Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain at the
1980 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IPC codeGBR
NPCBritish Paralympic Association
Websitewww.paralympics.org.uk
in Arnhem
Competitors96
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
47
Silver
32
Bronze
21
Total
100
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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 William McLeod Athletics Men's 60m A
 Gold Derek Howie[1] Athletics Men's 5000m Walk B
 Gold Philip Sadler Athletics Men's Javelin throw J
 Gold Anthony Willis Athletics Men's Pentathlon D
 Gold Barbara Joscelyne[2] Athletics Women's 100 m E
 Gold Barbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's 400 m E
 Gold Barbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's Long jump E
 Gold M. Goddard Athletics Women's Discus CP C
 Gold Amanda Kyffin Athletics Women's Javelin CP D
 Gold M. Price Athletics Women's Shot put 2
 Gold M. Goddard Athletics Women's Shot put CP C
 Gold M. Goddard Athletics Women's Javelin CP C
 Gold D. Cale Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B
 Gold Ken Bridgeman Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5
 Gold William McLeod Lawn bowls Men's Singles A
 Gold J. Hughes Lawn bowls Men's Singles B
 Gold R. Newton Lawn bowls Men's Singles D
 Gold D. Cale
Tommy Taylor		 Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 1A-1B
 Gold Brian Faulkner
Ken Bridgeman		 Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 2-5
 Gold J. Gladman
R. Newton		 Lawn bowls Men's Pairs D
 Gold Maggie McLellan Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B
 Gold K. Bonnet Lawn bowls Women's Singles A
 Gold Jane Blackburn
Maggie McLellan		 Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 1A-1B
 Gold Margaret Maughan
R. Thompson		 Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5
 Gold Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m backstroke 1A
 Gold Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m breaststroke 1A
 Gold Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m freestyle 1A
 Gold James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke A
 Gold Peter Aldous Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly D
 Gold James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A
 Gold Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay C
 Gold Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m backstroke 1C
 Gold Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m breaststroke 1C
 Gold Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle 1C
 Gold M. Price Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke 2
 Gold M. Price Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 2
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke D
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly D
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle C-D
 Gold M. Price Swimming Women's 3x25 m individual medley 2
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley D
 Gold Swimming Women's 4x50 m freestyle relay 2-6
 Gold Tommy Taylor Table tennis Men's Singles 1B
 Gold S. Bradshaw
Tommy Taylor		 Table tennis Men's Teams 1B
 Gold Jane Blackburn Table tennis Women's Singles 1B
 Gold A. Smith Table tennis Women's Singles 3
 Gold M. Kelly Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3
 Silver Valerie Williamson[3] Archery Women's Short metric round paraplegic
 Silver John Buchanan
Alan Corrie
Ian Smith[3]		 Archery Men's Double FITA round team paraplegic
 Silver Anthony Willis Athletics Men's High jump D
 Silver Philip Sadler Athletics Men's Discus throw J
 Silver S. Gregg Athletics Men's Shot put D
 Silver Philip Sadler Athletics Men's Shot put J
 Silver Barbara Howie Athletics Women's 60 m 3
 Silver M. Price Athletics Women's Discus 2
 Silver R. Miller Lawn bowls Men's Singles C
 Silver J. Gladman Lawn bowls Men's Singles D
 Silver Michael Byrne Lawn bowls Men's Singles F
 Silver R. Miller
Neil Shaw		 Lawn bowls Men's Pairs C
 Silver Jane Blackburn Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B
 Silver Yvonne Hawtin Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5
 Silver Yvonne Hawtin
G. Matthews		 Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5
 Silver Chris Hampshire Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke CP D
 Silver James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly A
 Silver James Muirhead Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m individual medley A
 Silver Swimming 4 × 100 m freestyle relay C-D
 Silver L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly 5
 Silver Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke C-D
 Silver Lorraine Robinson Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke A
 Silver L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle 5
 Silver D. Smith Swimming Women's 4x25 m individual medley 3
 Silver Swimming Women's 3x50 m medley relay 2-4
 Silver J. Swann Table tennis Women's Singles 3
 Silver Jane Blackburn
G. Matthews		 Table tennis Women's Teams 2
 Silver B. Gibbs
J. Swann		 Table tennis Women's Teams 4
 Silver T. Willet Fencing Men's Épée individual 1C-3
 Silver Fencing Men's Épée team
 Silver T. Willet Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3
 Silver M. Kelly
Tom Killin
H. Wardle
T. Willet		 Fencing Men's Sabre team
 Bronze John Buchanan[3] Archery Men's Double FITA round paraplegic
 Bronze G. Matthews[3] Archery Women's Advanced metric round paraplegic
 Bronze S. Gregg Athletics Men's Discus D
 Bronze Maggie McLellan[4] Athletics Women's 60m 1A
 Bronze M. Price Athletics Women's Javelin 2
 Bronze Amanda Kyffin Athletics Women's Shot put CP D
 Bronze Dartchery Women's pairs open
 Bronze Tommy Taylor Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B
 Bronze P. Silva Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5
 Bronze Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 2-5
 Bronze Neil Shaw Lawn bowls Men's Singles C
 Bronze R. Thompson Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5
 Bronze M. Price Swimming Women's 50 m breaststroke 2
 Bronze D. Smith Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 3
 Bronze L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 5
 Bronze Jenny Orpwood Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 4
 Bronze L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 5
 Bronze J. Tree Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke B
 Bronze L. Wilkinson Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley 5
 Bronze Fencing Men's Foil team
 Bronze Maggie McLellan Fencing Mixed Foil individual 1A

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Swimming 18 10 7 35
Lawn Bowls 12 7 5 24
Athletics 12 6 4 22
Table tennis 4 3 0 7
Wheelchair Fencing 1 4 2 7
Archery 0 2 2 4
Dartchery 0 0 1 1
Total 47 32 21 100

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Stephen, Phyllis (29 August 2012). "Derek Howie – our very own paralympian". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Barbara Howie – born 1944 in Forfar now lives in Dalkeith". scottishdisabilitysport.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "2012 Paralympic Media Pack" (PDF). archerygb.org. p. 7. Archived from the original (pdf) on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Maggie Killin". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014.