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 Athletics Men's 60m A Athletics Men's 5000m Walk B Athletics Men's Javelin throw J Athletics Men's Pentathlon D Athletics Women's 100 m E Athletics Women's 400 m E Athletics Women's Long jump E Athletics Women's Discus CP C Athletics Women's Javelin CP D Athletics Women's Shot put 2 Athletics Women's Shot put CP C Athletics Women's Javelin CP C Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5 Lawn bowls Men's Singles A Lawn bowls Men's Singles B Lawn bowls Men's Singles D Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 1A-1B Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 2-5 Lawn bowls Men's Pairs D Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B Lawn bowls Women's Singles A Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 1A-1B Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5 Swimming Men's 25 m backstroke 1A Swimming Men's 25 m breaststroke 1A Swimming Men's 25 m freestyle 1A Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke A Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly D Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay C Swimming Women's 25 m backstroke 1C Swimming Women's 25 m breaststroke 1C Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle 1C Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke 2 Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 2 Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke D Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly D Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle C-D Swimming Women's 3x25 m individual medley 2 Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley D Swimming Women's 4x50 m freestyle relay 2-6 Table tennis Men's Singles 1B Table tennis Men's Teams 1B Table tennis Women's Singles 1B Table tennis Women's Singles 3 Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3 Archery Women's Short metric round paraplegic Archery Men's Double FITA round team paraplegic Athletics Men's High jump D Athletics Men's Discus throw J Athletics Men's Shot put D Athletics Men's Shot put J Athletics Women's 60 m 3 Athletics Women's Discus 2 Lawn bowls Men's Singles C Lawn bowls Men's Singles D Lawn bowls Men's Singles F Lawn bowls Men's Pairs C Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5 Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5 Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke CP D Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly A Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m individual medley A Swimming 4 × 100 m freestyle relay C-D Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly 5 Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke C-D Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke A Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle 5 Swimming Women's 4x25 m individual medley 3 Swimming Women's 3x50 m medley relay 2-4 Table tennis Women's Singles 3 Table tennis Women's Teams 2 Table tennis Women's Teams 4 Fencing Men's Épée individual 1C-3 Fencing Men's Épée team Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3 Fencing Men's Sabre team Archery Men's Double FITA round paraplegic Archery Women's Advanced metric round paraplegic Athletics Men's Discus D Athletics Women's 60m 1A Athletics Women's Javelin 2 Athletics Women's Shot put CP D Dartchery Women's pairs open Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5 Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 2-5 Lawn bowls Men's Singles C Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5 Swimming Women's 50 m breaststroke 2 Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 3 Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 5 Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 4 Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 5 Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke B Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley 5 Fencing Men's Foil team Fencing Mixed Foil individual 1A Medals by sport Medals by sportSportTotalSwimming1810735Lawn Bowls127524Athletics126422Table tennis4307Wheelchair Fencing1427Archery0224Dartchery0011Total473221100
See also 1980 Summer Paralympics Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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External links British Paralympic Association Website