Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Zimbabwe at the Olympic Games
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	46
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Rhodesia (1928, 1960, and 1964)

Zimbabwe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation had previously been known as Rhodesia and had competed at three previous Games under that name.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Diving 2.4 Field Hockey 2.4.1 Women's Team Competition 2.5 Swimming 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Sarah English, Maureen George, Ann Grant, Susan Huggett, Patricia McKillop, Brenda Phillips, Christine Prinsloo, Sonia Robertson, Anthea Stewart, Helen Volk, Linda Watson, Elizabeth Chase, Sandra Chick, Gillian Cowley and Patricia Davies — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Zimbabwe sent one archer to its first Olympic competition. He outscored four archers to place 34th.

Men's Individual Competition:

• David Campbell Milne — 2.146 points (34th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Tapfumaneyi Jonga

• Final — 2:47:17 (→ 51st place)

• Abel Nkhoma

• Final — 2:53:35 (→ 53rd place)

• Laswell Ngoma

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

• David Parrington

• Preliminary Round — 416.67 points (→ 24th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

• David Parrington

• Preliminary Round — 356.76 points (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] Women's Team Competition

Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey competition, the USSR team. A late request was send to the Zimbabwean government, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, thus claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games.

• Preliminary Round Robin

• Defeated Poland (4-0)
• Drew with Czechoslovakia (2-2)
• Defeated Soviet Union (2-0)
• Drew with India (1-1)
• Defeated Austria (4-1) → Gold Medal

Team Roster:

• Sarah English
• Maureen George
• Ann Grant
• Susan Huggett
• Patricia McKillop
• Brenda Phillips
• Christine Prinsloo
• Sonia Robertson
• Anthea Stewart
• Helen Volk
• Linda Watson
• Elizabeth Chase
• Sandra Chick
• Gillian Cowley
• Patricia Davies

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Guy Goosen

• Heats — 52,87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Guy Goosen

• Heats — 1.56,88 (→ did not advance)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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