Guyana at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Guyana at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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IOC code | GUY | ||||||||
NOC | Guyana Olympic Association | ||||||||
in Moscow | |||||||||
Competitors | 8 (7 men, 1 women) in 3 sports | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 35th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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 |
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Bronze | Michael Anthony | Boxing | Bantamweight | July 31 |
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's 100 metres
- 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
Main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
- Michael Anthony → Bronze Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Nureni Gbadamosi (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
- Third Round — Defeated Fayez Zaghloul (Syria) on points (3-2)
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) after referee stopped contest in second round
- Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
- Fitzroy Brown
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Abilio Almeida Cabral (Angola) on points (5-0)
- Third Round — Lost to Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)
- Barrington Cambridge
- First Round — Lost to Boualem Belaouane (Algeria) on points (0-5)
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Two cyclists represented Guyana in 1980.
References
- ↑ "Guyana at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
External links
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