India competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Gold Vasudevan Baskaran (captain) Hockey Men's team July 20 – 31, 1980
Vasudevan Baskaran (captain), Allan Schofield, Bir Bhadur Chettri, Sylvanus Dung Dung, Davinder Singh, Gurmail Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh, Sommayya Maneypande, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, Charanjit Kumar, Merwyn Fernandes, Amarjit Singh Rana, Mohamed Shahid, Zafar Iqbal, and Surinder Singh Sodhi — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition.Men's 200 metres
Subramanian PerumalHeat — 22.39 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Sriram SinghHeat — 1:49.8Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 1,500 metres
Sant KumarHeat — 3:55.6 (→ did not advance)Men's 10,000 metres
Hari ChandHeat — 29:45.8 (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
Hari ChandFinal — 2:22:08 (→ 31st place)Shivnath SinghFinal — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's Shot Put
Bahadur Singh ChauhanQualification — 17.05 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)Men's 20 km Walk
Ranjit SinghFinal — 1:38:27.2 (→ 18th place)Women's 100 metres
P. T. UshaHeat — 12.27 (→ did not advance)Women's 800 metres
Geeta ZutshiHeat — 2:06.6 (→ did not advance)Women's 1,500 metres
Geeta ZutshiHeat — did not start (→ did not advance)Preliminary Round (Group A)Lost to Soviet Union (65-121)Lost to Czechoslovakia (65-133)Lost to Brazil (64-137)Semi Final Round (Group B)Lost to Poland (67-113)Lost to Senegal (59-81)Lost to Sweden (63-119)Lost to Australia (75-93) → 12th placeTeam Roster:Parvez Irani DiniarChopra Ajmer SinghTarlok Sandhu SinghParamdip SinghShyam RadheyBaldev SinghDilip GurumurthyParamjit SinghNagarajan AmarnathJorawar SinghRathore Uman SinghHarbhajan SinghMen's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
Thapa Birender Singh- First Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (2-3)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Amala Dass- First Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (0-5)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
Ganapathy Manoharan- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Samba Jacob Diallo (Guinea) on points (4-1)
- Third Round — Lost to Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in second round
Preliminary RoundIndia defeated Tanzania 18-0India drew Poland 2-2India drew Spain 2-2India defeated Cuba 13-0India defeated Soviet Union 4-2FinalIndia defeated Spain 4-3 → Gold MedalPreliminary Round RobinDefeated Austria (2-0)Defeated Poland (4-0)Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-2)Drew with Zimbabwe (1-1)Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → 4th placeTeam Roster:Margaret ToscanoSudha ChaudhryGangotri BhandariRekha MundphanRup Kumari SainiVarsha SoniEliza NelsonPrem Maya SonirNazleen MadraswallaSelma d'SilvaLorraine FernandesHarpreet GillBalwinder Kaur BhatiaGeeta SareenNisha SharmaHutoxi Bagli
