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Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

(USSR) was the host nation of the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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. 489 competitors, 340 men and 149 women, took part in 202 events in 23 sports. The Soviet Union won a record 80 gold medals (although since surpassed by the United States), and their 195 total medals are the second best result in history.

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 80 gold and 195 total medals.

Competitors

Archery

;Men ;Women

Athletics

;Men's competition Men's 100 metres *

Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin (russian: Александр Тимофеевич Аксинин, 4 November 1954 – 28 July 2020) was a Russian athlete and gold medal winner of the 4 × 100m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Aleksandr Aksin ...

:* Heat — 10.26 :* Quarterfinals — 10.29 :* Semifinals — 10.45 :* Final — 10.42 (→ 4th place) * Vladimir Muravyov :* Heat — 10.37 :* Quarterfinals — 10.34 :* Semifinals — 10.42 :* Final — 10.44 (→ 6th place) * Andrei Shlyapnikov :* Heat — 10.43 :* Quarterfinals — 10.59 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Nikolay Sidorov :* Heat — 21.15 :* Quarterfinals — 20.83 :* Semifinals — 21.17 (→ did not advance) * Vladimir Muravyov :* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance) * Aleksandr Stasevich :* Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres *

Viktor Markin Viktor Fyodorovich Markin () (born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast ) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After graduating from a ...

:* Heat — 46.88 :* Quarterfinals — 45.58 :* Semifinals — 45.60 :* Final — 44.60 (→ Gold medal) * Viktor Burakov :* Heat — 46.41 :* Quarterfinals — 46.23 :* Semifinals — 45.97 (→ did not advance) * Nikolay Chernetsky :* Heat — 47.04 :* Quarterfinals — 46.30 :* Semifinals — 45.94 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres * Nikolay Kirov :* Heat — 1:47.5 :* Semifinals — 1:46.7 :* Final — 1:46.0 (→ Bronze medal) *

Anatoliy Reshetnyak Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Reshetnyak or Anatolii Reshetniak (born 14 April 1955) is a Ukrainian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics, representing the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. o ...

:* Heat — 1:47.9 :* Semifinals — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres * Vladimir Malozemlin :* Heat — 3:38.7 :* Semifinals — 3:43.6 (→ did not advance) *

Vitaliy Tyshchenko Vitaliy Tyshchenko ( uk, Віталій Тищенко, born 28 July 1957) is a Soviet Olympic middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the ...

:* Heat — 3:44.4 :* Semifinals — 3:41.5 (→ did not advance) * Pavel Yakovlev :* Heat — 3:44.2 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres * Aleksandr Fyodotkin :* Heat — 13:45.6 :* Semifinals — 13:31.9 :* Final — 13:24.1 (→ 8th place) * Valery Abramov :* Heat — 13:42.9 :* Semifinals — 13:40.7 (→ did not advance) *

Enn Sellik Enn Sellik (born 10 December 1954 in Iisaku Parish) is an Estonian former long-distance runner who competed, representing Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic ...

:* Heat — 13:52.4 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres *

:* Heat — 29:12.1 :* Final — 28:13.8 (→ 8th place) * Vladimir Shesterov :* Heat — 29:32.4 (→ did not advance) *

Aleksandras Antipovas Aleksandras Antipovas (born 9 March 1955 in Bogdanyu, Soviet Union) is a retired Lithuanian long-distance runner who represented the USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontin ...

:* Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's 4x100 metres relay * Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov,

and

Andrey Prokofyev Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev (russian: Андрей Васильевич Прокофьев; 6 June 1959, Sverdlovsk, USSR – 19 June 1989, Sverdlovsk, USSR) was a Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1980 Sum ...

:* Heat — 38.68 :* Final — 38.26 (→ Gold medal) Men's 4x400 metres relay *

Nikolay Chernetskiy Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernetskiy (russian: Николай Николаевич Чернецкий; born 29 November 1959 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSRGreat Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow: Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Чернецки ...

