The 1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Sindelfingen, a city in West Germany, on 1 and 2 March 1980. The championships were boycotted by East Germany. The middle-distance races were hand-timed.
The host nation topped the medal table with 12 medals, including 5 golds, followed closely by Poland and the Soviet Union.
Medal summary
Men 6.62 6.62 6.63 46.29 46.55 46.75 1:50.2a 1:50.3a 1:50.4a 3:37.6a 3:38.5a 3:38.9a 7:57.5a 7:57.9a 7:59.9a 7.54 7.73 7.75 2.31 2.29 2.29 5.60 5.60 5.55 7.98 7.91 7.85 16.86 16.51 16.45 20.43 20.19 19.48
Women 7.11 7.14 7.15 52.28 52.70 52.71 2:00.6a 2:00.9a 2:01.5a 4:12.5a 4:13.1a 4:14.2a 7.77 7.89 8.04 1.95 1.93 1.93 6.74 6.68 6.54 19.92 19.66 17.59
Medal table
Participating nations
(4) (11) (13) (1) (9) (1) (5) (14) (4) (3) (11) (1) (4) (15) (5) (3) (21) (1) (4) (29) (10) (6) (8) (1) (42) (8)
References Results - men at GBRathletics.com Results - women at GBRathletics.com The EAA