The Soviet Union (USSR) was the host nation of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 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.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Oleg LogvinSergey ShelpakovAnatoly Yarkin Cycling Men's team time trial Shooting Mixed 50 metre pistol Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly Weightlifting Men's 52 kg Diving Women's 3 metre springboard Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle Weightlifting Men's 60 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Fencing Men's foil Maria FilatovaNellie KimYelena NaimushinaNatalia ShaposhnikovaStella Zakharova Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Serhiy KrasyukAndrey KrylovYuri PresekinSergey RusinVladimir SalnikovIvar Stukolkin Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Eduard AzaryanAlexander DityatinBohdan MakutsVladimir MarkelovAleksandr Tkachyov Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Shooting Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions Shooting Mixed 50 metre running target Athletics Men's triple jump Athletics Women's pentathlon Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Modern pentathlon Men's individual Yevgeny LipeyevAnatoli Starostin Modern pentathlon Men's team Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg Fencing Men's sabre Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Gymnastics Men's rings Gymnastics Men's vault Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's vault Athletics Women's 100 metres Viktor ManakovValery MovchanVitaly Petrakov Cycling Men's team pursuit Larisa Popova Rowing Women's double sculls Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg Athletics Men's javelin throw Athletics Women's 800 metres Yuri SalnikovValery VolkovSergey Rogozhin Equestrian Team eventing Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles Cycling Men's individual road race Vyacheslav ChukanovNikolai KorolkovViktor Poganovsky Equestrian Team jumping Viktor KrovopuskovVladimir NazlymovViktor Sidyak Nikolay AlyokhinOlympedia page Fencing Men's team sabre Judo Men's 78 kg Aleksandr Muzychenko Sailing Star VolleyballWomen's tournament Water poloMen's tournament Weightlifting Men's 110 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg HandballWomen's tournament Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Men's shot put BasketballWomen's tournament Weightlifting Men's +110 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Women's long jump Vira MisevychViktor Ugryumov Equestrian Team dressage Judo Men's 65 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle +100 kg Vladimir MuravyovAndrey ProkofyevNikolay Sidorov Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Nikolay ChernetskiyMikhail LingeViktor MarkinRemigijus Valiulis Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Athletics Women's 1500 metres Irina NazarovaTatyana ProrochenkoNina Zyuskova Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres Vladimir Parfenovich Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres VolleyballMen's tournament Archery Women's individual Boxing Light flyweight Vladimir Parfenovich Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Cycling Men's track time trial Shooting Mixed trap Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Athletics Men's triple jump Athletics Women's shot put Athletics Women's pentathlon Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle Sergey KoplyakovSerhiy KrasyukViktor KuznetsovAleksey MarkovskyArsens MiskarovsYevgeny SeredinVladimir Shemetov Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Weightlifting Men's 75 kg Athletics Women's javelin throw Fencing Men's sabre Gymnastics Men's floor Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Gymnastics Men's rings Gymnastics Men's vault Gymnastics Women's balance beam Rowing Men's single sculls Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Athletics Men's decathlon Diving Women's 10 metre platform Vladimir LapitskyAlexandr RomankovSabirzhan RuziyevVladimir Smirnov Fencing Men's team foil Rowing Women's single sculls Nadezhda LyubimovaYelena MatiyevskayaAntonina PustovitOlga Vasilchenko Rowing Women's quadruple sculls Maria PaziunOlga PivovarovaNina PreobrazhenskayaNadezhda PrishchepaTatyana StetsenkoElena TereshinaNina UmanetsValentina Zhulina Rowing Women's eight Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke Athletics Men's javelin throw Athletics Women's 800 metres Equestrian Individual eventing Elena BelovaValentina SidorovaLarisa TsagarayevaIrina Ushakova Fencing Women's team foil Judo Men's 95 kg Mykola DovhanValeriy KleshnyovYuriy Shapochka Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Yuriy Pimenov Rowing Men's coxless pair Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)Viktor Pereverzev Rowing Men's coxed pair Vitaliy EliseyevAleksey KamkinAleksandr Kulagin Rowing Men's coxless four Dimants KrišjānisDzintars KrišjānisŽoržs TikmersJuris Bērziņš (cox) Rowing Men's coxed four Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley Diving Men's 10 metre platform Weightlifting Men's 100 kg Boris BudnikovNikolay Polyakov Sailing Soling Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's shot put Athletics Women's 200 metres HandballMen's tournament Athletics Men's hammer throw Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg Natalya BochinaVera KomisovaLyudmila Maslakova Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Nina Trofimova Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres Equestrian Individual dressage Archery Men's individual Archery Women's individual Boxing Flyweight Boxing Lightweight Boxing Light welterweight Boxing Light middleweight Boxing Middleweight Boxing Heavyweight Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres Equestrian Individual jumping Alla GrishchenkovaOlga KlevakinaYelena KruglovaNatalya StrunnikovaElvira Vasilkova Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg Fencing Men's foil Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke Athletics Women's pentathlon Modern pentathlon Men's individual Shooting Mixed 50 metre running target Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle Gymnastics Men's floor Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Gymnastics Women's balance beam Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Athletics Men's 800 metres Athletics Men's decathlon Cycling Men's sprint Diving Women's 10 metre platform Viktor KokoshynAndrey LuhinOleksandr MantsevychIhar MaystrenkaJonas NarmontasJonas PinskusAndriy TishchenkoOleksandr Tkachenko Rowing Men's eight Mariya FadeyevaSvetlana SemyonovaGalina SovetnikovaMarina Studneva Rowing Women's coxed four Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Athletics Women's 800 metres Equestrian Individual eventing Athletics Men's long jump Cycling Men's individual road race Diving Men's 10 metre platform Judo Men's 86 kg Field hockeyMen's tournament Sailing Finn Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk BasketballMen's tournament Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Women's long jump Boxing Featherweight Ashot KaragyanBoris LukomskyAleksandr MozhayevVladimir Smirnov Fencing Men's team épée Field hockeyWomen's tournament Athletics Men's marathon Athletics Women's 1500 metres Athletics Women's discus throw Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres Equestrian Individual dressage FootballMen's tournament Judo Men's 60 kg Vasyl Yurchenko Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres
Competitors SportMenWomenTotalArchery 2 2 4Athletics 64 35 99Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 11 — 11Canoeing 12 3 15Cycling 13 — 13Diving 6 6 12Equestrian 10 1 11Fencing 14 5 19Field hockey 16 16 32Football 17 — 17Gymnastics 6 6 12Handball 14 13 27Judo 8 — 8Modern pentathlon 3 — 3Rowing 30 24 54Sailing 12 0 12Shooting 14 0 14Swimming 24 15 39Volleyball 12 11 23Water polo 11 — 11Weightlifting 10 — 10Wrestling 20 — 20 Total 341 149 490
Archery
Men AthleteEvent90 m70 m50 m30 mTotalRankBoris IsachenkoMen's individual2713033023412452289312300334Vladimir Yesheyev27830729434324326268310306326
Women AthleteEvent70 m60 m50 m30 mTotalRankNatalya ButuzovaWomen's individual3013143013352477278306300342Keto Losaberidze2993172953462491282304304344
Athletics
Men's competition Men's 100 metres Aleksandr Aksinin 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 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 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 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 Heat — 13:52.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres Enn Sellik Heat — 29:12.1 Final — 28:13.8 (→ 8th place)
Vladimir Shesterov Heat — 29:32.4 (→ did not advance)
Aleksandras Antipovas Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres relay Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin and Andrey Prokofyev Heat — 38.68 Final — 38.26 (→ Gold medal)
Men's 4x400 metres relay Nikolay Chernetskiy, Mikhail Linge, Remigijus Valiulis and Viktor Burakov Heat — 3:01.8 Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy and Viktor Markin Final — 3:01.1 (→ Gold medal)
Men's 110 m hurdles Aleksandr Puchkov Heat — 13.84 Semifinals — 13.50 Final — 13.44 (→ Bronze medal)
Andrey Prokofyev Heat — 13.61 Semifinals — 13.59 Final — 13.49 (→ 4th place)
Yuriy Chervanov Heat — 13.75 Semifinals — 13.78 Final — 15.80 (→ 8th place)
Men's 400 m hurdles Vasyl Arkhypenko 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 Final — 2:12:14 (→ 5th place)
Men's 20 km walk