Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

10th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Moscow 1980
Tournament details
Olympics1980 Summer Olympics
Host nationSoviet Union
CityMoscow
Duration20–30 July
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  Yugoslavia
2 Silver medalists Italy
3 Bronze medalists  Soviet Union
Women's tournament
Teams6
Medals
1 Gold medalists  Soviet Union
2 Silver medalists Bulgaria
3 Bronze medalists  Yugoslavia
Tournaments
← Montreal 1976  Los Angeles 1984 →
Basketball at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Tournament
menwomen
Squads
menwomen
Qualification
women
Czechoslovakia's Stanislav Kropilák taking on Aleksandr Belostenny of the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium[1][2] and at the CSKA Sports Palace,[2] both located in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Finals of men's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium.

Due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the United States and other nations withdrew from the tournament. The 1980 Olympics marked the second time (after 1972) that the United States men's team did not win the gold medal in Olympic basketball; Yugoslavia won gold in the men's tournament and the Soviet Union in the women's competition.

  1. ^ Stadium-Central Sector Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b Olympic Games Official Report 1980 Moscow-Volume III