, Mikhail Linge,

Remigijus Valiulis Remigijus Valiulis (born 20 September 1958 in Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian retired athlete. He was a gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union and as a singles runner he took the bronz ...

and Viktor Burakov :* Heat — 3:01.8 *

, Mikhail Linge,

and

:* Final — 3:01.1 (→ Gold medal) Men's 110 m hurdles *

Aleksandr Puchkov Aleksandr Nikolayevich Puchkov (russian: Александр Николаевич Пучков; born 25 March 1957 in Ulyanovsk) is a retired male hurdler and Olympic bronze medallist, who competed for the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. of ...

:* Heat — 13.84 :* Semifinals — 13.50 :* Final — 13.44 (→ Bronze medal) *

:* Heat — 13.61 :* Semifinals — 13.59 :* Final — 13.49 (→ 4th place) * Yuriy Chervanev :* Heat — 13.75 :* Semifinals — 13.78 :* Final — 15.80 (→ 8th place) Men's 400 m hurdles *

Vasyl Arkhypenko Vasyl Albertovych Arkhypenko ( uk, Василь Альбертович Архипенко, russian: Василий Альбертович Архипенко, ''Vasiliy Albertovich Arkhipenko;'' born 28 January 1957 in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, ...

:* Heat — 50.22 :* Semifinals — 49.80 :* Final — 48.86 (→ Silver medal) * Nikolay Vasilyev :* Heat — 50.09 :* Semifinals — 49.87 :* Final — 49.34 (→ 4th place) * Aleksandr Kharlov :* Heat — 50.79 :* Semifinals — 50.64 (→ did not advance) Men's 3,000 m steeplechase * Anatoliy Dimov :* Heat — 8:33.2 :* Semifinals — 8:24.9 :* Final — 8:19.8 (→ 8th place) * Serhiy Olizarenko :* Heat — 8:34.3 :* Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance) * Aleksandr Vorobey :* Heat — 8:42.6 :* Semifinals — 8:44.3 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon * Setymkul Dzhumanazarov :* Final — 2:11:35 (→ Bronze medal) * Vladimir Kotov :* Final — 2:12:05 (→ 4th place) *

Leonid Moseyev Leonid Nikolaevich Moseyev (russian: Леонид Николаевич Мосеев; born October 21, 1952, in Metlyno, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male long-distance runner from the Soviet Union. Moseyev won the gold medal in the men's m ...

:* Final — 2:12:14 (→ 5th place) Men's 20 km walk * Pyotr Pochenchuk :* Final — 1:24:45.4 (→ Silver medal) *

Yevgeniy Yevsyukov Yevgeniy Afanasyevich Yevsyukov (russian: Евгений Афанасьевич Евсюков; born January 2, 1950, in Krasnoyarsk) is a retired race walker from Russia, who represented the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR ...

:* Final — 1:26:28.3 (→ 4th place) *

Anatoliy Solomin Anatoliy Vasilyevich Solomin (russian: Анатолий Васильевич Соломин; born 2 July 1952) is a former Soviet Ukrainian race walker. Solomin competed in men's 20 km walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics and contended for the gold ...

:* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km walk * Yevgeniy Ivchenko :* Final — 3:56:32 (→ Bronze medal) * Vyacheslav Fursov :* Final — 3:58:32 (→ 5th place) * Boris Yakovlev :* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's long jump * Valeriy Podluzhniy :* Qualification — 8.02 m :* Final — 8.18 m (→ Bronze medal) * Viktor Belskiy :* Qualification — 8.01 m :* Final — 8.10 m (→ 6th place) Men's high jump * Aleksandr Grigoryev :* Qualification — 2.21 m :* Final — 2.21 m (→ 8th place) *

Gennadiy Belkov Gennadiy Belkov (born 24 June 1956) is a retired Uzbekistani high jumper who represented the Soviet Union. He won the silver medal at the 1979 European Indoor Championships and finished eighteenth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships.

