The 1980 World Championships in Athletics was the second global, international

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competition organised by the

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(IAAF). Hosted from 14 to 16 August 1980 at the De Baandert in

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, Netherlands, it featured two events: the women's

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and the women's

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run. West Germany's Birgit Friedmann took the first women's world title in the 3000 m, while her East German counterpart Bärbel Broschat became the first women's 400 m hurdles world champion.IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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Summary

Historically, the IAAF and the

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(IOC) agreed that the

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served as the

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event for the sport. The IAAF began to expand its programme of approved events for women and this conflicted with the Olympic athletics programme. The 400 m hurdles was recently introduced event for female athletes while the 3000 m marked the increasing popularity of

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events among women. Neither event was contested at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The

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of those Olympics and the presence of the Liberty Bell Classic (an alternative event for the boycotting nations) gave the IAAF additional incentive to hold its own competition; although the

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withdrew, the events in Sittard attracted entries from countries on both sides of the

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and Eastern divide. A total of 42 women from 21 nations entered the competition – there were 18 participants in the 3000 m and 24 athletes in the 400 m hurdles. The hurdles format had four heats of six athletes, two semi-finals of eight athletes, then an "A" and a "B" final. The 3000 m run had two stages: two heats of nine athletes each, followed by a final of twelve athletes. The tournament followed the 1976 World Championships in Athletics, which featured just one event – the men's 50 kilometres walk – and was organised by the IAAF in reaction to the IOC dropping that event for the

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. The 1980 World Championships preceded the launch of the IAAF's independent global event, with the inaugural

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taking place three years later with a programme of 41 events. One athlete, Spain's

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, later had her results at the championships disqualified for doping offences.IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013archived
. IAAF (2013). Retrieved on 2015-07-06.

Medallists

Schedule

400 metres hurdles results

Heats

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Qualifying rule: the first three athletes in each heat (Q) plus the four fastest non-qualifiers (q) progressed to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Qualifying rule: the first four athletes in each semi-final (Q) progressed to the "A" final. The remaining non-qualifiers were entered into the "B" final.

"A" final

"B" final

3000 metres results

Heats

Qualifying rule: the first five athletes in each heat (Q) plus the two fastest non-qualifiers (q) progressed to the final.

Final

Participation

* (1) * (1) * (4) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (3) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (3) * (1) * (6) * (3) * (1)

Medal table

References

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External links

Official IAAF website
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