1980 Totonero, Club punishments
The other clubs involved in the scandal, alongside their accused members, were acquitted.


1980 Tour de France
The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of the Tour de France. The total distance was 3,842 km (2,387 mi) over 22 stages. In the first half of the race, Bernard Hinault started out strong by winning the prologue and two stages. However, knee problems forced Hinault to abandon the race while still in the lead. Joop Zoetemelk became the new leader, and defended that position successfully.


1980 Tour de France
Just as in 1979 when Hinault and Zoetemelk finished nearly a half hour ahead of the rest of the field, the 1980 edition was a battle between these two riders until Hinault abandoned. At the time Hinault was just 21 seconds ahead of Zoetemelk and the race was about to enter the Pyrenees. Zoetemelk did not wear the yellow jersey during stage 13 though he did in every stage thereafter finishing the race with nearly a seven-minute advantage over second place Hennie Kuiper. It was his first Tour victory in his tenth attempt, after already having finished second in five editions.


1980 Tour de France
The points classification was won by Rudy Pevenage, who also won the intermediate sprints classification. The mountains classification was won by Raymond Martin, and Johan van der Velde won the young rider classification.


1980 Tour de France, Teams
Two weeks before the Tour would start, there were only twelve teams interested in starting the Tour. The teams with Italian and Spanish sponsors were focussed on the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, and thought their cyclists were not able to compete in two grand tours in one year. This prevented Giovanni Battaglin of the Spanish-based Inoxpran, the winner of the mountains classification of 1979, from defending his title.


1980 Tour de France, Teams
Francesco Moser, who had left the 1980 Giro d'Italia injured, was the only Italian cyclist on the initial starting list, but he was not able to start, so the 1980 Tour was without Italian cyclists. One more team was added to the starting list, so the Tour 1980 started with thirteen teams, each with ten cyclists. The Boston–Mavic-Amis du Tour team was a combination of the Belgian Boston-Mavic team and French cyclists without a contract, combined into the "Amis du Tour" team.


1980 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
The three most important favourites for the victory were Bernard Hinault, Joop Zoetemelk and Hennie Kuiper. Hinault was the winner of the two last editions, and had earlier that year won the 1980 Giro d'Italia. Zoetemelk, the runner-up of the last two editions, had switched teams to the TI–Raleigh team, which was considered one of the strongest teams. Kuiper had left the TI-Raleigh team and moved to the Peugeot team. The manager of that team, Maurice De Muer, had already managed Bernard Thévenet to a Tour win, and this made Kuiper confident.


1980 Tour de France, Route and stages
The 1980 Tour de France started on 26 June, and had two rest days, in Saint Malo and Morzine. The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,642 m (8,668 ft) at the summit of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 17.


1980 Tour de France, Route and stages
Before the race, Hinault expressed dissatisfaction with the cobbled sections in stages five and six. In the 1979 Tour, Hinault had lost time in these sections, and he considered to organise a strike. Even though no strike was held, the route was still changed: after the fifth stage, tour organiser Félix Lévitan decided to change the first 20 kilometres (12 mi) of the stage, to avoid the worst cobbled sections.


1980 Tour de France, Route and stages
The 25 stages were won by riders from only four countries. In this year's edition of the Tour, the last rider in the General Classification after the consecutives mountain stages (16-19) was eliminated.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
The prologue was won by Hinault, who finished :05 ahead of Gerrie Knetemann and 0:23 ahead of the closest General Classification rider Hennie Kuiper. Stage 1A was a sprint finish won by Jan Raas and Stage 1B was the first Team Time Trial in which TI-Raleigh claimed the victory ahead of Renault and Peugeot gaining enough in the time bonus for Knetemann to become the new leader.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
In Stage 2 Rudy Pevenage, Yvon Bertin and Pierre Bazzo escaped in a breakaway and were able to stay away the entire stage winning by nearly ten minutes over the rest of the field. Pevenage claimed the stage victory with Bazzo taking second and while Bertin took third he was the highest placed of the three and took over the lead in the general classification.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 3 was won by Henk Lubberding and Bertin ended up falling off the back losing considerable time, which made Pevenage the new overall leader going into the second individual time trial (ITT) in Stage 4. Bernard Hinault was aiming to win his third straight Tour de France and in the ITT he looked to be well on his way dominating the rest of the field. Of the 122 riders remaining in the main field only six of them were able to come within 2:00 of Hinault and nobody was able to finish within a minute of the defending champ. Joop Zoetemelk was the closest to him taking second place at 1:16 back and in the overall situation overall Pevenage remained leader by about a minute over Bazzo with Hinault closing the gap to within six minutes.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 5 was run in terrible weather, but the aggressive Hinault was looking to distance himself from the competition and went on the offensive together with Kuiper. Hinault won the stage, with Kuiper finishing right on his wheel, gaining more than two minutes on all of the other of the General Classification Riders although following this stage many riders began experiencing tendinitis problems, including Hinault.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Going into Stage 6 Hinault was within four minutes of Pevenage in the general classification and built a lead of more than 3:00 on Kuiper, nearly 4:00 on Zoetemelk and more than 5:00 on Raymond Martin and Joaquim Agostinho. The stage was won by Jean-Louis Gauthier by a full second over the rest of the field with no major changes in the overall classification.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 7A would prove to be the beginning of a remarkable run by the TI–Raleigh team, who won the team time trial (TTT) beginning a stretch where a rider from this team would win seven stages in a row. During this TTT Hinault's knee problems were showing, as he could not do his part of the workload, although his Renault team still managed a respectable 4th place behind Raleigh, Peugeot and Ijsboerke.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
‘Panzer Group Post’ as they were known because of their Directeur Sportif Peter Post, attacked relentlessly in an effort to win stages and contain any attacks made by Hinault to put Zoetemelk in a position where he could defeat Hinault in the upcoming high mountain stages. The plan was working as Stage 7B was won by Jan Raas, Stage 8 by Bert Oosterbosch, Raas would win again in Stage 9 and Stage 10 was won by Cees Priem. After stage 10 Pevenage was still in Yellow by 2:44 over Bazzo with a 4:20 advantage over Hinault, however The Badger was in the lead among the serious contenders although his lead over Zoetemelk had been cut to 2:00 with Kuiper 2:24 behind Hinault.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 11 was a time trial prior to going into the high mountains of the Pyrenees and if Hinault wanted to match the likes of Louison Bobet, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx by winning his third Tour de France in a row he would have to perform well. The day however, belonged to Zoetemelk as he took the Stage victory with only eight riders finishing within 2:00 of him. Finishing 0:46 behind was Hennie Kuiper with Agostinho coming in 3rd, Oosterbosch finishing 4th and Hinault in 5th 1:39 back.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Hinault was back in the yellow jersey but his lead over Zoetemelk was a minuscule 0:21. Rudy Pevenage fell to 3rd place and Kuiper was 1:31 back with no other general classification (GC) contenders within 5:00. Normally, Hinault was the better time trialist, so Zoetemelk's stage victory made him confident that he had the chance to win the Tour.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
In Stage 12 Gerrie Knetemann and Ludo Peeters escaped and managed to beat the Peloton by more than a minute with Knetemann beating Peeters at the finish line. Late that evening, with the first stage of the high mountains looming, Hinault decided to withdraw. Zoetemelk, until that moment second in the general classification, became the new leader, but refused to don the yellow jersey during the following stage following the example of Eddy Merckx who refused to wear it in the 1971 Tour de France after Luis Ocaña left the race as leader.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
In Stage 13, Zoetemelk rode in his notoriously conservative style, allowing Raymond Martin to escape, as he was a distant threat in the general classification, but he kept Kuiper close, who was now his main rival for the overall victory. Zoetemelk would not stray from who he was as a rider and maintained this defensive tactic for the rest of the race. Martin won the stage breaking the impressive streak of TI-Raleigh and climbing into 3rd place in the process.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Not only this but during this stage he distinguished himself as the strongest rider on a very talented Miko-Mercier team, who also had Christian Seznec and Sven-Åke Nilsson as GC contenders and for the previous several years also had Zoetemelk, who remained the overall leader, with Kuiper in 2nd place at 1:10 behind him.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
In Stage 14 Ludo Peeters escaped again, this time finishing alone more than a minute ahead of the Peloton for the stage win and in Stage 15 Bernard Vallet gutted out an impressive win finishing just four seconds ahead of Jean-Raymond Toso and the 1975 Tour de France and 1977 Tour de France winner Bernard Thevenet who was nearing the end of his remarkable career.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Going into Stage 16 Zoetemelk was now 1:18 ahead of Kuiper and 5:03 ahead of his former teammate Martin. In the 16th stage, one of Zoetemelk's present teammates Johan van der Velde, who had been riding a very good Tour, nearly fell off his bike and cut off  Zoetemelk with van der Velde's back tire hitting Zoetemelk's front causing him to viciously crash into the pavement. Zoetemelk quickly remounted and continued the race but was bleeding from his arm and thigh. Jos De Schoenmaecker won the stage with the group of favourites coming in over a minute later as Zoetemelk was not only able to get back to the elite group, but he also put another 0:16 into Kuiper .


