# Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a six-day period beginning on 25 July, and culminating on 31 July 1980. Games were played across two venues in Moscow, at the Minor Arena at Dynamo Stadium and Young Pioneers Stadium.
Zimbabwe won the gold medal finishing top of the pool at the conclusion of the pool stage. Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union won the silver and bronze respectively, finishing in second and third place in the pool.

## Qualification

In 1980, there was an International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA), separate from the predominantly male Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH). Because the FIH was the international federation affiliated to the International Olympic Committee, it supervised the Olympic tournament.
The FIH and IFWHA agreed that qualification for the Olympics would be decided by a joint FIH–IFWHA committee based on the results over the previous two years, including the 1978 (FIH) and 1979 (IFWHA) women's world championships.
Five teams qualified to join the host Soviet team: the Netherlands, West Germany, the United States, New Zealand, and Great Britain (taking the place of Wales, England, and Scotland, who had finished 5th, 6th, and 7th respectively in the 1979 tournament).
However, all five of these teams boycotted to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The United States and West Germany boycotted completely, and while New Zealand, Great Britain and the Netherlands competed in other sports, their hockey governing bodies pulled out.
This threw the tournament into chaos. Subsequently, the organising committee sent out invitations to other countries, though Ireland declined their invitation.

## Results
### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Zimbabwe | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 8 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 |

#### Pool matches

* 25 July 1980 11:00
| Poland | 0–4 | Zimbabwe |
| | Report | Chase (1) Davies (1) McKillop (1) Watson (1) |
* Stadium: Young Pioneers Stadium
* 25 July 1980 12:45
| Austria | 0–2 | India |
| | Report | Fernandes (1) Saini (1) |
* Stadium: Young Pioneers Stadium
* 25 July 1980 17:00
| Soviet Union | 2–0 | Czechoslovakia |
| Buzunova (1) Krasnikova (1) | Report | |
* Stadium: Young Pioneers Stadium
* 27 July 1980 13:00
| India | 4–0 | Poland |
| Saini (1) Sharma (2) Sonir (1) | Report | |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 27 July 1980 14:45
| Zimbabwe | 2–2 | Czechoslovakia |
| Chase (1) McKillop (1) | Report | Hubáčková (1) Kadlecová (1) |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 27 July 1980 17:00
| Soviet Union | 0–2 | Austria |
| | Report | Lorenz (1) Pistauer (1) |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 28 July 1980 13:00
| India | 1–2 | Czechoslovakia |
| Sonir (1) | Report | Hubáčková (1) Kyselicová (1) |
* Stadium: Young Pioneers Stadium
* 28 July 1980 14:45
| Austria | 3–0 | Poland |
| Kindler (1) Porsch (2) | Report | |
* Stadium: Young Pioneers Stadium
* 28 July 1980 17:00
| Soviet Union | 0–2 | Zimbabwe |
| | Report | McKillop (2) |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 30 July 1980 15:30
| Soviet Union | 6–0 | Poland |
| Buzunova (2) Krasnikova (4) | Report | |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 30 July 1980 17:15
| India | 1–1 | Zimbabwe |
| Saini (1) | Report | Chase (1) |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 30 July 1980 17:15
| Austria | 0–5 | Czechoslovakia |
| | Report | Čermáková (3) Hájková (1) Kadlecová (1) |
* Stadium: Young Pioneers Stadium
* 31 July 1980 10:00
| Poland | 0–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| | Report | Lahodová (1) |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 31 July 1980 11:45
| Austria | 1–4 | Zimbabwe |
| Kindler (1) | Report | Chick (1) Cowley (1) McKillop (2) |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 31 July 1980 15:30
| Soviet Union | 3–1 | India |
| Buzunova (2) Krasnikova (1) | Report | Saini (1) |
* Stadium: Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

## Medal Winning Squads

| Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
| Zimbabwe (ZIM) | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Arlene Boxhall Liz Chase Sandra Chick Gillian Cowley Patricia Davies Sarah English Maureen George Ann Grant Susan Huggett Patricia McKillop Brenda Phillips Christine Prinsloo Sonia Robertson Anthea Stewart Helen Volk Linda Watson | Milada Blažková Jiřina Čermáková Jiřina Hájková Berta Hrubá Ida Hubáčková Jiřina Kadlecová Jarmila Králíčková Jiřina Křížová Alena Kyselicová Jana Lahodová Květa Petříčková Viera Podhányiová Iveta Šranková Marie Sýkorová Marta Urbanová Lenka Vymazalová | Liailia Akhmerova Natalia Buzunova Natalia Bykova Tatiana Embakhtova Nadezhda Filippova Liudmila Frolova Lidia Glubokova Nelli Gorbatkova Elena Guryeva Galina Inzhuvatova Alina Kham Natella Krasnikova Nadezhda Ovechkina Tatiana Shvyganova Galina Viuzhanina Valentina Zazdravnykh |

## Statistics
### Final rankings

* Zimbabwe
* Czechoslovakia
* Soviet Union
* India
* Austria
* Poland

### Goalscorers
#### 6 Goals

* Natella Krasnikova
* Patricia McKillop

#### 5 Goals

* Natalia Buzunova

#### 4 Goals

* Rup Kumari Saini

#### 3 Goals

* Jiřina Čermáková
* Elizabeth Chase

#### 2 Goals

* Brigitte Kindler
* Andrea Porsch
* Ida Hubáčková
* Jiřina Kadlecová
* Nisha Sharma
* Prem Maya Sonir

#### 1 Goal

* Regina Lorenz
* Elisabeth Pistauer
* Jiřina Hájková
* Alena Kyselicová
* Jana Lahodová
* Lorraine Fernandes
* Sandra Chick
* Gillian Cowley
* Patricia Davies
* Linda Watson