Guyana at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GUY
NOC	Guyana Olympic Association
in Moscow
Competitors	8 (7 men, 1 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer	James Gilkes
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Guyana competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. They won their first, and only Olympic medal to date during these games. Eight competitors, seven men and one woman, took part in ten events in three sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Michael Anthony	Boxing	Bantamweight	July 31

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• James Gilkes

• Heat — 10.34
• Quarterfinals — 10.26
• Semifinals — 10.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Jennifer Inniss

• Heat — 11.79 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Jennifer Inniss

• Qualification — 6.44 m
• Final — 6.10 m (→ 13th place)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Michael Anthony → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Nureni Gbadamosi (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
  3. Third Round — Defeated Fayez Zaghloul (Syria) on points (3-2)
  4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) after referee stopped contest in second round
  5. Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Fitzroy Brown
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Abilio Almeida Cabral (Angola) on points (5-0)
  3. Third Round — Lost to Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Barrington Cambridge
  1. First Round — Lost to Boualem Bel Alouane (Algeria) on points (0-5)

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Guyana in 1980.

Sprint

• James Joseph

1000m time trial

• Errol McLean