Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics Australia competed under the Olympic Flag. 120 competitors, 92 men and 28 women, took part in 92 events in 17 sports. For the first time in the Olympics history, there were two flag bearers, Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia's first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony instead of the national flag. Countries marched in order of the Russian alphabet, and Australia was therefore second in the parade of nations, following Greece, which has traditionally led the march since 1928.

Archery

In the third Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and one man. Carole Toy, a veteran of the 1972 Games, repeated her 15th-place performance despite shooting 20 points lower. Women's Individual Competition: Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres Men's Long Jump Men's Triple Jump Men's Marathon Men's Hammer Throw Men's 20 km Walk Men's 50 km Walk Men's Decathlon Women's 100 metres Women's 100 m Hurdles Women's Discus Throw Women's Shot Put Women's Javelin Throw Women's High Jump

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1980.

Diving

Men's Springboard Men's Platform

Fencing

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1980.

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1980. Men's individual competition:

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 400m Freestyle Men's 1.500m Freestyle Men's 200m Butterfly Men's 100m Breaststroke Men's 200m Breaststroke Men's 100m Backstroke Men's 200m Backstroke Men's 400m Individual Medley Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 100m Freestyle Women's 200m Freestyle Women's 400m Freestyle Women's 800m Freestyle Women's 100m Butterfly Women's 200m Butterfly Women's 200m Breaststroke Women's 200m Butterfly Women's 100m Backstroke Women's 200m Backstroke Women's 400m Individual Medley Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Trivia

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed "Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold", has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.