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
The fall in the 16th stage did affect Zoetemelk's performance in stage 17, as Zoetemelk had to let others go on the first climb. Helped by the Panzer Group, he was able to stay close to his competitors and was in good position for the final climb. Mariano Martinez survived his breakaway attempt and won the stage as Zoetemelk was able to drop 2nd place Kuiper, who came partially unhinged losing almost 1:30.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
3rd place Raymond Martin was able to leave Zoetemelk behind but it was near the end of the stage and by this point it was too little too late as he was only able to take 0:15 back. In Stage 18 Ludo Loos escaped and crossed all five cols first, finishing more than five minutes ahead of the Peloton in a remarkable solo stage win which turned out to be the only Tour stage victory of his career.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Zoetemelk finished in the second group with Robert Alban and Lucien Van Impe nearly a minute ahead of Martin and 2:30 ahead of Kuiper who fell to 3rd place as Martin moved into 2nd. With the Alps now finished the last obstacle in the way of Zoetemelk winning his first Tour de France was the time trial in Stage 20.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 19 was an Intermediate stage in which Sean Kelly and Ismael Lejaretta beat the Peloton to the line by 0:20 and Kelly earned his second career stage win by winning the sprint. The overall situation remained the same going into the time trial which was won in dominating fashion by Joop Zoetemelk with only one rider coming within a minute of him and that rider was his own teammate Gerrie Knetemann. With Kuiper and Joaquim Agostinho finishing in 3rd and 4th at plus 1:12 and 1:13 respectively, Zoetemelk was now virtually assured of the overall victory with his lead now built to about 7:00 over Kuiper, who moved back into 2nd having a considerably better ride than Martin.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
Stage 21 was a flat stage which was once again won by Sean Kelly and while Kelly rode an impressive Tour competing for the points classification, he ended up finishing second in that classification to Rudy Pevenage. Between 1982 and 1989 Kelly would go on to win the points classification four times. On the final stage into Paris the blossoming star was in good position for the final sprint to go for another stage win but he was beat to the line by Pol Verschuere who won the first Tour stage of his career that afternoon on the Champs Elysees. Zoetemelk crossed in the middle of the pack side by side with teammate Gerrie Knetemann who hoisted Zoetemelk's arm into the air while crossing the finish line.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
TI–Raleigh–Creda would win one of the Team Competitions and also claim an astonishing eleven stage wins, a feat which has not been repeated since.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview
The other Team Competition was won by Miko–Mercier–Vivagel and on the final podiums Johan van der Velde claimed the white jersey as the best young rider, the green jersey for the points classification went to Pevenage, the mountains classification was won by Raymond Martin who also finished on the podium in 3rd place overall with Hennie Kuiper standing in 2nd and Joop Zoetemelk wearing the yellow jersey atop the podium as winner of the general classification in the 1980 Tour de France.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping
Shortly before the start of the Tour, it was announced that Dietrich Thurau had tested positive in his national championship. He was allowed to start the Tour while his B-sample was being tested. His B-sample gave a negative result, so he could continue the Tour.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping
On the day of the final time trial, when it was all but clear that Zoetemelk would be the winner, tour director Jacques Goddet wrote in the newspaper l'Équipe that the only thing that could keep Zoetemelk away from a Tour victory was the drug tests for anabolic products after the eighteenth stage. As the director, Goddet was well-informed about drug tests, and many journalists speculated that his comments meant that Zoetemelk's A-sample had returned positive. Zoetemelk had tested positive in 1977, and was not happy about the insinuations. Tour co-director Félix Lévitan apologised for Goddet's choice of words.


1980 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping
At the end of the Tour, it was announced that all doping tests had returned negative.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were several classifications in the 1980 Tour de France, four of them awarding jerseys to their leaders. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour. In the 1979 Tour de France, Gerhard Schönbacher and Philippe Tesnière had both been trying to finish last, which had received attention from the press. The Tour organisation wanted to the press to focus on the winners, so they added the rule that after the 14th to 20th stage, the last-ranked cyclist in the general classification would be removed.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
Additionally, there was a points classification, where cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either hors catégorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
Another classification was the young rider classification. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only cyclists younger than 24 were eligible, and the leader wore a white jersey.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
The fifth individual classification was the intermediate sprints classification. This classification had similar rules as the points classification, but only points were awarded on intermediate sprints. In 1980, this classification had no associated jersey.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
A combination classification was also calculated; this was done by adding the points for the points classification, mountains classification, intermediate sprints classification and combativity award. A new competition was introduced in 1980, sponsored by the French television station TF1, therefore named "Grand Prix TF1". It was calculated from the results in the other classifications, and therefore seen as a successor of the combination classification that was calculated from 1968 to 1974. There was no jersey associated with the Grand Prix TF1. The Belgian Ludo Peeters won this classification.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that led this classification were identified by yellow caps. There was also a team points classification. Cyclists received points according to their finishing position on each stage, with the first rider receiving one point. The first three finishers of each team had their points combined, and the team with the fewest points led the classification. The riders of the team leading this classification wore green caps.


1980 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass-start stage to the cyclist considered most combative. The split stages each had a combined winner. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification. Christian Levavasseur won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 17. This prize was won by Johan De Muynck.


1980 Tour de France, Aftermath
After it was said that Zoetemelk only won because Hinault abandoned, Zoetemelk replied "Surely winning the Tour is a question of health and robustness? If Hinault does not have that health and robustness and I have, that makes me a valid winner." Hinault agreed to that, saying that it was the absent rider (Hinault) who is at fault, not the one who replaces him.


1980 Tour de France, Aftermath
In the individual time trial prior to the start of the mountain stages Zoetemelk dominated Hinault to come within 21 seconds of the overall lead. While Hinault was rarely beaten in any individual time trial, it was common knowledge that Zoetemelk was probably the best mountain climber in the world and with the mountain stages about to begin it is unlikely Hinault's lead of 21 seconds would have held.


1980 Tour de France, Aftermath
Hinault's knee problems were solved before the 1980 UCI Road World Championships, which he won.


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10
The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Frankfurt with a prologue individual time trial on 26 June and Stage 10 occurred on 7 July with a flat stage to Bordeaux. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 20 July.