:* Qualification — 2.21 m :* Final — 2.21 m (→ 10th place) * Aleksey Demyanyuk :* Qualification — 2.21 m :* Final — 2.21 m (→ 11th place) Men's pole vault * Konstantin Volkov :* Qualification — 5.35 m :* Final — 5.65 m (→ Silver medal) * Sergey Kulibaba :* Qualification — 5.35 m :* Final — 5.45 m (→ 8th place) * Yury Prokhorenko :* Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance) Men's triple jump *

Jaak Uudmäe Jaak Uudmäe (born 3 September 1954) is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of in his Olympic victory – a mark which ...

:* Qualification — 16.69 m :* Final — 17.35 m (→ Gold medal) *

Viktor Saneyev Viktor Danilovich Saneyev (russian: Виктор Данилович Санеев; ka, ვიქტორ სანეევი, Vikt’or Saneevi; 3 October 1945 – 3 January 2022) was a Georgian triple jumper who competed internationally for ...

:* Qualification — 16.57 m :* Final — 17.24 m (→ Silver medal) * Yevgeni Anikin :* Qualification — 16.77 m :* Final — 16.12 m (→ 9th place) Men's hammer throw *

Yuriy Sedykh ukr, Юрій Георгійович Сєдих , native_name_lang = , years active = 1976–1995Sergey Litvinov :* Qualification — 75.24 m :* Final Round — 80.64 m (→ Silver medal) *

Jüri Tamm Jüri Tamm (5 February 1957 – 22 September 2021) was an Estonian hammer thrower and politician. Representing the USSR, he won a bronze medal in the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. ...

:* Qualification — 76.24 m :* Final Round — 78.96 m (→ Bronze medal) Men's discus throw * Viktor Rashchupkin :* Qualification — 64.78 m :* Final — 66.64 m (→ Gold medal) * Yuriy Dumchev :* Qualification — 62.82 m :* Final — 65.58 m (→ 5th place) * Ihor Duhinets :* Qualification — 63.10 m :* Final — 64.04 m (→ 6th place) Men's shot put * Vladimir Kiselyov :* Qualification — 20.72 m :* Final — 21.35 m (→ Gold medal) *

Aleksandr Baryshnikov Aleksandr Georgievich Baryshnikov (russian: Александр Георгиевич Барышников, born November 11, 1948) is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Shot Put. He trained at Dynamo in Leningrad. He competed for ...

:* Qualification — 20.58 m :* Final — 21.08 m (→ Silver medal) * Anatoli Yarosh :* Qualification — 20.19 m :* Final — 19.93 m (→ 9th place) Men's javelin throw *

Dainis Kula Dainis is a masculine Latvian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Dainis Bremse (born 1954), Latvian luger *Dainis Deglis (born 1959), Latvian footballer *Dainis Dukurs (born 1954), Latvian bobsledder * Dainis Īvāns (born 1955), L ...

:* Qualification — 85.76 m :* Final — 91.20 m (→ Gold medal) * Aleksandr Makarov :* Qualification — 83.32 m :* Final — 89.64 m (→ Silver medal) *

Heino Puuste Heino Puuste (born 7 September 1955 in Lagedi) is a retired Estonian javelin thrower who represented the USSR and later Estonia. He finished fourth at both the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1983 World Championships, and won a silver medal at the ...

:* Qualification — 82.96 m :* Final — 86.10 m (→ 4th place) Men's decathlon * Yuriy Kutsenko :* Final — 8331 points (→ Silver medal) * Sergei Zhelanov :* Final — 8135 points (→ Bronze medal) * Valeri Kachanov :* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;Women's competition Women's 100 metres *

Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva (russian: Людмила Андреевна Кондратьева; born 11 April 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion. Kondr ...

