	2 Q	11.30	3 Q	11.28	6
Beverley Goddard	200 m	22.97	3 Q	—	22.73	4 Q	22.72	6
Sonia Lannaman		22.84	3 Q	—	22.82	4 Q	22.80	8
Kathy Smallwood		22.95	1 Q	—	22.65	3 Q	22.61	5
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	400 m	52.24	1 Q	—	51.47	6	Did not advance
Linsey MacDonald		52.57	2 Q	—	51.60	4 Q	52.40	8
Michelle Probert		52.16	3 Q	—	51.89	5	Did not advance
Christina Boxer	800 m	2:02.1	4 Q	—		2:00.9	8	Did not advance
Janet Marlow	1500 m	4:15.9	9	—		Did not advance
Lorna Boothe	100 m hurdles	13.86	6	—		Did not advance
Shirley Strong		13.39	4 Q	—		13.12	5	Did not advance
Kathy Smallwood Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman	4 × 100 m relay	—						42.43

Field events

Combined events – Pentathlon

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keith Wallace	Flyweight	Bye	Radu (ROU) L 1-4	Did not advance
Ray Gilbody	Bantamweight	Almeida (ANG) W 5-0	Zaragoza (MEX) L 1-4	Did not advance
Peter Hanlon	Featherweight	Esparragoza (VEN) W 4-1	Rybakov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
George Gilbody	Lightweight	Bye	Siukoko (ZAM) L 1-4	Did not advance
Tony Willis	Light welterweight	Sodré (BRA) W 5-0	Odhiambo (SWE) W 5-0	Lyimo (TAN) W KO	Oliva (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Joseph Frost	Welterweight	Dao (LAO) L KO	Did not advance
Nick Wilshire	Light middleweight	Bye	Perunović (YUG) W 3-2	Koshkin (URS) L KO	Did not advance
Mark Kaylor	Middleweight	Bye	Fonseca  (BRA) W 4-1	Silaghi (ROU) L 2-3	Did not advance
Andy Straughn	Light heavyweight	—	Kvachadze (URS) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Men

Women

Cycling

Road

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Repechage	1/8 Final	Repechage	Quarter Final	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Terrence Tinsley	Sprint	Cahard (FRA) R	Musa (ZIM) 11.62 Q	Dazzan (ITA) R	Joseph (GUY) DNF	Did not advance	N/A

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarter Final	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sean Yates	Individual pursuit	4:44.69	7	Ørsted (DEN) 4:41.39 R	Did not advance	N/A
Tony Doyle Malcolm Elliott Glen Mitchell Sean Yates	Team pursuit	4:19.73	5 Q	Czechoslovakia 4:23.45 R	Did not advance	N/A

Diving

Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980.

Men's foil

• Pierre Harper
• Rob Bruniges

Men's team foil

• John Llewellyn, Steven Paul, Rob Bruniges, Pierre Harper

Men's épée

• Steven Paul
• John Llewellyn
• Neal Mallett

Men's team épée

• Steven Paul, John Llewellyn, Neal Mallett, Rob Bruniges

Men's sabre

• Mark Slade

Women's foil

• Ann Brannon
• Linda Ann Martin
• Susan Wrigglesworth

Women's team foil

• Susan Wrigglesworth, Ann Brannon, Wendy Ager-Grant, Linda Ann Martin, Hilary Cawthorne

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual

• Robert Nightingale
  — 5,168 pts, 15th place
• Peter Whiteside — 5,085 pts, 21st place
• Nigel Clark — 4,809 pts, 33rd place

Team:

• Nightingale, Whiteside and Clark — 15,062pts, 8th place

Rowing

Men's Single scull

• Hugh Matheson

• (→ 6th place)

Men's Double scull

• Jim Clark, Chris Baillieu

• (→ 4th place)

Men's Coxless pair

• Malcolm Carmichael, Charles Wiggin

• (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed pair

• James MacLeod, Neil Christie, David Webb

• (→ 9th place)

Men's Coxless four

• John Beattie, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, Martin Cross

• (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed four

• Lenny Robertson, Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns

• (→ 7th place)

Men's Eight

• Henry Clay, Andrew Justice, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, John Pritchard, Richard Stanhope, Allan Whitwell, Colin Moynihan

• (→ Silver)

Women's Single scull

• Beryl Mitchell

• (→ 5th place)

Women's Double scull

• Sue Handscomb, Astrid Ayling

• (→ 7th place)

Women's Coxed four

• Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown

• (→ 6th place)

Women's Eight

• Gillian Hodges, Joanna Toch, Penny Sweet, Lin Clark, Elizabeth Paton, Rosie Clugston, Nicola Boyes, Beverly Jones, Pauline Wright

• (→ 5th place)

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Mark Taylor

• Heats — 52.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Martin Smith

• Heats — 1:54.17 (→ did not advance)

• Kevin Lee

• Heats — 1:55.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Gary Abraham

• Final — 55.42 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Philip Hubble

• Final — 2:01.20 (→ Silver Medal)

• Peter Morris

• Final — 2:02.27 (→ 4th place)

• Stephen Poulter

• Final — 2:02.93 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Duncan Goodhew

• Final — 1:03.44 (→ Gold Medal)

• Leigh Atkinson

• Heats — 1:06.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Duncan Goodhew

• Final — 2:20.92 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Gary Abraham

• Final — 58.38 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Douglas Campbell

• Final — 2:04.23 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Douglas Campbell, Philip Hubble, Martin Smith, and Andrew Astbury

• Final — 7:30.81 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew, David Lowe, and Martin Smith

• Final — 3:47.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Competition

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• June Croft

• Final — 2:03.15 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Ann Osgerby

• Final — 1:02.21 (→ 4th place)

• Janet Osgerby

• Final — 1:02.90 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Ann Osgerby

• Final — 2:14.83 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Margaret Kelly

• Heats — 1:12.38
• Final — 1:11.48 (→ 4th place)

• Susannah Brownsdon

• Heats — 1:12.83
• Final — 1:12.11 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Sharron Davies

• Heats — 4:52.38
• Final — 4:46.83 (→ Silver Medal)

• Sarah Kerswell

• Heats — 5:03.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Jacquelina Willmott, and June Croft

• Helen Jameson, Margaret Kelly, Ann Osgerby, and June Croft

• Final — 4:12.24 (→ Silver Medal)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References