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
26 June 1980 — Frankfurt to Frankfurt, 7.6 km (4.7 mi) (individual time trial)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1a
27 June 1980 — Frankfurt to Wiesbaden, 132.5 km (82.3 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1b
27 June 1980 — Wiesbaden to Frankfurt, 45.8 km (28.5 mi) (team time trial)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
28 June 1980 — Frankfurt to Metz, 276 km (171.5 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
29 June 1980 — Metz to Liège, 258 km (160 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
30 June 1980 — Circuit de Spa, 33.4 km (20.8 mi) (individual time trial)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
1 July 1980 — Liège to Lille, 236.5 km (147.0 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
2 July 1980 — Lille to Compiegne, 219.5 km (136.4 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7a
3 July 1980 — Compiegne to Beauvais, 65 km (40 mi) (team time trial)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7b
3 July 1980 — Beauvais to Rouen, 92 km (57 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
4 July 1980 — Flers to Saint-Malo, 164 km (102 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
6 July 1980 — Saint-Malo to Nantes, 203.5 km (126.4 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
7 July 1980 — Rochefort to Bordeaux, 162 km (101 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22
The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Frankfurt with a prologue individual time trial on 26 June and Stage 11 occurred on 8 July with another individual time trial from Damazan. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 20 July.


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 11
8 July 1980 — Damazan to Laplume, 51 km (31.7 mi) (individual time trial)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 12
9 July 1980 — Agen to Pau, 193.5 km (120.2 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 13
10 July 1980 — Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon, 198 km (123.0 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 14
11 July 1980 — Lézignan-Corbières to Montpellier, 189.5 km (117.7 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 15
12 July 1980 — Montpellier to Martigues, 158 km (98 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 16
13 July 1980 — Trets to Pra-Loup, 207.5 km (128.9 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 17
14 July 1980 — Serre Chevalier to Morzine, 244.5 km (151.9 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 18
16 July 1980 — Morzine to Prapoutel Les sept Laux, 196 km (122 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 19
17 July 1980 — Voreppe to Saint-Étienne, 136.5 km (84.8 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 20
18 July 1980 — Saint-Étienne to Saint-Étienne, 34.5 km (21.4 mi) (individual time trial)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 21
19 July 1980 — Auxerre to Fontenay-sous-Bois, 207 km (129 mi)


1980 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 22, Stage 22
20 July 1980 — Fontenay-sous-Bois to Paris Champs-Élysées, 183.3 km (113.9 mi)


1980 Tour de Romandie
The 1980 Tour de Romandie was the 34th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 6 May to 11 May 1980. The race started in Meyrin and finished in Fribourg. The race was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault team.


1980 Tour de Suisse
The 1980 Tour de Suisse was the 44th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 11 June to 20 June 1980. The race started in Rheinfelden and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Mario Beccia of the Hoonved–Bottecchia team.


1980 Tour du Haut Var
The 1980 Tour du Haut Var was the 12th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 24 February 1980. The race started in Nice and finished in Seillans. The race was won by Pascal Simon.


1980 Tour of Flanders
The 64th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 30 March 1980. The race was won by Belgian Michel Pollentier, after an ultimate attack from his breakaway companions Francesco Moser and Jan Raas, at 700 m from the finish in Meerbeke. 46 of 179 riders finished.


1980 Tour of Flanders, Route
The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – covering 265 km. There were ten categorized climbs:


1980 Tour of the Basque Country
The 1980 Tour of the Basque Country was the 20th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 7 April to 11 April 1980. The race started in Urretxu and finished at Elosua. The race was won by Alberto Fernández of the Teka team.


1980 Tournament Players Championship
The 1980 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 20–23 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The seventh Tournament Players Championship, it was the fourth at Sawgrass and Lee Trevino won at 278 (−10), one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw.


1980 Tournament Players Championship
Defending champion Lanny Wadkins finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 45th place.


1980 Tournament Players Championship, Venue
This was the fourth of five Tournament Players Championships held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. At the time it was scheduled to be the last at Sawgrass, but early construction delays due to weather caused the championship to return for a fifth and final year in 1981.


1980 Tournament Players Championship, Eligibility requirements
Andy Bean (2), Ben Crenshaw (2), Lee Elder, Raymond Floyd (2), Al Geiberger (2), Bob Gilder, David Graham (2), Lou Graham (2), Hubert Green (2), Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle (2), Hale Irwin (2), Tom Kite, Wayne Levi (2), Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey, Jerry McGee (2), Gil Morgan (2), Larry Nelson (2), Jack Nicklaus, Andy North, Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete (2), Gary Player, Tom Purtzer, Jack Renner (2), Bill Rogers, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange (2), Lee Trevino (2), Howard Twitty (2), Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins (2), Tom Watson (2), Fuzzy Zoeller (2)


1980 Tournament Players Championship, Eligibility requirements
2. Winners of major PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved events beginning with the 1979 Players Championship and concluding with the tournament immediately preceding the 1980 Players Championship


1980 Tournament Players Championship, Eligibility requirements
Bobby Walzel, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, D. A. Weibring, John Fought, Ed Fiori, George Burns, Craig Stadler, Jeff Mitchell, Jim Colbert, Dave Eichelberger, Johnny Miller


1980 Tournament Players Championship, Eligibility requirements
4. Leaders in the PGA Tour Official Standings as necessary to complete the field, beginning with the 1979 Players Championship and concluding with the Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, which concludes March 9, 1980


1980 Tournament Players Championship, Field
Tommy Aaron, Buddy Allin, George Archer, Wally Armstrong, Seve Ballesteros, Miller Barber, Andy Bean, Don Bies, Mike Brannan, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Jim Chancey, Jim Colbert, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, David Eger, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, John Fought, Rod Funseth, Buddy Gardner, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Lon Hinkle, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Grier Jones, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Stan Lee, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister, Gene Littler, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Bob Mann, Graham Marsh, Fred Marti, Rik Massengale, Terry Mauney, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Jerry McGee, Pat McGowan, Artie McNickle, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Lindy Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Orville Moody, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Newton, Jack Nicklaus, Lonnie Nielsen, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis, Jerry Pate, Eddie Pearce, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Dana Quigley, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bill Rogers, Bill Sander, Cesar Sanudo, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Bob E. Smith, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Ken Still, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Alan Tapie, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Kermit Zarley, Bob Zender, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller


1980 Tournament of the Americas
The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, since 2005 called the FIBA Americas Championship or the FIBA AmeriCup, was the inaugural edition of this basketball tournament, and it was hosted by Puerto Rico in San Juan from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were determined. The United States did not participate in the tournament. Puerto Rico won the tournament by going 5-1 in the round robin. Because of the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, eventual berths went to Brazil, the fourth-place finisher, and Cuba, the sixth-place finisher.


1980 Tournament of the Americas squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 1980 Tournament of the Americas played in San Juan, Puerto Rico from April 18 to April 25, 1980.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season
The 1980 Toyota Tamaraws season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Summary
During the off-season, the team signed rookies Leopoldo Herrera and Eduardo Merced, both players were from their farm team Frigidaire/MAN Diesel in the MICAA. Danny Florencio rejoined the Tamaraws after disappearing for the whole of the 1979 season while imports Andrew Fields and Bruce "Sky" King were back to reinforced the squad.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Summary
Toyota started the Open Conference by winning eight of their first nine games, losing only to defending champion Royal Tru-Orange. After 18 games in the elimination round, the Tamaraws were at first place with 15 wins and three losses. In the semifinal round, the Tamaraws were tied with Crispa Walk Tall and U/Tex with four wins and two losses. The Wranglers earn the first ticket to the championship round and Toyota had to beat Walk Tall Jeans, 102-100, in a playoff game on July 22 for the right to meet U/Tex in the finals.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Summary
The best-of-five title series went into a full route and in the deciding fifth game, the Tamaraws were 16 seconds away in regulation time to win the Open Crown after leading by four points, 94-90, but U/Tex were able to force overtime behind their imports Aaron James and Glenn McDonald, who sank the two free throws that tied the count. The Wranglers won by one point, 99-98 in the extension period.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Summary
The Second Conference Invitational features foreign squads Nicholas Stoodley of United States and Adidas Rubberworld of France. Toyota won their last three matches to march into the finals against Nicholas Stoodley. The Tamaraws needed to win by at least seven points against Crispa Walk Tall Jeans in their last assignment and they did just that in a 116-109 victory. In the best-of-three title series, the Tamaraws got blanked by the Americans.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Summary
For the third time in the season, the Tamaraws ended up bridesmaid and placed runner-up in all three conferences of the year, duplicating the same feat back in 1976. Crispa Redmanizers' domination in the All-Filipino Conference had Toyota behind Crispa in the team standings during the eliminations, quarterfinals and semifinal phase and they lost to the Redmanizers in four games in the best-of-five championship series.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Notable dates
March 16: Opening before one of the biggest crowds to attend at the Araneta Coliseum, the league's 6th season also introduced the three-point line. Toyota repulses arch rival Crispa in the second game, 112-107, as Sonny Jaworski came up with three conversions from the three-point area to finish with 22 points.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Notable dates
June 12: Toyota Tamaraws nips Crispa Walk Tall Jeans, 107-105, before an overflow crowd of 32,000 at the Big Dome on Independence Day.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Notable dates
July 22: Toyota and Crispa dispute the last finals slot and with the capacity crowd of 25,000 fans on hand to watch the do-or-die game, the Tamaraws won in a classic 102-100 victory.


