# Vietnam at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Vietnam competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. This was the first participation in the Olympics by the nation following the end of the Vietnam War and the Reunification of Vietnam.

## Results by event
### Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres
* Lê Quang Khải
   * Heat — 4:06.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Nguyễn Quyễn
   * Final — 2:44:37 (→ 50th place)
Men's Triple Jump
* Dương Đức Thủy
   * Qualification — 14.59 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
* Trịnh Thị Bé
   * Heat — 4:38.6 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
* Trần Thanh Vân
   * Heat — 13.23 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 metres
* Trần Thị Ngọc Anh
   * Heat — 26.83 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres
* Trần Thị Ngọc Anh
   * Heat — 1:00.62 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
* Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Na
   * Qualifying Round — 5.35 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)

### Shooting
#### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Nguyễn Đức Uýnh | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 583 | 26 |
| Nguyễn Quốc Cường | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585 | 23 |
| Ngô Hữu Kính | 50 m pistol | 548 | 22 |
| Phan Huy Khảng | 50 m pistol | 550 | 20 |
| Nguyễn Tiến Trung | 50 m rifle prone | 583 | 29 |
| Nguyễn Tiến Trung | 50 m rifle three positions | 1122 | 24 |
| Lê Minh Hiển | 50 m rifle prone | 588 | 44 |
| Nghiêm Văn Sẩn | 50 m rifle three positions | 1094 | 35 |

### Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle
* Tô Văn Vệ
   * Heats — 56.75 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Tô Văn Vệ
   * Heats — 2:11.51 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Lâm Văn Hoành
   * Heats — 1:07.29 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Phạm Ngọc Tánh
   * Heats — 2:28.40 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn
   * Heats — 1:10.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Trần Dương Tài
   * Heats — 2:38.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Nguyễn Ðăng Bình
   * Heats — 1:00.74
Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Trương Ngọc Tơn
   * Heats — 2:23.58
Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Chung Thị Thanh Lan
   * Heats — 1:12.27
Women's 100 m Backstroke
    Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích
   * Heats — 1:20.34
Women's 200 m Backstroke
    Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích
   * Heats — 2:52.90
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Phạm Thị Phú
   * Heats — 1:22.73 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Hoàng Thị Hoà
   * Heats — 2:55.94 (→ did not advance)

### Wrestling
#### Legend

* TF — Won by Fall
* IN — Won by Opponent Injury
* DQ — Won by Passivity
* D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
* D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
* FF — Won by Forfeit
* DNA — Did not appear
* TPP — Total penalty points
* MPP — Match penalty points
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round | Reference |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank | Reference |
| Nguyễn Văn Công | −48 kg | László Biró (HUN) L 2-13 | Mahabir Singh (IND) L 2-14 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | | |
| Nguyễn Kim Thiềng | −52 kg | Mohamed Hachaichi (ALG) L 8-15 | Mohammad Aynutdin (AFG) L 2-18 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | | |
| Phạm Văn Tý | −57 kg | Juan Rodríguez (CUB) L 1-29 | Karim Salman Muhsin (IRQ) L 2-17 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | | |
| Phí Hữu Tình | −62 kg | Victor Kede Manga (CMR) W 15-0 | Zoltán Szalontai (HUN) L 1-14 | Georges Hadjiioannidis (GRE) L 0-25 | — | — | — | Did not advance | | |
| Nguyễn Ðình Chi | −68 kg | János Kocsis (HUN) L TF | Jagmander Singh (IND) L TF | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | | |