Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Zimbabwe at the Olympic Games
Flag of Zimbabwe
IOC code: ZIM
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Other related appearances
Rhodesia (1928, 1960, and 1964)

Zimbabwe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation had previously been known as Rhodesia and had competed at three previous Games under that name.

1 Medals
- 1.1 Gold
2 Results by event
3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Sarah English, Maureen George, Ann Grant, Susan Huggett, Patricia McKillop, Brenda Phillips, Christine Prinsloo, Sonia Robertson, Anthea Stewart, Helen Volk, Linda Watson, Elizabeth Chase, Sandra Chick, Gillian Cowley and Patricia Davies — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Zimbabwe sent one archer to its first Olympic competition. He outscored four archers to place 34th.

Men's Individual Competition:

David Campbell Milne — 2.146 points (34th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

Tapfumaneyi Jonga

Final — 2:47:17 (→ 51st place)

Abel Nkhoma

Final — 2:53:35 (→ 53rd place)

Laswell Ngoma

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

David Parrington

Preliminary Round — 416.67 points (→ 24th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

David Parrington

Preliminary Round — 356.76 points (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey competition, the USSR team. A late request was send to the Zimbabwean government, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, thus claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games.