1980 Toyota Tamaraws season, Occurrences
In Game three of the All-Filipino Conference finals, the Toyota Tamaraws stopped the Crispa Redmanizers' winning run of 19 straight wins in a 97-94 victory but the Toyota players saw the ouster of their coach Fort Acuña at halftime when he refuses to field in Sonny Jaworski in the first two quarters of the game.


1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1984. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.


1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


1980 Trampoline World Championships
The 11th Trampoline World Championships were held in Brig, Switzerland on September 27, 1980.


1980 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Luther Williams Field on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia from May 1 through 4. This was the second tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its second year of existence. Georgia Southern won their first tournament championship. The Eagles earned a bid to the 1980 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, the first for the league.


1980 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format
The league again used a blind draw to determine matchups, and conference teams again played few games against each other prior to the tournament. The teams played a six team, double elimination tournament.


1980 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.


1980 Trans-Am Series
The 1980 Trans-Am Series was the fifteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. After several years of recovery from the decline of demand for muscle cars in the early seventies and the 1973 Oil Crisis, Trans Am evolved into a support series for the IMSA GT Championship, using vehicles that were also used in IMSA GT races. This would set the standard for the series thereafter, and this standard would be applied to the SCCA's World Challenge series many years later. Almost all of the races ran for approximately one hundred miles. Besides Watkins Glen, the only exception was Trois-Rivieres (~75 miles).


1980 Transamerica Open
The 1980 Transamerica Open, also known as the Pacific Coast Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California in the United States. The event was part of the Super Series of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the 90th edition of the tournament and was held from September 22 through September 28, 1980. Third-seeded Gene Mayer won the singles title and earned $27,500 first-prize money.


1980 Transamerica Open, Finals, Doubles
John McEnroe /  Peter Fleming defeated  Gene Mayer /  Sandy Mayer 6–1, 6–4


1980 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 1980 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by first-year coach Vince Gibson. The Green Wave played home games in the Louisiana Superdome and finished with a 7–5 record, losing to Arkansas 15–34 in the Hall of Fame Classic. In the 78th edition of the Battle for the Flag, Tulane lost 7–24 to LSU. Throughout the season the offense scored 279 points, while the defense allowed 243 points. Two members of the Green Wave team were drafted into the National Football League (NFL).


1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Cooper, the Golden Hurricane compiled an 8–3 record (4-1 against conference opponents) and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship.


1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Kenny Jackson with 1,208 passing yards, Kenneth Session with 662 rushing yards, and Paul Johns with 420 receiving yards. Head coach John Cooper was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1980 Turkish Consulate attack in Lyon
The 1980 Turkish Consulate attack in Lyon was an attack on the Turkish Consulate General in Lyon on 5 August 1980, where four people were wounded. Two Armenian gunmen stormed the Turkish Consulate General and demanded the location of the Consul General. When the doorman did not understand the gunmen's broken French, the gunmen opened fire. The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) claimed responsibility for the attack.


1980 Turkish coup d'état
The 1980 Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 12 Eylül Darbesi), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by memorandum.


1980 Turkish coup d'état
During the Cold War era, Turkey saw political violence (1976–1980) between far-left, far-right, Islamist militant groups, and the state. The violence saw a sharp downturn for a period after the coup, which was welcomed by some for restoring order by quickly executing 50 people and arresting 500,000, hundreds of whom would die in prison.


1980 Turkish coup d'état
For the next three years the Turkish Armed Forces ruled the country through the National Security Council, before democracy was restored with the 1983 Turkish general election. This period saw an intensification of the Turkish nationalism of the state, including banning the Kurdish language.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
The 1970s in Turkey was characterized by political turmoil and violence. Since 1968–69, a proportional representation system had made it difficult for any one party to achieve a parliamentary majority. The interests of the industrial bourgeoisie, which held the largest holdings of the country, were opposed by other social classes such as smaller industrialists, traders, rural notables, and landlords, whose interests did not always coincide among themselves. Numerous agricultural and industrial reforms sought by parts of the middle upper classes were blocked by others. By the end of the 1970s, Turkey was in an unstable situation with unsolved economic and social problems, facing strike actions, and the partial paralysis of parliamentary politics. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey had been unable to elect a president during the six months preceding the coup.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
In 1975 conservative Justice Party (Turkish: Adalet Partisi) leader Süleyman Demirel was succeeded as Prime Minister by the leader of the social-democratic Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), Bülent Ecevit.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
Demirel formed a coalition with the Nationalist Front (Turkish: Milliyetçi Cephe), the National Salvation Party (Turkish: Millî Selamet Partisi, an Islamist party led by  Necmettin Erbakan), and the far-right  Nationalist Movement Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi) led by Alparslan Türkeş.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
The MHP used the opportunity to infiltrate state security services, seriously aggravating the low-intensity war between the rival factions. Politicians seemed unable to stem the growing violence in the country.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
The elections of 1977 had no winner. At first, Demirel continued the coalition with the Nationalist Front. But in 1978, Ecevit once again took power with the help of some deputies who had moved from one party to another, until 1979, when Demirel once again became Prime Minister.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
Unprecedented political violence erupted in Turkey in the late 1970s. The overall death toll of the 1970s is estimated at 5,000, with nearly ten assassinations per day. Most were members of left-wing and right-wing political organizations, then engaged in bitter fighting. The ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves, the youth organisation of the MHP, claimed they were supporting the security forces. According to the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine, in 1978 there were 3,319 fascist attacks, in which 831 were killed and 3,121 wounded.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
In the central trial against the radical left-wing organization Devrimci Yol (Revolutionary Path) at Ankara Military Court, the defendants listed 5,388 political killings before the military coup. Among the victims were 1,296 right-wingers and 2,109 left-wingers. Other killings couldn't be definitely connected, but were most likely politically inspired. The 1977 Taksim Square massacre, the 1978 Bahçelievler massacre, and the 1978 Maraş massacre stood out. Following the Maraş massacre, martial law was announced in 14 of (then) 67 provinces in December 1978. By the time of the coup, it had been extended to 20 provinces.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Prelude
Ecevit was warned about the coming coup in June 1979 by Nuri Gündeş of the National Intelligence Organization Turkish: Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, (MİT)). Ecevit told his interior minister, İrfan Özaydınlı, who then passed the news on to Sedat Celasun—one of the five generals who would lead the coup. (The deputy undersecretary of the MİT, Nihat Yıldız, was demoted to the London consulate and replaced by a lieutenant general as a result).