:* Heat — 11.13 :* Quarterfinals — 11.06 :* Semifinals — 11.11 :* Final — 11.06 (→ Gold medal) *

Vera Anisimova Vera Vasilyevna Anisimova (russian: Вера Васильевна Анисимова; born 25 May 1952 in Moscow) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. S ...

:* Heat — 11.53 :* Quarterfinals — 11.33 :* Semifinals — 11.51 (→ did not advance) *

Natalya Bochina Natalya Valeryevna Bochina (russian: Наталья Валерьевна Бочина) (born 4 January 1962) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Athletics (sport), athlete, who competed mainly in the 200 metres. Bochina trained at Dynamo (sports s ...

:* Heat — 11.38 :* Quarterfinals — 11.30 :* Semifinals — 11.38 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 metres *

:* Heat — 23.28 :* Quarterfinals — 22.26 :* Semifinals — 22.75 :* Final — 22.19 (→ Silver medal) * Lyudmila Maslakova :* Heat — 23.49 :* Quarterfinals — 23.24 :* Semifinals — 23.27 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 metres * Irina Nazarova :* Heat — 51.66 :* Semifinals — 50.18 :* Final — 50.07 (→ 4th place) * Nina Ziuskova :* Heat — 51.42 :* Semifinals — 51.12 :* Final — 50.17 (→ 5th place) * Lyudmila Chernova :* Heat — 51.51 :* Semifinals — 51.30 (→ did not advance) Women's 800 metres * Nadiya Olizarenko :* Heat — 1:59.3 :* Semifinals — 1:57.7 :* Final — 1:53.5 (→ Gold medal) * Olga Mineyeva :* Heat — 2:01.5 :* Semifinals — 1:57.5 :* Final — 1:54.9 (→ Silver medal) * Tatyana Providokhina :* Heat — 1:58.5 :* Semifinals — 1:58.3 :* Final — 1:55.5 (→ Bronze medal) Women's 1,500 metres *

Tatyana Kazankina Tatyana Vasilyevna Kazankina (russian: Татья́на Васи́льевна Каза́нкина; born 17 December 1951 in Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet/Russian former runner who set ...

:* Heat — 3:59.2 :* Final — 3:56.6 (→ Gold medal) * Nadiya Olizarenko :* Heat — 3:59.5 :* Final — 3:59.6 (→ Bronze medal) * Lyubov Smolka :* Heat — 4:04.4 :* Final — 4:01.3 (→ 6th place) Women's 100 m hurdles * Vera Komisova :* Heat — 12.67 :* Semifinal — 12.78 :* Final — 12.56 (→ Gold medal) * Irina Litovchenko :* Heat — 12.97 :* Semifinal — 12.84 :* Final — 12.84 (→ 6th place) * Tatyana Anisimova :* Heat — 13.31 :* Semifinal — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's 4x100 metres relay * Vera Komisova, Lyudmila Maslakova,

and

:* Final — 42.10 (→ Silver medal) Women's 4x400 metres relay * Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Lyudmila Chernova and Olga Mineyeva :* Heat — 3:25.3 * Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Ziuskova and Irina Nazarova :* Final — 3:20.2 (→ Gold medal) Women's high jump * Marina Sysoeva :* Qualification — 1.88 m :* Final — 1.91 m (→ 5th place) *

Tamara Bykova Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova (russian: Тамара Владимировна Быкова; born December 21, 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union and competed in the high jump. She is the 1983 World Ch ...

:* Qualification — 1.88 m :* Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place) * Marina Serkova :* Qualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance) Women's long jump *

Tatyana Kolpakova Tatyana Alekseyevna Kolpakova (Abbyasova) (russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Колпакова (Аббясова)) (born October 18, 1959 in village Alamedin, Kyrgyz SSR) is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR. Kolpakov ...

