India at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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India at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Moscow
Competitors76 (58 men, 18 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances

India competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[1][2][3]

Competitors

Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics 9 2 11 12
Basketball 12 0 12 1
Boxing 3 0 3 3
Equestrian 4 0 4 1
Field hockey 16 16 32 2
Shooting 4 0 4 2
Weightlifting 2 0 2 2
Wrestling 6 0 6 6
Total 56 18 74 29

Medalists

Field Hockey

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat — 22.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:49.8
  • Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:55.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat — 29:45.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:22:08 (→ 31st place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 17.05 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:38:27.2 (→ 18th place)

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat — 12.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:06.6 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Basketball

  • Team Roster:

Men's Team Competition

Group A

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20 July 1980
20:15
Template:Bk-rt 65–121 Template:Country data URS
Scoring by half: 38–60, 27–61
Pts: A. Singh 22
Rebs: A. Singh 5
Asts: Han. Singh 3		 Pts: Deryugin, Salnikov 17
Rebs: Deryugin 10
Asts: Yeryomin 5
21 July 1980
13:00
Template:Bk-rt 133–65  India
Scoring by half: 63–36, 70–29
Pts: Brabenec 28
Rebs: Douša, Kropilák 6
Asts: Pospíšil 8		 Pts: A. Singh 35
Rebs: five players 2
Asts: Han. Singh 10
23 July 1980
11:00
Template:Bk-rt 137–64  India
Scoring by half: 65–28, 72–36
Pts: Schmidt 26
Rebs: Schmidt 13
Asts: Setrini 5		 Pts: Shyam 32
Rebs: A. Singh 5
Asts: Han. Singh 4

Classification round

Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.

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25 July 1980
11:00
Template:Bk-rt 113–67  India
Scoring by half: 63–33, 50–34
26 July 1980
11:00
Template:Bk-rt 81–59  India
Scoring by half: 37–31, 44–28
27 July 1980
11:00
Template:Bk-rt 119–63  India
Scoring by half: 52–29, 67–34
28 July 1980
11:00
Template:Bk-rt 75–93 Template:Country data IOCScript error: The function "pwarning" does not exist. Australia
Scoring by half: 41–37, 34–56

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Ganapathy Manoharan
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Samba Jacob Diallo (Guinea) on points (4-1)
    3. Third Round — Lost to Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in second round

Field hockey

Men's Team Competition

The original plan was for a twelve-team tournament, divided into two round-robin groups of six, with the top two of each qualifying for the semi-finals.

However, nine of the twelve teams withdrew as part of the U.S.-led boycott in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Argentina, Kenya, Pakistan, Malaysia, and West Germany boycotted completely, and while Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand competed in some sports, their hockey governing bodies pulled out.

The organising committee subsequently reduced the competition to six teams, the minimum required to hold a competition, with Cuba and Tanzania representing the Americas and Africa in place of Argentina and Kenya respectively, while Poland were invited as the next best team from the 1978 World Cup.

Team Roster

Preliminary

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain 5 4 1 0 33 3 +30 9 Gold-medal match
2  India 5 3 2 0 39 6 +33 8
3 Template:Country data Soviet Union 5 3 0 2 30 11 +19 6 Bronze-medal match
4  Poland 5 2 1 2 19 15 +4 5
5  Cuba 5 1 0 4 7 42 −35 2
6  Tanzania 5 0 0 5 3 54 −51 0
Source: FIH
20 July 1980
12:45
India  18–0  Tanzania
Deavinder field hockey ball 4', 21', 25', 27'
Baskaran field hockey ball 15', 29', 57', 63'
Shahid field hockey ball 17'
Surinder field hockey ball 23', 30', 31', 34', 58'
Fernandes field hockey ball 27'
Iqbal field hockey ball 52', 55'
Kaushik field hockey ball 61' 		Report
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
21 July 1980
17:00
India  2–2  Poland
Deavinder field hockey ball 31'
Fernandes field hockey ball 69' 		Report Stanislawski field hockey ball 39'
Wybieralski field hockey ball 65'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
23 July 1980
12:45
Spain 2–2  India
Amat field hockey ball 21'
Cabot field hockey ball 43' 		Report Surinder field hockey ball 15', 65'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
24 July 1980
11:00
India  13–0  Cuba
Surinder field hockey ball 3', 11', 43', 64'
Shahid field hockey ball 8', 40'
Rajinder field hockey ball 12', 19'
Amarjit field hockey ball 18', 35'
Baskaran field hockey ball 22'
Deavinder field hockey ball 30', 63' 		Report
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
26 July 1980
12:45
Template:Country data Soviet Union 2–4  India
Gusev field hockey ball 36'
Zigangirov field hockey ball 66' 		Report Deavinder field hockey ball 3'
Surinder field hockey ball 34'
Shahid field hockey ball 41'
Kaushik field hockey ball 64'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

Gold-medal match

29 July 1980
17:00
India  4–3 Spain
S. Singh field hockey ball 24', 30'
Kaushik field hockey ball 42'
Shahid field hockey ball 58' 		Report Amat field hockey ball 53', 54', 65'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster:

Preliminary

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 5 3 2 0 13 4 +9 8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5 3 1 1 10 5 +5 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Template:Country data URSScript error: The function "pwarning" does not exist. Soviet Union 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6 6
4 India India 5 2 1 2 9 6 +3 5
5 Austria Austria 5 2 0 3 6 11 −5 4
6 Poland Poland 5 0 0 5 0 18 −18 0
Source: FIH
25 July 1980
12:45
Austria  0–2  India
Report Fernandes (1)
Saini (1)
Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium
27 July 1980
13:00
India  4–0  Poland
Saini (1)
Sharma (2)
Sonir (1) 		Report
Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
28 July 1980
13:00
India  1–2  Czechoslovakia
Sonir (1) Report Hubáčková (1)
Kyselicová (1)
Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium
30 July 1980
17:15
India  1–1  Zimbabwe
Saini (1) Report Chase (1)
Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
31 July 1980
15:30
Template:Country data URS 3–1  India
Buzunova (2)
Krasnikova (1) 		Report Saini (1)
Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

References

  1. ↑ "Mohammed Shahid Was The Reason India Won 1980 Olympics Gold: Zafar Iqbal". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "India regains lost glory". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "India sinks spain for gold". Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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