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Coup
On 11 September 1979, General Kenan Evren ordered a hand-written report from full general Haydar Saltık on whether a coup was in order or the government merely needed a stern warning. The report, which recommended preparing for a coup, was delivered in six months. Evren kept the report in his office safe. Evren says the only other person beside Saltık who was aware of the details was Nurettin Ersin. It has been argued that this was a ploy on Evren's part to encompass the political spectrum as Saltık was close to the left, while Ersin took care of the right. Backlash from political organizations after the coup would therefore be prevented.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Coup
On 21 December, the War Academy generals convened to decide the course of action. The pretext for the coup was to put an end to the social conflicts of the 1970s, as well as the parliamentary instability. They resolved to issue the party leaders (Süleyman Demirel and Bülent Ecevit) a memorandum by way of the president, Fahri Korutürk, which was done on 27 December. The leaders received the letter a week later.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Coup
A second report, submitted in March 1980, recommended undertaking the coup without further delay, otherwise apprehensive lower-ranked officers might be tempted to "take the matter into their own hands". Evren made only minor amendments to Saltık's plan, titled "Operation Flag" (Turkish: Bayrak Harekâtı).


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Coup
The coup was planned to take place on 11 July 1980, but was postponed after a motion to put Demirel's government to a vote of confidence was rejected on 2 July. At the Supreme Military Council meeting (Turkish: Yüksek Askeri Şura) on 26 August, a second date was proposed: 12 September.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Coup
On 7 September 1980, Evren and the four service commanders decided that they would overthrow the civilian government. On 12 September, the National Security Council (Turkish: Milli Güvenlik Konseyi, MGK), headed by Evren declared coup d'état on the national channel. The MGK then extended martial law throughout the country, abolished the Parliament and the government, suspended the Constitution and banned all political parties and trade unions. They invoked the Kemalist tradition of state secularism and in the unity of the nation, which had already justified the precedent coups, and presented themselves as opposed to communism, fascism, separatism and religious sectarianism.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Coup
The nation learned of the coup at 4:30 AM on the state radio address announcing that the parliament had been dismissed and that the country was under the control of the Turkish Armed Forces. According to the Armed Forces broadcast, the coup was needed to save the Turkish Republic from political fragmentation, violence and the economic collapse that was created by political mismanagement. Kenan Evren was appointed head of the National Security Council (Turkish: Milli Güvenlik Konseyi).


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects
In the days following the coup the NSC suspended parliament, disbanded all political parties and took their leaders in custody. Workers' strikes were made illegal and labor unions were suspended. Local governors, mayors and public servants were replaced by military personnel. Curfews were imposed in the evenings under the declared state of emergency and leaving the country was prohibited. By the end of 1982 over 120,000 people had been imprisoned.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects
Istanbul was served by three military mayors between 1980 and 1984. They renamed the leftist shantytowns changing names like "1 Mayıs Mahallesi" to "Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi", as a symbol of the military rule.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Economy
One of the coup's most visible effects was on the economy. On the day of the coup, it was on the verge of collapse, with three digit inflation. There was large-scale unemployment, and a chronic foreign trade deficit. The economic changes between 1980 and 1983 were credited to Turgut Özal, who was the main person responsible for the economic policy by the Demirel Destined administration since 24 January 1980. Özal supported the IMF, and to this end he forced the resignation of the director of the Central Bank, İsmail Aydınoğlu, who opposed it.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Economy
The strategic aim was to unite Turkey with the "global economy," which big business supported, and gave Turkish companies the ability to market products and services globally. One month after the coup, London's International Banking Review wrote "A feeling of hope is evident among international bankers that Turkey's military coup may have opened the way to greater political stability as an essential prerequisite for the revitalization of the Turkish economy". During 1980–1983, the foreign exchange rate was allowed to float freely. Foreign investment was encouraged.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Economy
The national establishments, initiated by Atatürk's Reforms, were promoted to involve joint enterprises with foreign establishments. The 85% pre-coup level government involvement in the economy forced a reduction in the relative importance of the state sector. Just after the coup, Turkey revitalized the Atatürk Dam and the Southeastern Anatolia Project, which was a land reform project promoted as a solution to the underdeveloped Southeastern Anatolia. It was transformed into a multi-sector social and economic development program, a sustainable development program, for the 9 million people of the region. The closed economy, produced for only Turkey's need, was subsidized for a vigorous export drive.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Economy
The drastic expansion of the economy during this period was relative to the previous level. The GDP remained well below those of most Middle Eastern and European countries. The government froze wages while the economy experienced a significant decrease of the public sector, a deflationist policy, and several successive mini-devaluations.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Tribunals
The coup rounded up members of both the left and right for trial with military tribunals. Within a very short time, there were 250,000 to 650,000 people detained. Among the detainees, 230,000 were tried, 14,000 were stripped of citizenship, and 50 were executed. In addition, hundreds of thousands of people were tortured, and thousands disappeared. A total of 1,683,000 people were blacklisted. Apart from the militants killed during shootings, at least four prisoners were legally executed immediately after the coup; the first ones since 1972, while in February 1982 there were 108 prisoners condemned to capital punishment. Among the prosecuted were Ecevit, Demirel, Türkeş, and Erbakan, who were incarcerated and temporarily suspended from politics.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Tribunals
One notable victim of the hangings was a 17-year-old Erdal Eren, who said he looked forward to it in order to avoid thinking of the torture he had witnessed.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Tribunals
After having taken advantage of the Grey Wolves' activism, General Kenan Evren imprisoned hundreds of them. At the time they were some 1700 Grey Wolves organizations in Turkey, with about 200,000 registered members and a million sympathizers. In its indictment of the MHP in May 1981, the Turkish military government charged 220 members of the MHP and its affiliates for 694 murders. Evren and his cohorts realized that Türkeş was a charismatic leader who could challenge their authority using the paramilitary Grey Wolves. Following the coup in Colonel Türkeş's indictment, the Turkish press revealed the close links maintained by the MHP with security forces as well as organized crime involved in drug trade, which financed in return weapons and the activities of hired fascist commandos all over the country.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Constitution
Within three years the generals passed some 800 laws in order to form a militarily disciplined society. The coup members were convinced of the unworkability of the existing constitution. They decided to adopt a new constitution that included mechanisms to prevent what they saw as impeding the functioning of democracy. On 29 June 1981 the military junta appointed 160 people as members of an advisory assembly to draft a new constitution. The new constitution brought clear limits and definitions, such as on the rules of election of the president, which was stated as a factor for the coup d'état.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Effects, Constitution
On 7 November 1982 the new constitution was put to a referendum, which was accepted with 92% of the vote. On 9 November 1982 Kenan Evren was appointed President for the next seven years.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Result
Source: The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish: Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi – TBMM)


