1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Zimbabwe)

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Zimbabwe took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a delegation of 42 athletes (23 men and 19 women) in 30 competitions in ten sports. The only medal was won by the women's hockey team, which became Olympic champions .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• David Milne

  34th place

Weightlifting

• John de Wet

  1st heavyweight: 14th place

hockey

Women

• gold

  Sarah English

  Maureen George

  Ann Grant

  Susan Huggett

  Patricia McKillop

  Brenda Phillips

  Christine Prinsloo

  Sonia Robertson

  Anthea Stewart

  Helen Volk

  Linda Watson

  Liz Chase

  Sandra Chick

  Gillian Cowley

  Patricia Davies

Judo

• Daniel Francois Fyfer

  Half light weight: eliminated in the 1st round

• John de Wet

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

  Open class: eliminated in the round of 16

athletics

Men

• Zephaniah Ncube

  5000 m: heats

• Kenya's Tembo

  10,000 m: heats

• Abel Nkhoma

  Marathon: 53rd place

• Tapfumaneyi Jonga

  Marathon: 51st place

Cycling

• David Gillow

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Michael McBeath

  Road Race: Race not finished

• John Musa

  Rail sprint: prelims

  Track 1000 m time trial: 18th place

shoot

• Ian Redmond

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 33rd place

  Free pistol 50 m: 27th place

• David Westerhout

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 38th place

• Maureen Reichert

  Free pistol 50 m: 28th place

• Dennis Hardman

  Small caliber three-position fight 50 m: 30th place

  Small bore, lying 50 m: 25th place

• Paul Meyer

  Trap: 25th place

• Jason Cambitzis

  Trap: 33rd place

• Jeremy Cole

  Skeet: 33rd place

• Richard Gardner

  Skeet: 43rd place

swim

Men

• Guy Goosen

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  100 meter butterfly: semi-finals

Women

• Lynne Tasker

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  100 meter chest: heats

  200 meters chest: heats

sailing

• Peter Wilson

  Finn dinghy: 16th place

• Jeremy O'Connor

  470s: 13th place

• Robin O'Connor

  470s: 13th place

Diving

Men

• David Parrington

  3 m jumping: 24th place

  10 m high diving: 22nd place

Women

• Antonette Wilken

  3 m jumping: 10th place

  10 m high diving: 16th place

• Debbie Hill

  3 m jumping: 14th place

Web links

• Zimbabwean Olympic team from 1980 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )