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1980 in Sports
1980 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Newport County AFC win Welsh Cup for first time.
- March 31 - death of Jesse Owens, American sprinter who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936
- June 12 - Soviet Union's Nadiya Olizarenko sets the world record in the women's 800 metres, clocking 1:54.85 at Moscow
- July 27 - Nadiya Olizarenko betters her own world record in the women's 800 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, clocking 1:53.43.
NBA Finals
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Hockey
Steeplechases
Flat races
- XXII Olympic Games, held in Moscow, Soviet Union (July 20 - July 27)
- February 2 - USA's Chris Cavanaugh sets a world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Amersfoort, Netherlands, shaving off 0.04 of the previous record (23.70) set by Germany's Klaus Steinbach nearly a year ago: 23.66.
- April 10 - Chris Cavanaugh betters his own world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Austin, Texas (USA): 23.12. At the same event (and on the same day), two other swimmers from the United States, Rowdy Gaines and Bruce Stahl, go under his time, clocking 22.96 and 22.83 respectively.
- August 15 - USA's Joe Bottom betters the world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a meet in Honolulu, Hawaii, shaving off 0.12 of the previous record (22.83) set by Bruce Stahl four months earlier: 22.71.
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