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath
After the approval by referendum of the new Constitution in June 1982, Kenan Evren organized general elections, held on 6 November 1983. This democratization has been criticized by the Turkish scholar Ergun Özbudun as a "textbook case" of a junta's dictating the terms of its departure.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath
The referendum and the elections did not take place in a free and competitive setting. Many political leaders of pre-coup era (including Süleyman Demirel, Bülent Ecevit, Alparslan Türkeş and Necmettin Erbakan) had been banned from politics, and all new parties needed to get the approval of the National Security Council in order to participate in the elections. Only three parties, two of which were actually created by the junta, were permitted to contest.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath
The secretary general of the National Security Council was general Haydar Saltık. Both he and Evren were the strong men of the regime, while the government was headed by a retired admiral, Bülend Ulusu, and included several retired military officers and a few civil servants. Some alleged in Turkey, after the coup, that General Saltuk had been preparing a more radical, rightist coup, which had been one of the reasons prompting the other generals to act, respecting the hierarchy, and then to include him in the MGK in order to neutralize him.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath
Out of the 1983 elections came one-party governance under Turgut Özal's Motherland Party, which combined a neoliberal economic program with conservative social values.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath
Yildirim Akbulut became the head of the Parliament. He was succeeded in 1991 by Mesut Yılmaz. Meanwhile, Süleyman Demirel founded the center-right True Path Party in 1983, and returned to active politics after the 1987 Turkish referendum.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath
Yılmaz redoubled Turkey's economic profile, converting towns like Gaziantep from small provincial capitals into mid-sized economic boomtowns, and renewed its orientation toward Europe. But political instability followed as the host of banned politicians reentered politics, fracturing the vote, and the Motherland Party became increasingly corrupt. Ozal, who succeeded Evren as President of Turkey, died of a heart attack in 1993, and Süleyman Demirel was elected president.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath
The Özal government empowered the police force with intelligence capabilities to counter the National Intelligence Organization, which at the time was run by the military. The police force even engaged in external intelligence collection.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath, Trial of coup leaders
After the 2010 referendum, an investigation was started regarding the coup, and in June 2011, the Specially Authorized Ankara Deputy Prosecutor's Office asked ex-prosecutor Sacit Kayasu to forward a copy of an indictment he had prepared for Kenan Evren. Kayasu had previously been fired for trying to indict Evren in 2003.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath, Trial of coup leaders
In January 2012, a Turkish court accepted the indictments against General Kenan Evren and General Tahsin Şahinkaya, the only coup leaders still alive at the time, for their role in the coup. Prosecutors sought life sentences against the two retired generals. According to the indictment, a total of 191 people died in custody during the aftermath of the coup, due to "inhumane" acts. The trial began on 4 April 2012. In 2012, a court case was launched against Şahinkaya and Kenan Evren relating to the 1980 military coup.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Aftermath, Trial of coup leaders
Both were sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 June 2014 by a court in Ankara. But neither of the two was sent to prison as both were in hospitals for medical treatment. Şahinkaya died in the Gülhane Military Medical Academy Hospital (GATA) in Haydarpaşa, Istanbul on 9 July 2015. Evren died at a military hospital in Ankara on 9 May 2015, aged 97. His sentence was on appeal at the time of his death.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Allegations of US involvement
The American involvement in this coup was alleged to have been acknowledged by the CIA Ankara station chief Paul Henze. In his book "12 Eylül: saat 04.00" Journalist Mehmet Ali Birand wrote that after the government was overthrown, Henze cabled Washington, saying, "our boys did it." On June 2003 interview to Zaman Henze denied American involvement stating "I did not say to Carter "Our boys did it." It is totally a tale, a myth, It is something Birand fabricated. He knows it, too. I talked to him about it."


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Allegations of US involvement
Two days later Birand replied on CNN Türk's Manşet by saying "It is impossible for me to have fabricated it, the American support to the coup and the atmosphere in Washington was in the same direction. Henze narrated me these words despite he now denies it" and presented the footage of an interview with Henze recorded in 1997 according to which a diplomat rather than Henze informed the president, saying "Boys in Ankara did it." Some Turkish media sources reported it as "Henze indeed said Our boys did it."


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Allegations of US involvement
The US State Department itself announced the coup during the night between 11 and 12 September: the military had phoned the US embassy in Ankara to alert them of the coup an hour in advance. Both in his press conference held after the government was overthrown and when interrogated by public prosecutor in 2011 General Kenan Evren said "the US did not have pre-knowledge of the coup but we informed them of the coup 2 hours in advance due to our soldiers coinciding with the American community JUSMAT that is in Ankara."


1980 Turkish coup d'état, Allegations of US involvement
Tahsin Şahinkaya –  then general in charge of the Turkish Air Forces who is said to have travelled to the United States just before the coup, told the US army general was not informed of the upcoming coup and the general was surprised to have been uninformed of the coup after the government was overthrown.


1980 Turkish coup d'état, In culture
The coup has been criticised in many Turkish movies, TV series and songs since 1980.


1980 Turkish presidential election
The 1980 Turkish presidential election refers to the unsuccessful elections to choose the country's seventh president, to succeed Fahri Korutürk. The first round of the elections held on 12 March 1980. There were 115 unsuccessful rounds until 12 September 1980. The elections ended with a coup d'état on that date.


1980 Turkish presidential election, History
The election agenda began as incumbent president Fahri Korutürk's 7-year term was to finish, in April 1980. According to the 1961 constitution, the winning candidate needed two thirds of the votes of the total members of parliament. Faik Türün was the Justice Party's (AP) candidate and Muhsin Batur was Republican People's Party's candidate; both were retired army generals. During the five and a half months of elections İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, an AP member, was acting president. Neither of the candidates reached the 2/3 of votes required to become president. The last round was held on 11 September 1980, and the speaker of the parliament scheduled the next session for 12 September 1980 at 15:00 hours. The next session was called off because of the coup d'état.


1980 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
General elections were held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 4 November 1980. The result was a victory for the opposition Progressive National Party (PNP), which won eight of the eleven seats in the Legislative Council. Following the elections, PNP leader Norman Saunders became Chief Minister.


1980 Turks and Caicos Islands general election, Electoral system
The eleven members of the Legislative Council were elected from single-member constituencies.


1980 Turks and Caicos Islands general election, Campaign
A total of 24 candidates contested the elections, with the PNP and People's Democratic Movement (PDM) running in all eleven constituencies. The other two candidates were independents.


1980 Tuscan regional election
The Tuscan regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.


1980 Tuscan regional election, Electoral law
Election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large.


1980 Tuscan regional election, Results
The Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election Mario Leone (Italian Socialist Party), the incumbent President of the Region, formed a new government with the Italian Communist Party.


1980 Tuscan regional election, Results
In 1983 a government crisis occurred as the relationship between the Communists and the Socialists had become tense at the national level. Communist Gianfranco Bartolini formed a one-party government and then a new coalition government with the Proletarian Unity Party.


1980 U-Tex Wranglers season
The 1980 U/Tex Wranglers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1980 U-Tex Wranglers season, Transactions
After playing seven games with Crispa Walk Tall in the Open Conference, the Jeans Makers gave up and released two-time MVP William "Bogs" Adornado to U/Tex Wranglers.


1980 U-Tex Wranglers season, Championship
U/Tex won the Open Conference title for their second PBA crown in three years by defeating Toyota Tamaraws, 99–98, in the deciding Game Five of the finals series best known for the "last 16 seconds". The Wranglers finish the four-team semifinals in a tie with Walk Tall Jeans and Toyota with similar four wins and two losses. U/Tex enters the championship round with a superior quotient, leaving the other two teams to dispute the second finals berth.


1980 U-Tex Wranglers season, Scoring record
November 23:  William "Bogs" Adornado achieved a milestone by tying the record for most points by a local player shared with Danny Florencio while playing for Seven-up in 1977 by scoring 64 points in U/Tex' 126–111 win over San Miguel Beer.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships
The 1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships was a men's Grand Prix and women's Colgate Series tennis tournament held at the Indianapolis Sports Center in Indianapolis in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from August 4 through August 10, 1980. Eighth-seeded José Luis Clerc and top-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles titles.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Kevin Curren /  Steve Denton defeated  Wojciech Fibak /  Ivan Lendl 3–6, 7–6, 6–4


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Anne Smith /  Paula Smith defeated  Virginia Ruzici /  Renáta Tomanová 4–6, 6–3, 6–4


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's Doubles
Eighth-seeds Kevin Curren and Steve Denton won the title and shared $10,600 after beating Wojciech Fibak and Ivan Lendl in the final.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's Singles
Eighth-seed José Luis Clerc claimed the title and first prize money of $28,000 by defeating qualifier Mel Purcell in the final.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's Doubles
Top-seeded Anne Smith and Paula Smith won the title and $9,600 first-prize money after defeating Virginia Ruzici and Renáta Tomanová in the final.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's Singles
Top-seed Chris Evert-Lloyd won the title for the sixth time, beating fourth-seed Andrea Jaeger in the final for a first-prize of $30,000.


1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The eight seeds received a bye into the second round. A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1980 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 1980 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. Medals were awarded in three colors: gold (first), silver (second), and bronze (third) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.


1980 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The event determined the U.S. teams for the 1980 Winter Olympics and 1980 World Championships.


