Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 July to 2 August 1980 at various locations in the Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus).
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Czechoslovakia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  East Germany |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Czechoslovakia Jan Berger Frantisek Kunzo Werner Licka Ludek Macela Josef Mazura Petr Nemec Jaroslav Netolicka Lubos Pokluda Libor Radimec Oldrich Rott Zdenek Rygel Stanislav Seman Zdenek Sreiner Frantisek Stambachr Jindrich Svoboda Rostislav Vaclavicek Ladislav Vizek |
East Germany Jurgen Bahringer Frank Baum Lothar Hause Bernd Jakubowski Dieter Kuhn Matthias Liebers Matthias Muller Wolf-Rudiger Netz Werner Peter Bodo Rudwaleit Rudiger Schnuphase Wolfgang Steinbach Frank Terletzki Andreas Trautmann Norbert Trieloff Frank Uhlig Artur Ullrich |
Soviet Union Sergei Andreev Sergei Baltacha Vladimir Bessonov Revaz Chelebadze Fiodor Cherenkov Aleksandr Chivadze Rinat Dasaev Yuri Gavrilov Valeri Gazzaev Vagiz Khidiiatullin Sergei Nikulin Khoren Oganesian Vladimir Pilgui Aleksandr Prokopenko Oleg Romantsev Sergei Shavlo Tengiz Sulakvelidze |
Statistics[]
- There were 255 total athletes from 16 countries.
- Iker Joseba Zubizarreta was the youngest participant with 18 years and 63 days.
- Rostislav Vaclavicek was the oldest participant with 33 years and 239 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Czechoslovakia won its first-ever gold medal in the sport and its first medal since Tokyo 1964.