Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 27 July 1980 at Krylatskoe Canoeing and Rowing Basin.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany |
11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 |  Romania |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Yugoslavia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Pertti Karppinen
|
Vasili Yakusha
|
Peter Kersten
|
| Coxless pair | Bernd Langvoigt Jorg Langvoigt
|
Nikolai Pimenov Yuri Pimenov
|
Malcolm Carmichael Charles Wiggin
|
| Coxed pair | East Germany Harald Jahrling Georg Spohr Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich |
Soviet Union Gennadi Kriuchkin Aleksandr Lukianov Viktor Pereverzev |
Yugoslavia Zlatko Celent Dusko Mrduljas Josip Reic |
| Double sculls | Joachim Dreifke Klaus Kroppelien
|
Zoran Pancic Miroslav Stanulov
|
Zdenek Pecka Vaclav Vochoska
|
| Coxless four | East Germany Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Jurgen Thiele |
Soviet Union Valeri Dolinin Vitali Eliseev Aleksei Kamkin Aleksandr Kulagin |
Great Britain John Beattie Martin Cross Ian McNuff David Townsend |
| Coxed four | East Germany Ullrich Diessner Walter Diessner Gottfried Dohn Andreas Gregor Dieter Wendisch |
Soviet Union Yuris Berzinsh Artur Garonskis Dimant Krishianis Dzintars Krishianis Zhorzh Tikmers |
Poland Ryszard Kubiak Grzegorz Nowiak Ryszard Stadniuk Grzegorz Stellak Adam Tomasiak |
| Quadruple sculls | East Germany Karsten Bunk Frank Dundr Uwe Heppner Martin Winter |
Soviet Union Evgeni Barbakov Nikolai Dovgan Valeri Kleshnev Yuri Shapochka |
Bulgaria Bogdan Dobrev Mincho Nikolov Liubomir Petrov Ivo Rusev |
| Eight | East Germany Jens Doberschultz Uwe Duhring Jorg Friedrich Bernd Hoing Ulrich Karnatz Ulrich Kons Hans-Peter Koppe Bernd Krauss Klaus-Dieter Ludwig |
Great Britain Henry Clay Andrew Justice Chris Mahoney Duncan McDougall Malcolm McGowan Colin Moynihan John Pritchard Richard Stanhope Allan Whitwell |
Soviet Union Grigori Dmitrienko Viktor Kokoshin Andrei Lugin Igor Maistrenko Aleksandr Mantsevich Ionas Normantas Ionas Pintskus Andrei Tishchenko Aleksandr Tkachenko |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Sanda Toma
|
Antonina Makhina
|
Martina Schroter
|
| Pair | Cornelia Klier Ute Steindorf
|
Malgorzata Dluzewska Czeslawa Koscianska
|
Siika Barbulova Stoianka Kurbatova
|
| Double sculls | Elena Khloptseva Larisa Popova
|
Cornelia Linse Heidi Westphal
|
Olga Homeghi Valeria Rosca
|
| Coxed four | East Germany Silvia Frohlich Ramona Kapheim Angelika Noack Romy Saalfeld Kirsten Wenzel |
Bulgaria Nadezhda Filipova Ginka Gurova Mariika Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova |
Soviet Union Nina Cheremisina Maria Fadeeva Svetlana Semenova Galina Sovetnikova Marina Studneva |
| Coxed quadruple sculls | East Germany Liane Buhr Jutta Lau Gisela Medefindt Jutta Ploch Sybille Reinhardt Roswietha Zobelt |
Soviet Union Nina Cheremisina Natalia Kazak Nadezhda Liubimova Elena Matievskaia Antonina Pustovit Olga Vasilchenko |
Bulgaria Ani Bakova Rumeliana Boneva Stanka Georgieva Dolores Nakova Mariana Serbezova |
| Coxed eight | East Germany Martina Boesler Christiane Kopke Gabriele Kuhn Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schutz Marina Wilke |
Soviet Union Nina Frolova Maria Paziun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaia Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatiana Stetsenko Elena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina |
Romania Angelica Aposteanu Elena Bondar Florica Bucur Maria Constantinescu Elena Dobritoiu Rodica Frintu Ana Iliuta Rodica Puscatu Marlena Zagoni |
Statistics[]
- There were 470 athletes from 25 countries.
- Josip Reic was the youngest participant with 14 years and 362 days.
- Ladislau Lovrenschi was the oldest participant with 48 years and 36 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Yugoslavia won its first 2 medals in the sport since Helsinki 1952.
- Poland won its first 2 medals in the sport since Rome 1960.
- Romania won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.