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The US won 12 medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics: 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.
Sharron Davies represented Great Britain when she won silver in the 400 meter individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, 197 (52 gold, 83 silver, 62 bronze). Guy Butler (a 400 meter runner in 1920 and 1924) and Sebastian Coe (an 800 and 1500 meter runner in 1980 and 1984) have won the most athletics medals for Great Britain with 4.
Sharron Davies competed in the Olympics for Great Britain. She won silver at the 1980 Games in Moscow in the women's 400 meter individual medley.
Allan Wells won 2 Olympic medals (1 gold 100m 1980, 1 silver 200m 1980). He won 6 Commonwealth Games medals: 100m - 1 gold 1982, 1 silver 1978 200m - 2 gold 1978, 1982 4 x 100mR - 1 gold 1978, 1 bronze 1982
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, athletes from Tanzania have won two medals in Olympic competition. Filbert Bayi won silver in men's 3000 meter steeplechase at the 1980 Games in Moscow and Suleiman Nyambui won silver in men's 5000 meter run at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
Gymnast Nellie Kim of the USSR won 6 Olympic medals (5 gold, 1 silver) at the 1976 and 1980 Games. She won gold in both floor exercise and team all-around in 1976 and 1980, gold in horse vault in 1976, and silver in individual all-around in 1976.
Communist Party of Great Britain - Provisional Central Committee - was created in 1980.
Daley Thompson of Great Britain.
Mike Chappell has written: 'The British Army in the 1980's' -- subject(s): Great Britain, Great Britain. Army
The great Merlene Ottey who competed in 6 Olympics for Jamaica and won 9 medals (3 silver and 6 bronze). Her 9 Olympic medals are the most a woman has won in athletics in Olympic history. Merlene won her first medal, a bronze at the age of 20, in 100 meter dash at the 1980 Games in Moscow and her final medal, a bronze in 4x100 meter relay at the age of 40, at the 2000 Games in Sydney. She won 4 medals in 200 meter dash (1 silver, 3 bronze), 3 medals in 100 meter dash (1 silver, 2 bronze), and 2 medals in 4x100 meter relay (1 silver, 1 bronze).