1980 U.S. Indoor National Championships
The 1980 U.S. National Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament in the open era and was held from February 25 through March 3, 1980. First-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title and $40,000 first-prize money. As a result of his title win McEnroe overtook Björn Borg as the ATP world no. 1 ranked player.


1980 U.S. Indoor National Championships, Finals, Doubles
John McEnroe /  Brian Gottfried defeated  Rod Frawley /  Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–7, 7–6


1980 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki; in fact, as the tournament transpired these two golfers ended up playing all four rounds together.


1980 U.S. Open (golf)
Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round on the Lower Course on Thursday. Weiskopf, however, did not shoot better than 75 in any other round and finished 37th. After a second round 71, Nicklaus owned a two-stroke lead over Isao Aoki. Aoki, however, carded a third consecutive round of 68 in the third to tie Nicklaus.


1980 U.S. Open (golf)
In the final round on Sunday, Nicklaus birdied the 3rd after Aoki recorded a bogey on 2, taking a two-shot lead. Nicklaus, however, could not separate himself from his challenger. After he hit his approach to 3 feet on 10, Aoki made a long putt from the fringe for a birdie. On the 17th Nicklaus holed a 22-footer for birdie while Aoki made his own 5-footer for birdie. And at the 18th Nicklaus rolled in another birdie from 10-feet to win the championship, his sixteenth major title as a professional.


1980 U.S. Open (golf)
Nicklaus' winning total of 272 established a new U.S. Open standard, breaking the record 275 he set in 1967 on the same Lower Course. He also tied Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, and Ben Hogan by winning his fourth U.S. Open title. Nicklaus had failed to win a tournament in 1979 for the first time in his career, and at 40 many believed his best days were behind him. He won four more times on the PGA Tour with two majors, including the PGA Championship two months later and the Masters in 1986.


1980 U.S. Open (golf)
Seve Ballesteros, the reigning champion of the British Open and Masters, was late to the course on Friday, missed his tee time, and was disqualified; he had carded a 75 on Thursday.


1980 U.S. Open (golf)
The U.S. Open returned to the Lower Course in 1993, and the PGA Championship was played there in 2005 and in 2016.


1980 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Hallberg (+2), Clampett (+6), Sigel (+7), Sindelar (+7), Wagner (+9), Wood (+10), Blake (+11), Sutton (+11), Rassett (+13), Sluman (+15), Clearwater (+16), Mudd (+16), Norton (+16), O'Meara (+16), Bergin (+17), Landers (+20), Chalas (+21), Glickley (+22).


1980 U.S. Pro Indoor
The 1980 U.S. Pro Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts that was part of World Championship Tennis (WCT) category of tournaments of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was played at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States and was held from January 21 through January 27, 1980. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title after a final that lasted three hours and 30 minutes and earned $40,000 first-prize money. It was his fourth singles title at the tournament which equalled the record held by Rod Laver.


1980 U.S. Pro Indoor, Finals, Singles
Jimmy Connors defeated  John McEnroe 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4


1980 U.S. Pro Indoor, Finals, Doubles
Peter Fleming /  John McEnroe defeated  Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 7–6


1980 U.S. Pro Indoor – Doubles
Wojtek Fibak and Tom Okker were the defending champions, but Okker did not participate this year. Fibak partnered Heinz Günthardt, losing in the semifinals.


1980 U.S. Pro Indoor – Doubles
Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won the title, defeating Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 7–6 in the final.


1980 U.S. Pro Indoor – Singles
Connors successfully defended his title, defeating John McEnroe, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 in the final.


1980 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
The 1980 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. The event was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the 53rd edition of the tournament and was held from July 14 through July 20, 1980. Fourth-seeded Eddie Dibbs won the singles title.


1980 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Sandy Mayer /  Gene Mayer defeated  Hans Gildemeister /  Andrés Gómez 1–6, 6–4, 6–4


1980 U.S. Women's Open
The 1980 U.S. Women's Open was the 35th U.S. Women's Open, held July 10–13 at Richland Country Club in Nashville, Tennessee.


1980 U.S. Women's Open
Amy Alcott won her only U.S. Women's Open, nine shots ahead of runner-up Hollis Stacy. She entered the final round with an eight-stroke lead; it was the second of her five major titles.


1980 U.S. Women's Open
The field of 150 players included 49 amateurs, of which two made the 36-hole cut.


1980 UAE national football team results
This article details the fixtures and results of the UAE national football team in 1980.


1980 UAE national football team results
The UAE made their first appearance at the Asian Cup finals but failed to get out of the Group Stages. It was also the first time that the national team had faced opposition outside of West Asia.


1980 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 1980 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 1980 NCAA Division II football season. UC Davis competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1980 UC Davis Aggies football team
The Aggies were led by head coach Jim Sochor in his 11th year. They played home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the season as champion of the FWC for the 10th consecutive season and it was their 11th consecutive winning season. The Aggies finished the regular season with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie (7–2–1, 5–0 FWC). With the 5–0 conference record, they stretched their conference winning streak to 38 games dating back to the 1973 season. The Aggies outscored their opponents 267–178 for the 1980 season.


1980 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.


1980 UCF Knights football team
The 1980  UCF Knights football season was the UCF Knights football second season. Head coach Don Jonas compiled a 4–4–1 overall record, including the programs only tie against Miles.


1980 UCF Knights football team
The Knights competed as an NCAA Division III Independent. The Knights played their home games at Orlando Stadium, now known as the Citrus Bowl, in Downtown Orlando.


1980 UCI Road World Championships
The 1980 UCI Road World Championships took place on 30 August 1980 in Sallanches, France. Only two races took place because of the Moscow Olympics. It was one of the toughest World Championship courses ever, featuring nearly 6000m of climbing over 20 laps of a 13 km course.


1980 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 1980 UCI Road World Championships was the 47th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 31 August 1980 in Sallanches, France. The race was won by Bernard Hinault of France.


1980 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1980 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Besançon, France in 1980. Due to the 1980 Summer Olympics only ten events were contested, 8 for men (5 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.


1980 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1980 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 9–2 record (5–2 Pac-10), finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and were ranked #13 in the final AP Poll.


1980 UCLA Bruins football team
UCLA's offensive leaders in 1980 were quarterback Tom Ramsey with 1,116 passing yards, running back Freeman McNeil with 1,105 rushing yards, and wide receiver Cormac Carney with 591 receiving yards.


1980 UCLA Bruins football team, Team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.


1980 UEFA Cup Final
The 1980 UEFA Cup Final was a two-legged final, played on 7 May 1980 and 21 May 1980 to determine the champion of the 1979–80 UEFA Cup. The final pitted Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany against Borussia Mönchengladbach, another West German side. Mönchengladbach were the holders, having won the competition's final the year prior.


1980 UEFA Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals after the tie ended 3–3 on aggregate.


1980 UEFA Cup Final, Route to the final
This edition of the UEFA Cup was unique in that all four teams that played in the semi-finals of the competition were clubs from the Bundesliga in West Germany–– Stuttgart, Bayern, Eintracht, and Gladbach.


1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1980 Final Tournament was held in East Germany. It also served as the European qualification for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The six best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points and goal difference).


1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.


1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1978–80) had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded (3-0) to their opponents. USSR U-21s won the competition.


1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 25 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one group of 4). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.


1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Stage, Draw
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 54th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) released the annual returns, with totalisator turnover up 10%, at £81,290,642 but attendances down 15%, recorded at 5,484,781 from 5504 meetings. The increase in tote turnover indicated a significant increase in spend per head because attendances had decreased significantly. The decrease could partly be blamed on 200 less meetings but the fact that tracks charged a 17% tote retention would have been another factor. Regardless of blame it was the lowest attendance return on record, even less than the first full year of racing in 1927.


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Sport Promoter, a brindle dog was voted Greyhound of the Year. He won Gold Collar at Catford Stadium and the Grand Prix at Walthamstow Stadium.