:* Qualification — 6.70 m :* Final — 7.06 m (→ Gold medal) *

Tetyana Skachko Tetyana Viktorivna Skachko ( uk, Тетяна Вікторівна Схачко; russian: Татьяна Викторовңа Схачко) born 18 August 1954 in Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR. ...

:* Qualification — 6.56 m :* Final — 7.01 m (→ Bronze medal) *

Lidiya Alfeyeva Lidiya Nikolayevna Alfeyeva ( uk, Лiдiя Николiевна Алфеева, russian: Лидия Николаевна Алфеева; 17 January 1946 – 18 April 2022Tatyana Lesovaya :* Qualification — 62.20 m :* Final — 67.40 m (→ Bronze medal) *

Galina Murašova Galina Murašova (russian: Галина Мурашова; born December 22, 1955, in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a retired female discus thrower, who competed for the Soviet Union at two Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988. Her last name is sometimes also ...

:* Qualification — 60.32 m :* Final — 63.84 m (→ 7th place) *

Faina Melnik Faina Grigorievna Melnik (russian: Фаина Григорьевна Велева-Мельник, uk, Фаїна Григорівна Мельник (''Faina Hryhorivna Melnyk''); 9 June 1945 – 16 December 2016) was a Soviet discus thrower, a ...

:* Qualification — 53.76 m (→ did not advance) Women's javelin throw * Saida Gunba :* Qualification — 63.98 m :* Final — 67.76 m (→ Silver medal) *

Tatyana Biryulina Tatyana Biryulina (born 16 July 1955, Tashkent) is a former javelin thrower from the Soviet Union, who set the world record and world's best year performance in 1980. She made her mark (70.08 m) at a pre-Olympic trial in Podolsk on 12 July 1980. She ...

:* Qualification — 59.86 m :* Final — 65.08 m (→ 6th place) * Yadviga Putiniene :* Qualification — 62.96 m :* Final — 59.94 m (→ 11th place) Women's shot put * Svetlana Krachevskaia :* Final — 21.42 m (→ Silver medal) * Nunu Abashidze :* Final — 21.15 m (→ 4th place) *

Natalya Akhrimenko Natalya Akhrimenko (russian: Наталья Ахрименко; born May 12, 1955 in Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast) is a retired track and field shot putter from Russia, best known for competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There ...

:* Final — 19.74 m (→ 7th place) Women's pentathlon *

Nadiya Tkachenko Nadiya Volodymyrivna Tkachenko ( uk, Надія Володимирівна Ткаченко) or Nadezhda Vladimirovna Tkachenko (russian: Надежда Владимировна Ткаченко) (born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former penta ...

— 5083 points (→ Gold medal) *# 100 metres — 13.29s *# Shot put — 16.84m *# High jump — 1.84m *# Long jump — 6.73m *# 800 metres — 2:05.20 * Olga Rukavishnikova — 4937 points (→ Silver medal) *# 100 metres — 13.66s *# Shot put — 14.09m *# High jump — 1.88m *# Long jump — 6.79m *# 800 metres — 2:04.80 * Olga Kuragina — 4875 points (→ Bronze medal) *# 100 metres — 13.26s *# Shot put — 12.49m *# High jump — 1.84m *# Long jump — 6.77m *# 800 metres — 2:03.60

Basketball

;Summary ;Men's roster :* Stanislav Yeryomin :* Valery Miloserdov :* Sergei Tarakanov :* Aleksandr Salnikov :* Andrey Lopatov :* Nikolay Deryugin :* Sergei Belov :* Vladimir Tkachenko :* Anatoly Myshkin :* Sergejus Jovaiša :* Alexander Belostenny :* Vladimir Zhigily ;Women's roster :* Angelė Rupšienė :* Lyubov Sharmay :* Vida Beselienė :* Olga Barysheva, Olga Korostelyova :* Tatyana Ovechkina :* Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova, Nadezhda Olkhova :* Uljana Semjonova :* Lyudmila Rogozhina :* Nelli Feryabnikova :* Olga Sukharnova :* Tetiana Zakharova-Nadyrova, Tetiana Nadyrova :* Tatyana Ivinskaya

Boxing

Canoeing

;Men ;Women

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1980.

