Tags: Olympic Result, Results Of A Sport Competition.

The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow USSR. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 219 competitors 149 men and 70 women took part in 145 events in 14 sports.The UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete and only a few athletes chose to stay away. There was a token boycott of the opening ceremony the Olympic flag was raised for UK medal winners and the Olympic anthem played for the five gold medalists.

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