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Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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5th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Moscow 1980
Tournament details
Olympics1980 Summer Olympics
Host nation Soviet Union
CityMoscow
DatesJuly 20 – August 1
Men's Medals(10 teams)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Romania
Women's Medals(8 teams)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Bulgaria

Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events. It was held at the Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium and at the Druzhba (Friendship) Multi-Purpose Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, both located at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow). The schedule started on July 20 and ended on August 1.[1]

Events

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Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2002
2 Bulgaria0112
3 East Germany0101
4 Romania0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Chernyshov
Vladimir Dorokhov
Aleksandr Ermilov
Vladimir Kondra
Valeriy Kryvov
Fedir Lashchonov
Viljar Loor
Oleg Moliboga
Yuriy Panchenko
Aleksandr Savin
Pāvels Seļivanovs
Vyacheslav Zaytsev

Head coach: Viacheslav Platonov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Yordan Angelov
Dimitar Dimitrov
Stefan Dimitrov
Stoyan Gunchev
Hristo Iliev
Petko Petkov
Kaspar Simeonov
Hristo Stoyanov
Mitko Todorov
Tsano Tsanov
Emil Valtchev
Dimitar Zlatanov

Head coach: Todor Piterkov
 Romania (ROU)
Marius Căta-Chiţiga
Valter Chifu
Laurenţiu Dumănoiu
Günther Enescu
Dan Gîrleanu
Sorin Macavei
Viorel Manole
Florin Mina
Corneliu Oros
Nicolae Pop
Constantin Sterea
Nicu Stoian

Head coach: Nicolae Sotir
Women's indoor
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Elena Akhaminova
Elena Andreiuk
Svetlana Badulina
Liudmila Chernyshova
Liubov Kozyreva
Lidia Loginova
Irina Makogonova
Svetlana Nikishina
Larisa Pavlova
Nadezhda Radzevich
Natalia Razumova
Olga Solovova

Head coach: Nikolay Karpol
 East Germany (GDR)
Katharina Bullin
Barbara Czekalla
Brigitte Fetzer
Andrea Heim
Ute Kostrzewa
Heike Lehmann
Christine Mummhardt
Karin Püschel
Karla Roffeis
Martina Schmidt
Annette Schultz
Anke Westendorf

Head coach: Diet Grund
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Verka Borisova
Tsvetana Bozhurina
Rositsa Dimitrova
Tanya Dimitrova
Maya Georgieva
Margarita Gerasimova
Tanya Gogova
Valentina Ilieva
Rumyana Kaisheva
Anka Khristolova
Silviya Petrunova
Galina Stancheva

Head coach: Vasil Simov

References

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  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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