Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) was the host nation of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 488 competitors, 339 men and 149 women, took part in 202 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 80 gold and 195 total medals.

Gold

• Keto Losaberidze — archery, women's competition
• Vera Komisova — athletics, 100 m hurdles women
• Lyudmila Kondratyeva — athletics, 100 m women
• Tatiana Kazankina — athletics, 1500 m women
• Viktor Markin — athletics, 400 m men
• Muraviov, Sidorov, Aksinin, and Prokofyev — athletics, 4x100 m relay men
• Valiulis, Linge, Chernetski, and Markin — athletics, 4x400 m relay men
• Prorochenko, Goishchik, Ziuskova, and Nazarova — athletics, 4x400 m relay women
• Nadezhda Olizarenko — athletics, 800 m women
• Viktor Rashchupkin — athletics, discus throw men
• Yuri Sedykh — athletics, hammer throw men
• Dainis Kūla — athletics, javelin throw men
• Tatiana Kolpakova — athletics, long jump women
• Nadezhda Tkachenko — athletics, pentathlon women
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