Road

Track

;Pursuit ;Sprint ;Time trial

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

;Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Dressage, Individual, Dressage, Individual * Yuriy Kovshov → Silver medal * Viktor Ugryumov → Bronze medal * Vera Misevich → 4th place ;Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Team dressage, Team dressage * Yuriy Kovshov, Viktor Ugryumov, Vera Misevich → Gold medal ;Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Three-Day Event, Individual, Three-Day Event, Individual * Aleksandr Blinov (equestrian), Aleksandr Blinov → Silver medal * Yuri Salnikov → Bronze medal * Valery Volkov → 4th place * Sergey Rogozhin → 11th place ;Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Three-Day Event, Team, Three-Day Event, Team * Aleksandr Blinov (equestrian), Aleksandr Blinov, Yuri Salnikov, Valery Volkov, Sergey Rogozhin → Gold medal ;Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Jumping, Individual, Jumping, Individual * Nikolai Korolkov → Silver medal * Viktor Poganovsky → 5th place * Vyacheslav Chukanov → 9th place ;Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Jumping, Team, Jumping, Team * Nikolai Korolkov, Viktor Poganovsky, Vyacheslav Chukanov, Viktor Asmaev → Gold medal

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Soviet Union in 1980. ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's foil, Men's foil * Volodymyr Smyrnov → Gold medal * Aleksandr Romankov → Bronze medal * Sabirzhan Ruziyev → 4th place ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil, Men's team foil * Aleksandr Romankov, Volodymyr Smyrnov, Sabirzhan Ruziyev, Ashot Karagyan, Vladimir Lapitsky → Silver medal ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's épée, Men's épée * Aleksandr Mozhayev → 5th place * Boris Lukomsky → 7th place * Aleksandr Abushakhmetov → 9th place ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée, Men's team épée * Ashot Karagyan, Aleksandr Abushakhmetov, Aleksandr Mozhayev, Boris Lukomsky, Volodymyr Smyrnov → Bronze medal ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre, Men's sabre * Viktor Krovopuskov → Gold medal * Mikhail Burtsev → Silver medal * Vladimir Nazlymov → 8th place ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre, Men's team sabre * Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir Nazlymov, Viktor Krovopuskov, Mikhail Burtsev, Nikolai Alyokhin → Gold medal ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's foil, Women's foil * Nailya Gilyazova → 9th place * Yelena Novikova-Belova → 9th place * Valentina Sidorova → 13th place ;Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil, Women's team foil * Valentina Sidorova, Nailya Gilyazova, Yelena Novikova-Belova, Irina Ushakova, Larisa Tsagarayeva → Silver medal

Field hockey

;Summary ;Men's roster :* Vladimir Pleshakov :* Vyacheslav Lampeyev :* Leonid Pavlovski :* Sos Hayrapetyan :* Farit Zigangirov :* Valeri Belyakov :* Sergei Klevtsov :* Oleg Zagorodnev :* Aleksandr Gusev (field hockey), Aleksandr Gusev :* Sergei Pleshakov :* Mikhail Nichepurenko :* Minneula Azizov :* Aleksandr Sychyov :* Aleksandr Myasnikov :* Viktor Deputatov :* Aleksandr Goncharov ;Women's roster :* Galina Inzhuvatova :* Nelli Gorbatkova :* Valentina Zazdravnykh :* Nadezhda Ovechkina :* Natella Krasnikova :* Natalia Bykova :* Lidiya Glubokova :* Galina Vyuzhanina :* Natalia Buzunova :* Leyla Akhmerova :* Nadezhda Filippova :* Yelena Guryeva :* Tatyana Yembakhtova :* Tatyana Shvyganova :* Alina Kham :* Lyudmila Frolova

Football

;Summary Team roster :* Rinat Dasayev :* Tengiz Sulakvelidze :* Aleksandre Chivadze :* Vagiz Khidiyatullin :* Oleg Romantsev :* Sergey Shavlo :* Sergey Andreyev :* Volodymyr Bezsonov :* Yuri Gavrilov :* Fyodor Cherenkov :* Valery Gazzaev :* Vladimir Pilguy :* Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, Sergei Baltacha :* Sergei Nikulin :* Khoren Oganesian :* Aleksandr Prokopenko :* Revaz Chelebadze

Gymnastics

;Men ;Women

Handball

;Summary ;Men's roster :* Mykhaylo Ishchenko :* Mykola Tomyn :* Aleksandr Anpilogov :* Vladimir Belov (handballer), Vladimir Belov :* Yevgeni Chernyshov :* Anatoli Fedyukin :* Aleksandr Karshakevich :* Yury Kidyayev :* Vladimir Kravtsov :* Serhiy Kushniryuk :* Viktor Makhorin :* Voldemaras Novickis :* Vladimir Repyev :* Aleksey Zhuk ;Women's roster :* Nataliya Tymoshkina :* Larysa Karlova :* Tetyana Kocherhina :* Valentyna Lutayeva :* Aldona Nenėnienė :* Lyubov Odynokova :* Iryna Palchykova :* Zinaida Turchyna :* Lyudmila Poradnyk :* Yuliya Safina :* Sigita Strečen :* Olha Zubaryeva :* Larisa Savkina :* Natalya Lukyanenko

Judo

Extra lightweight (60 kg) *Aramby Yemizh → Bronze medal Half lightweight (65 kg) *Nikolai Solodukhin → Gold medal Lightweight (71 kg) *Tamaz Namgalauri → 12th place Half middleweight (78 kg) *Shota Khabareli → Gold medal Middleweight (86 kg) *Aleksandrs Jackēvičs → Bronze medal Half heavyweight (95 kg) *Tengiz Khubuluri → Silver medal Heavyweight (+95 kg) *Vitali Kuznetsov (judoka), Vitaly Kuznetsov → 10th place Open category *Sergey Novikov (judoka), Sergey Novikov → 5 place

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 30 male and 24 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing (sport), rowing events in 1980. ;Men ;Women

Sailing

Shooting

;Open

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Volleyball

;Summary ;Men's roster :* Yury Panchenko :* Vyacheslav Zaytsev :* Aleksandr Savin (volleyball player), Aleksandr Savin :* Vladimir Dorokhov :* Aleksandr Yermilov :* Valeriy Kryvov :* Pāvels Seļivanovs :* Oleg Moliboga :* Vladimir Kondra :* Vladimir Chernyshov :* Fedir Lashchonov :* Viljar Loor ;Women's roster :* Nadezhda Radzevich :* Nataliya Razumova :* Olga Solovova :* Yelena Akhaminova :* Larisa Pavlova :* Yelena Andreyuk :* Irina Makogonova :* Lyubov Kozyreva (volleyball), Lyubov Kozyreva :* Svetlana Nikishina :* Lyudmila Chernyshyova :* Svetlana Badulina :* Lidiya Loginova

Water polo

;Summary ;Team roster :* Evgeni Sharonov :* Sergei Kotenko :* Vladimir Ivanovich Akimov, Vladimir Akimov :* Yevgeny Grishin (water polo), Yevgeny Grishin :* Mait Riisman :* Aleksandr Kabanov (water polo), Aleksandr Kabanov :* Aleksei Barkalov :* Erkin Shagaev :* Georgi Mshvenieradze :* Mikhail Ivanov (water polo), Mikhail Ivanov :* Viacheslav Sobchenko

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soviet Union At The 1980 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics Soviet Union at the Summer Olympics by year, 1980 1980 in Soviet sport, Summer Olympics