Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 26 July 1980 at Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi, featuring a total of seven events — all nominally open to both genders.
This edition marked the fourth and last time to witness the women compete against the men in all shooting events.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  East Germany |
0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 |  Sweden |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Austria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cuba |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m rifle prone | Karoly Varga
|
Hellfried Heilfort
|
Petr Zaprianov
|
| 50 m rifle three positions | Viktor Vlasov
|
Bernd Hartstein
|
Sven Johansson
|
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | Corneliu Ion
|
Jurgen Wiefel
|
Gerhard Petritsch
|
| 50 m pistol | Aleksandr Melentiev
|
Harald Vollmar
|
Lubcho Diakov
|
| 50 m running target | Igor Sokolov
|
Thomas Pfeffer
|
Aleksandr Gazov
|
| Skeet | Hans Kjeld Rasmussen
|
Lars-Goran Carlsson
|
Roberto Castrillo
|
| Trap | Luciano Giovannetti
|
Rustam Yambulatov
|
Jorg Damme
|
Statistics[]
- 239 total shooters from 38 countries have participated at the edition of the Olympic Games, with only five of them comprising of females.
- Francisco Boza was the youngest participant with 15 years and 305 days.
- Karni Singh was the oldest participant with 56 years and 92 days.
- 7 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Denmark won its first gold medal in the sport since Antwerp 1920.
- Hungary won its first gold medal in the sport since Tokyo 1964.
- Cuba won its first-ever medal in the sport.