Field Hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 31 July 1980 at the Dynamo Minor Arena and Young Pioneers Stadium.
The women's field hockey tournament was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time in this edition.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Zimbabwe |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | India Vasudevan Baskaran Bir Bhadur Chettri Mervyn Fernandis Zafar Iqbal Maharaj Krishan Kaushik Charanjit Kumar Somaya Maneypanda Shahid Mohamed Allan Schofield Amarjit Rana Singh Deavinder Singh Gurmail Singh Rajinder Singh Ravinder Pal Singh Surinder Singh Dung Dung Sylvester |
Spain Juan Amat Jaime Arbos Juan Arbos Javier Cabot Ricardo Cabot Miguel Chaves Juan Luis Coghen Francisco Fabregas Jose Garcia Rafael Garralda Santiago Malgosa Paulino Monsalve Miguel de Paz Juan Pellon Carlos Roca Jaime Zumalacarregui |
Soviet Union Sos Airapetian Minnuela Azizov Valeri Beliakov Viktor Deputatov Aleksandr Goncharov Aleksandr Gusev Sergei Klevtsov Viacheslav Lampeev Aleksandr Miasnikov Mikhail Nichepurenko Leonid Pavlovski Sergei Pleshakov Vladimir Pleshakov Aleksandr Sychev Oleg Zagorodnev Farit Zigangirov |
| Women | Zimbabwe Arlene Nadine Boxhall Elizabeth Muriel Chase Sandra Chick Gillian Margaret Cowley Patricia Joan Davies Sarah English Maureen Jean George Ann Mary Gwynne Grant Susan Huggett Patricia Jean McKillop Brenda Joan Phillips Christine Prinsloo Sonia Robertson Anthea Doreen Stewart Helen Volk Linda Margaret Watson |
Czechoslovakia Milada Blazkova Jirina Cermakova Jirina Hajkova Berta Hruba Ida Hubackova Jirina Kadlecova Jarmila Kralickova Jirina Krizova Alena Kyselicova Jana Lahadova Kveta Petrickova Viera Podhanyiova Iveta Srankova Marie Sykorova Marta Urbanova Lenka Vymazalova |
Soviet Union Lialia Akhmerova Natalia Buzunova Natalia Bykova Tatiana Embakhtova Nadezhda Filippova Liudmila Frolova Lidia Glubokova Nelli Gorbatkova Elena Guryeva Galina Inzhuvatova Alina Kham Natella Krasnikova Nadezhda Ovechkina Tatiana Shvyganova Galina Viuzhanina Valentina Zazdravnykh |
Statistics[]
- There were 187 total athletes from 9 countries.
- Sabine Blemenschuetz was the youngest participant with 15 years and 363 days.
- Jarmila Kralickova was the oldest participant with 36 years and 81 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- India won its first gold medal in the sport since Tokyo 1964.
- Spain won its first medal in the sport since Rome 1960.
- Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union won their first-ever and only medals in the sport.
- Zimbabwe won its first-ever Olympic medal.