Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 164 competitors, 135 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 17 sports.
The Yugoslav women's handball team facing off against DR Congo's.
1980 Summer Olympics medal table
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union from 19 July to 3 August. A total of 5,179 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 203 events in 22 sports. They were the first Games to be staged in a communist nation.
East German swimmers Cornelia Polit (left), Rica Reinisch (center), and Birgit Treiber (right), who swept the 200 metre backstroke.