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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events: 24 for men and 14 for women. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow) between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.
This year's meet was contested at Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. This was the third time the Longhorns hosted the event, and the first since 1974. [1] [2] UTEP topped the team standings for the third consecutive year and, therefore, claimed their fourth national title.
This article contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics.The major athletics event of the year was the 1980 Moscow Olympics.A boycott of this competition meant many of world's leading athletes did not face each other, with many of the boycotting athletes taking part in the rival Liberty Bell Classic competition.
Pages in category "1980 in athletics (track and field)" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Texas Christian 1:46.0 1999 Derrick Peterson: Missouri 1:47.0 2000 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Burundi: Arizona 1:45.1 2001 Otukile Lekote Botswana: South Carolina 1:46.7 2002 Otukile Lekote Botswana: South Carolina 1:45.2 2003 Sam Burley: Pennsylvania 1:46.5 2004 Jonathan Johnson: Texas Tech 1:46.4 2005 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Latvia: Nebraska 1:44.7 2006
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Soviet Union, from 19 July to 3 August. [1] [2] They were the first Olympic Games to be staged in a communist nation. [3]
In track-and-field, six world records, eighteen Olympic records and nine best results of the year were registered. In women's track and field, events alone either a world or Olympic record was broken in almost every event. Daley Thompson of Great Britain won the gold in the Decathlon. He won gold again at the Los Angeles Olympics.
The 1980 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Organized by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the competition took place on February 29 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States .