Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 30 July 1980 at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall with the men's final matches contested at Olympiiski Indoor Stadium.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Yugoslavia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medalists[]
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| Men | Yugoslavia Kresimir Cosic Drazen Dalipagic Mirza Delibasic Zeljko Jerkov Dragan Kicanovic Andro Knego Duje Krstulovic Mihovil Nakic Ratko Radovanovic Branko Skroce Zoran Slavnic Rajko Zizic |
Italy Marco Bonamico Roberto Brunamonti Fabrizio Della Fiori Pietro Generali Enrico Gilardi Pierluigi Marzorati Dino Meneghin Romeo Sacchetti Marco Solfrini Michael Sylvester Renzo Vecchiato Renato Villalta |
Soviet Union Aleksandr Belostennyi Sergei Belov Nikolai Deriugin Stanislav Eremin Sergei Iovaisha Andrei Lopatov Valeri Miloserdov Anatoli Myshkin Aleksandr Salnikov Sergei Tarakanov Vladimir Tkachenko Vladimir Zhigili |
| Women | Soviet Union Vida Besselene Nelli Feriabnikova Tatiana Ivinskaia Olga Korosteleva Tatiana Nadyrova Nadezhda Olkhova Tatiana Ovechkina Liudmila Rogozhina Angelia Rupshene Iuliaka Semenova Liubov Sharmai Olga Sukharnova |
Bulgaria Krasimira Bogdanova Diana Brainova Vania Dermendieva Silvia Germanova Nadka Golcheva Petkana Makaveeva Penka Metodieva Angelina Mikhailova Snezhana Mikhailova Kostadinka Radkova Evladia Slavcheva Penka Stoianova |
Yugoslavia Mersada Becirspahic Mira Bjedov Vesna Despotovic Vera Djuraskovic Zorica Djurkovic Jelica Komnenovic Biljana Majstorovic Vukica Mitic Sanja Ozegovic Sofija Pekic Jasmina Perazic Marija Tonkovic |
Statistics[]
- There were 215 total athletes from 14 countries.
- Hadrame Ndiaye was the youngest participant with 16 years and 96 days.
- Sergei Belov was the oldest participant with 36 years and 189 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- Yugoslavia won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Italy won its first-ever medal in the sport.