Sporting event delegation
Greece competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Of the four nations that have been to every Summer Games (the others being Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland), Greece was the only one to compete under its national flag at Moscow, as the other three and several other nations competed under the Olympic flag (New Zealand flew the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association) in protest of the USSR's involvement in the Afghan Civil War.[1][2]
Results by event
Men's 100 metres
- Heat – 10.70
- Quarterfinals – 10.62 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Heat – 21.98 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Final – 2:18:02 (→ 20th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Final – 1:36:53.4 (→ 15th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Final – 4:24:36 (→ 12th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification – 7.74 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
- Qualifying Round – 6.37 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Qualification – no mark (→ did not advance)
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Netherlands (7–8)
- Lost to Romania (4–6)
- Lost to Hungary (5–8)
- Defeated Sweden (9–5)
- Defeated Bulgaria (6–4)
- Lost to Australia (2–4)
- Lost to Italy (3–4)
- Lost to Romania (8–11) → 10th place
Heavyweight (100–110 kg)
Bantamweight (–56 kg)
Flyweight (–52 kg)
Middle Heavyweight (82.5–90 kg)
Lightweight (60–67.5 kg)
Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight (82–90 kg)
Greco-Roman Heavyweight (90–100 kg)
Greco-Roman Flyweight (48–52 kg)
Freestyle Featherweight (57–62 kg)
Greco-Roman Featherweight (57–62 kg)
Triplehanded Keelboat
Singlehanded Dinghy (Finn Class)
Mixed Skeet
Mixed 50m Rifle, Prone
Coxless Pairs
Single Sculls
