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Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Olympic Movement
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Moscow
Competitors159 (121 men and 38 women) in 19 sports
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
8
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Italy competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 159 competitors, 121 men and 38 women, took part in 88 events in 19 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics

For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat — 10.56
  • Quarterfinals — 10.27
  • Semifinals — 10.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:48.9
  • Semifinals — 1:48.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:40.1
  • Semifinals — 3:40.1
  • Final — 3:40.4 (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place)
  • Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.5
  • Final — 3:04.3 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:37.1
  • Semifinals — 8:27.2
  • Final — 8:18.5 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 8:35.6
  • Semifinals — 8:29.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.21 m
  • Final — 2.15 m (→ 15th place)
  • Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 72.20 m
  • Final Round — 73.90 m (→ 7th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:23:35.5 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final — 1:33:26.2 (→ 11th place)

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat — 11.77
  • Quarterfinals — 11.57 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:01.4
  • Semifinals — 1:59.0
  • Final — 1:59.2 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.1 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 2:10.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:05.0
  • Final — 4:00.3 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 4:14.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.88 m
  • Final — 1.97 m (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 58.76 m
  • Final — 57.52 m (→ 12th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Final — 17.27 m (→ 14th place)

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Defeated Sweden (92–77)
  • Lost to Australia (77–84)
  • Defeated Cuba (79–72)
  • Semi Final Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (81–102)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (87–85)
  • Lost to Brazil (77–90)
  • Defeated Spain (95–89)
  • Final
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (77–86) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster:

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)


Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • Patrizio Oliva → Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (3–2)
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5–0)
    5. Final — Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4–1)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Ten cyclists represented Italy in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 556.32 points (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Equestrianism

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1980.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1980.

Individual

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52.74 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 52.71 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 52.26
  • Semi-Finals — 51,87
  • Final — 51.69 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1:52.56
  • Final — 1:52.76 (→ 6th place)
  • Heats — 1:52.62
  • Final — 1:53.25 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Final — 7:30.37 (→ 5th place)


Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Final — 1.05.10 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heats — 1:12.36
  • Final — 1:12.51 (→ 8th place)
  • Heats — 1:13.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Final — 4:19.06 (→ 5th place)

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Cuba (0–3)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0–3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (1–3)
  • Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated Libya (3–0) → 9th place
  • Team Roster

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "Italy at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
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