1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Guyana)

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Guyana took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a delegation of eight athletes (seven men and one woman) in ten competitions in three sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete James Gilkes .

At these games, Guyana's first and so far only medal success was achieved at the Olympic Games: boxer Michael Anthony reached the semi-finals in the bantamweight competition and won bronze. This made the nation 35th in the medal table.

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Michael Anthony

  Bantamweight: bronze

• Fitzroy Brown

  Featherweight: Round of 16

• Barry Cambridge

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• Alfred Thomas

  Middleweight: Round of 16

athletics

Men James Gilkes 100 meters: semi-finals 200 meters: semi-finals

Women Jennifer Innis 100 meters: heats Long jump: 13th place

Cycling

Men

• James Joseph

  Spring: Hope run after the round of 16

• Errol McLean

  1000 meter time trial: 14th place

Web links

• 1980 Guyanese Olympic team in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )