Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain at the Paralympic Games
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At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem
Competitors	96
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 47	Silver 32	Bronze 21	Total 100
Paralympic history (summary)
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Great Britain competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Arnhem, Netherlands. It finished 5th in the overall medal count, with a total of 100 medals.

Medallists

The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold McLeod, WilliamWilliam McLeod Athletics Men's 60m A  Gold Howie, DerekDerek Howie[1] Athletics Men's 5000m Walk B  Gold Sadler, PhilipPhilip Sadler Athletics Men's Javelin throw J  Gold Willis, AnthonyAnthony Willis Athletics Men's Pentathlon D  Gold Joscelyne, BarbaraBarbara Joscelyne[2] Athletics Women's 100 m E  Gold Joscelyne, BarbaraBarbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's 400 m E  Gold Joscelyne, BarbaraBarbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's Long jump E  Gold Godddard, M.M. Godddard Athletics Women's Discus CP C  Gold Kyffin, AmandaAmanda Kyffin Athletics Women's Discus CP D  Gold Price, M.M. Price Athletics Women's Shot put 2  Gold Godddard, M.M. Godddard Athletics Women's Shot put CP C  Gold Cale, D.D. Cale Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B  Gold Bridgeman, KenKen Bridgeman Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5  Gold McLeod, WilliamWilliam McLeod Lawn bowls Men's Singles A  Gold Hughes, J.J. Hughes Lawn bowls Men's Singles B  Gold Newton, R.R. Newton Lawn bowls Men's Singles D  Gold Cale, D.D. Cale Taylor, T.T. Taylor Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 1A-1B  Gold Faulkner, BrianBrian Faulkner Bridgeman, KenKen Bridgeman Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 2-5  Gold Gladman, J.J. Gladman Newton, R.R. Newton Lawn bowls Men's Pairs D  Gold McLellan, MaggieMaggie McLellan Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B  Gold Bonnet, K.K. Bonnet Lawn bowls Women's Singles A  Gold Blackburn, JaneJane Blackburn McLellan, MaggieMaggie McLellan Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 1A-1B  Gold Maughan, MargaretMargaret Maughan Thompson, R.R. Thompson Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5  Gold Kenny, MikeMike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m backstroke 1A  Gold Kenny, MikeMike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m breaststroke 1A  Gold Kenny, MikeMike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m freestyle 1A  Gold Muirhead, JamesJames Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke A  Gold Aldous, PeterPeter Aldous Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly D  Gold Muirhead, JamesJames Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A  Gold Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay C  Gold Barr, IsabelIsabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m backstroke 1C  Gold Barr, IsabelIsabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle 1C  Gold Price, M.M. Price Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke 2  Gold Price, M.M. Price Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 2  Gold Vaughan, MonicaMonica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke D  Gold Vaughan, MonicaMonica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly D  Gold Vaughan, MonicaMonica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle C-D  Gold Price, M.M. Price Swimming Women's 3x25 m individual medley 2  Gold Vaughan, MonicaMonica Vaughan Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley D  Gold Swimming Women's 4x50 m freestyle relay 2-6  Gold Taylor, T.T. Taylor Table tennis Men's Singles 1B  Gold Bradshaw, S.S. Bradshaw Taylor, T.T. Taylor Table tennis Men's Teams 1B  Gold Blackburn, JaneJane Blackburn Table tennis Women's Singles 1B  Gold Smith, A.A. Smith Table tennis Women's Singles 3  Gold Kelly, M.M. Kelly Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3  Silver Williamson, ValerieValerie Williamson[3] Archery Women's Short metric round paraplegic  Silver Buchanan, JohnJohn Buchanan Corrie, AlanAlan Corrie Smith, IanIan