India at the 1980 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[1][2][3]

India at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Moscow
Competitors76 (58 men, 18 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors
Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics921112
Basketball120121
Boxing3033
Equestrian4041
Field hockey1616322
Shooting4042
Weightlifting2022
Wrestling6066
Total 56 18 74 29


Medalists

Field Hockey
  • Vasudevan Baskaran (captain), Allan Schofield, Bir Bhadur Chettri, Sylvanus Dung Dung, Davinder Singh, Gurmail Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh, Sommayya Maneypande, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, Charanjit Kumar, Merwyn Fernandes, Amarjit Singh Rana, Mohamed Shahid, Zafar Iqbal, and Surinder Singh Sodhi — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

  • Subramanian Perumal
  • Heat — 22.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Sriram Singh
  • Heat — 1:49.8
  • Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Sant Kumar
  • Heat — 3:55.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Hari Chand
  • Heat — 29:45.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Hari Chand
  • Final — 2:22:08 (→ 31st place)
  • Shivnath Singh
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Shot Put

  • Bahadur Singh Chauhan
  • Qualification — 17.05 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Ranjit Singh
  • Final — 1:38:27.2 (→ 18th place)

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat — 12.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Geeta Zutshi
  • Heat — 2:06.6 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Geeta Zutshi
  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (65-121)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (65-133)
  • Lost to Brazil (64-137)
  • Semi Final Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Poland (67-113)
  • Lost to Senegal (59-81)
  • Lost to Sweden (63-119)
  • Lost to Australia (75-93) → 12th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Parvez Irani Diniar
  • Chopra Ajmer Singh
  • Tarlok Sandhu Singh
  • Paramdip Singh
  • Shyam Radhey
  • Baldev Singh
  • Dilip Gurumurthy
  • Paramjit Singh
  • Nagarajan Amarnath
  • Jorawar Singh
  • Rathore Uman Singh
  • Harbhajan Singh

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Thapa Birender Singh
    1. First Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Amala Dass
    1. First Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (0-5)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Ganapathy Manoharan
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Samba Jacob Diallo (Guinea) on points (4-1)
    3. Third Round — Lost to Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round
  • India defeated Tanzania 18-0
  • India drew Poland 2-2
  • India drew Spain 2-2
  • India defeated Cuba 13-0
  • India defeated Soviet Union 4-2
  • Final
  • India defeated Spain 4-3 → Gold Medal

Women's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Austria (2-0)
  • Defeated Poland (4-0)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-2)
  • Drew with Zimbabwe (1-1)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → 4th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Margaret Toscano
  • Sudha Chaudhry
  • Gangotri Bhandari
  • Rekha Mundphan
  • Rup Kumari Saini
  • Varsha Soni
  • Eliza Nelson
  • Prem Maya Sonir
  • Nazleen Madraswalla
  • Selma d'Silva
  • Lorraine Fernandes
  • Harpreet Gill
  • Balwinder Kaur Bhatia
  • Geeta Sareen
  • Nisha Sharma
  • Hutoxi Bagli

References
  1. "Mohammed Shahid Was The Reason India Won 1980 Olympics Gold: Zafar Iqbal". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. "India regains lost glory". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. "India sinks spain for gold". Retrieved 1 May 2022.


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