Athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of 275 events. The Games saw 1,973 Para athletes from 43 countries compete in 13 sports.[1]
| Athletics at the VI Paralympic Games | |
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 Host stadium (shown in 2013) | |
| Competitors | 936 from 40 nations |
The full list of sports was; archery, Para athletics, dartchery, lawn bowls, goalball, shooting Para sport, Para swimming, table tennis, sitting volleyball, weightlifting, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing and wrestling.[1]
The USA and Poland tied for the most gold medals in Arnhem, with USA taking 195 overall medals and Poland finishing with 177. Germany, Canada and Great Britain rounded out the top 5 on the medals chart.[1] Bahamas, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Sudan and Zimbabwe won their first ever medals in this competition.
Participating nations
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Argentina (5)
Australia (36)
Austria (36)
Bahamas (6)
Belgium (37)
Brazil (1)
Canada (66)
Colombia (8)
Czechoslovakia (5)
Denmark (25)
Egypt (28)
Finland (49)
France (21)
Great Britain (36)
Greece (5)
Hong Kong (6)
Iceland (3)
Indonesia (12)
Ireland (17)
Israel (14)
Italy (28)
Jamaica (13)
Japan (24)
Kenya (17)
Kuwait (9)
Luxembourg (2)
Malta (3)
Mexico (23)
Netherlands (29)
New Zealand (15)
Norway (21)
Poland (43)
Spain (14)
Sudan (10)
Sweden (25)
Switzerland (45)
United States (95)
West Germany (77)
Yugoslavia (24)
Zimbabwe (3)
Medal summary
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 42 | 46 | 28 | 116 |
| 2 |  Canada (CAN) | 37 | 16 | 16 | 69 |
| 3 |  Poland (POL) | 34 | 27 | 27 | 88 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 31 | 26 | 24 | 81 |
| 5 |  Mexico (MEX) | 17 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 12 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 |  Belgium (BEL) | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 |  France (FRA) | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 |  Norway (NOR) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 |  Austria (AUT) | 8 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 12 |  Australia (AUS) | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 13 |  Japan (JPN) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 |  Finland (FIN) | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| 15 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 17 |  Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 18 |  Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 19 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 20 |  Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 21 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 24 |  Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 |  Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 26 |  Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 30 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 31 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 33 |  Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (34 entries) | 274 | 254 | 227 | 755 | |
Men's events
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Women's events
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Arnhem 1980". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Maggie Killin". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- Athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics (Arnhem) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)