Smith[3] Archery Men's Double FITA round team paraplegic  Silver Willis, AnthonyAnthony Willis Athletics Men's High jump D  Silver Sadler, PhilipPhilip Sadler Athletics Men's Discus throw J  Silver Gregg, S.S. Gregg Athletics Men's Shot put D  Silver Sadler, PhilipPhilip Sadler Athletics Men's Shot put J  Silver Howie, BarbaraBarbara Howie Athletics Women's 60 m 3  Silver Price, M.M. Price Athletics Women's Discus 2  Silver Miller, R.R. Miller Lawn bowls Men's Singles C  Silver Gladman, J.J. Gladman Lawn bowls Men's Singles D  Silver Byrne, MichaelMichael Byrne Lawn bowls Men's Singles F  Silver Miller, R.R. Miller Shaw, NeilNeil Shaw Lawn bowls Men's Pairs C  Silver Blackburn, JaneJane Blackburn Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B  Silver Hawtin, YvonneYvonne Hawtin Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5  Silver Hawtin, YvonneYvonne Hawtin Matthews, G.G. Matthews Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5  Silver Hampshire, ChrisChris Hampshire Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke CP D  Silver Muirhead, JamesJames Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly A  Silver Muirhead, JamesJames Muirhead Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m individual medley A  Silver Swimming 4 × 100 m freestyle relay C-D  Silver Wilkinson, L.L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly 5  Silver Vaughan, MonicaMonica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke C-D  Silver Robinson, LorraineLorraine Robinson Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke A  Silver Wilkinson, L.L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle 5  Silver Smith, D.D. Smith Swimming Women's 4x25 m individual medley 3  Silver Swimming Women's 3x50 m medley relay 2-4  Silver Swann, J.J. Swann Table tennis Women's Singles 3  Silver Blackburn, JaneJane Blackburn Matthews, G.G. Matthews Table tennis Women's Teams 2  Silver Gibbs, B.B. Gibbs Swann, J.J. Swann Table tennis Women's Teams 4  Silver Willet, T.T. Willet Fencing Men's Épée individual 1C-3  Silver Fencing Men's Épée team  Silver Willet, T.T. Willet Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3  Silver Kelly, M.M. Kelly Killin, TomTom Killin Wardle, T.T. Wardle Willet, T.T. Willet Fencing Men's Sabre team  Bronze Buchanan, JohnJohn Buchanan[3] Archery Men's Double FITA round paraplegic  Bronze Matthews, G.G. Matthews[3] Archery Women's Advanced metric round paraplegic  Bronze Gregg, S.S. Gregg Athletics Men's Discus D  Bronze McLellan, MaggieMaggie McLellan[4] Athletics Women's 60m 1A  Bronze Price, M.M. Price Athletics Women's Javelin 2  Bronze Kyffin, AmandaAmanda Kyffin Athletics Women's Shot put CP D  Bronze Dartchery Women's pairs open  Bronze Taylor, T.T. Taylor Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B  Bronze Silva, P.P. Silva Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5  Bronze Shaw, NeilNeil Shaw Lawn bowls Men's Singles C  Bronze Thompson, R.R. Thompson Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5  Bronze Price, M.M. Price Swimming Women's 50 m breaststroke 2  Bronze Smith, D.D. Smith Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 3  Bronze Wilkinson, L.L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 5  Bronze Orpwood, JennyJenny Orpwood Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 4  Bronze Wilkinson, L.L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 5  Bronze Tree, J.J. Tree Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke B  Bronze Wilkinson, L.L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley 5  Bronze Fencing Men's Foil team  Bronze McLellan, MaggieMaggie McLellan Fencing Mixed Foil individual 1A See also 1980 Summer Paralympics Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics Notes Stephen, Phyllis (29 August 2012). "Derek Howie – our very own paralympian". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014. "Barbara Howie – born 1944 in Forfar now lives in Dalkeith". scottishdisabilitysport.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014. "2012 Paralympic Media Pack" (pdf). archerygb.org. p. 7. Retrieved 22 March 2014. "Maggie Killin". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014. External links British Paralympic Association Website