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Ladbrokes closed Willenhall for development and cut prize money at Perry Barr and Monmore. Eastville Stadium suffered a major fire, and the majority of the south stand was destroyed causing more than £1 million worth of damage. Later in the year some consolation arrived in the form of a Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service (BAGS) debut in November, and along with Hackney would become the backbone of the betting shop service. Monmore also joined the BAGS, which is currently supplied by White City Manchester, Hackney, Wembley and Harringay.


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Bletchley in Milton Keynes under the new promotion of Reg Young rejoined the NGRC under the permit scheme and would become known as Milton Keynes Stadium instead of Bletchley. Maidstone and Long Eaton would leave the scheme and the Knott family sold their interest in Poole Stadium.


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
An outbreak of Parvovirus killed hundreds of pups in the early part of the year. The Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) continue to recover from their debt and repay creditors. Arthur Hancock retired as a trainer at Brighton and was replaced by GRA trainer Derek Knight who had previously been at Shawfield.


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Ireland
The Bord na gCon increase prize money by a further 25%. Knockrour Slave won the Irish Laurels for the second successive year and break the Cork Greyhound Stadium track record in the final recording 29.00 sec.


1980 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
1979 Greyhound of the Year Desert Pilot reached the St Leger final at Wembley Greyhounds and performed well but lost out to Fair Reward trained by Bob Young with Decoy Sovereign runner up. Decoy Sovereign was trained by the Cobbold family Joe Cobbold and wife Doreen and had been bred by Brenda Baggs, wife of Gary Baggs who were helping the Cobbolds at the time. Decoy Sovereign easily won the Scottish Greyhound Derby final, the fawn dog defeated a good field. A greyhound called Rahan Ship has been ante post favourite for the Glasgow classic but had been withdrawn following the wrong form being printed in the racecard. The NGRC instigated an inquiry and some track officials lost their jobs before the dog returned to Ireland.


1980 UK Athletics Championships
The 1980 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium, London. Three events were contested separately at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh – the women's 1500 metres and men's 800 metres and 5000 metres. This set of events served as the British Olympic Team Trials for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Two new events were contested for the first time: a men's 10,000 metres track walk and a women's 5000 metres track walk.


1980 UK Athletics Championships
It was the fourth edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors. However, due to the fact that the calibre of national competition remained greater at the AAA event, the UK Championships this year were not considered the principal national championship event by some statisticians, such as the National Union of Track Statisticians (NUTS). Many of the athletes below also competed at the 1980 AAA Championships.


1980 UK Athletics Championships
Women's discus thrower Meg Ritchie took a record fourth consecutive UK title. David Ottley won a third straight title in the javelin throw. Five other athletes defended their 1979 titles: Gary Oakes in the 400 metres hurdles, Heather Hunte in the women's 100 m, Christina Boxer in the women's 800 m, Shirley Strong in the women's 100 metres hurdles and Angela Littlewood in the women's shot put. Two athletes achieved a championship double: Cameron Sharp edged out Drew McMaster in both the men's 100 metres and 200 metres, and David Moorcroft claimed a 1500/5000 m double.


1980 UK Athletics Championships
At the 1980 Moscow Olympics, one participant at the UK trials won an individual medal – hurdles champion Gary Oakes took Olympic bronze. The four women who took the top three in the short sprints (Hunte, Kathy Smallwood, Beverley Goddard, and Sonia Lannaman) combined to win an Olympic bronze in the 4 × 100 metres relay, and the top three in the women's 400 metres (Linsey Macdonald, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith and Michelle Probert) joined Donna Hartley to take the 4 × 400 metres relay Olympic bronze. Allan Wells, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Daley Thompson made the 1980 Olympic podium, but were not present at this national event.


1980 UK Championship
The 1980 UK Championship (also known as the 1980 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 16 and 29 November 1980. This was the fourth edition of the UK Championship and the third staging of the competition in Preston. The event was sponsored by Coral for the third consecutive year. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 22 to 29 November – the BBC's television coverage had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the World Championship.


1980 UK Championship
Steve Davis defeated Alex Higgins 16–6 in the final to win his first major title, after making his first major quarter-final in the previous year's championship. Davis whitewashed Terry Griffiths 9–0 in the semi-finals on his way to the final. The highest break of the tournament was a 134 made by Higgins.


1980 UMass Minutemen football team
The 1980 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Pickett and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–3 overall and 4–1 in conference play.


1980 UNLV Rebels football team
The 1980 UNLV Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Tony Knap, the team compiled a 7–4 record.


1980 US Open (tennis)
The 1980 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 100th edition of the US Open and was held from August 26 to September 7, 1980.


1980 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's Singles
John McEnroe defeated  Björn Borg 7–6 (7–4), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 5–7, 6–4


1980 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's Doubles
Bob Lutz /  Stan Smith defeated  John McEnroe /  Peter Fleming 7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3


1980 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Women's Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Pam Shriver /  Betty Stöve 7–6 (7–2), 7–5


1980 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Wendy Turnbull /  Marty Riessen defeated  Betty Stöve /  Frew McMillan 7–5, 6–2


1980 US Open – Men's Doubles
The Men's Doubles tournament at the 1980 US Open was held from August 26 to September 7, 1980, on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City, United States. Bob Lutz and Stan Smith won the title, defeating John McEnroe and Peter Fleming in the final.


1980 US Open – Men's Singles
John McEnroe retained his title in defeating Björn Borg 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 5–7, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1980 US Open. This particular match often ranks in the top 5 matches in tennis. It was also the first time in the open era that the US Open Men's Singles title had been successfully defended.


1980 US Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. John McEnroe is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1980 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Greer Stevens and Bob Hewitt were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Candy Reynolds and Steve Denton.


1980 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Wendy Turnbull and Marty Riessen won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Betty Stöve and Frew McMillan.


1980 US Open – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1980 US Open – Women's Doubles
Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Stöve with Pam Shriver and Turnbull with Rosemary Casals.


1980 US Open – Women's Doubles
Casals and Turnbull lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Jaeger and Regina Maršíková.


1980 US Open – Women's Doubles
Shriver and Stöve lost in the final 7–6(7–2), 7–5 in the final against Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova.


1980 US Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Five seeded teams (and eleven non-seeded teams) received byes into the second round.


1980 US Open – Women's Singles
Chris Evert-Lloyd defeated Hana Mandlíková 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1980 US Open. Tracy Austin was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Chris Evert in a rematch of the final of the previous year.


1980 US Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1980 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual US Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held over several days before the event.


1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 14–15 at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. The 20K racewalk was held April 20 in Redmond, Washington. The decathlon was held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon on June 22–23. This was the first time the meet was organized by the newly formed organization The Athletics Congress (TAC).


1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
In addition to being the National Championship, it was the selection meet to international teams including, in the women's 400 meters hurdles and 3000 meters, for the 1980 World Championships in Athletics.


1980 USAC Championship Car season
The 1980 USAC Championship Car season consisted of five races, beginning in Ontario, California on April 13 and concluding in Lexington, Ohio on July 13. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford.


1980 USAC Championship Car season
CART and USAC united in 1980 under the banner of the Championship Racing League (CRL). The first five races of the season were run under CRL banner and sanction by USAC. The union dissolved after the Mid-Ohio race and USAC ended their season.


1980 USAC Championship Car season, Schedule and results
In January 1980, USAC initially released a 10-race schedule, with new venues Talladega, Charlotte, and  Road Atlanta added to the schedule. However, these three events were eventually scrapped when USAC entered into a joint sanctioning effort with CART. But the sanctioning effort ended after 5 races, so the following races (NC) did not count to USAC championship but the CART championship. College Station, Talladega, Charlotte, Braselton, and Mosport were removed from the schedule entirely.


1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season
The 1980 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the fourth and final season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship. All rounds were sanctioned by the USAC and a part of the 1980 SCCA Formula Super Vee season.


1980 USC Trojans football team
The 1980 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled an 8–2–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 265 to 134.


1980 USC Trojans football team
Quarterback Gordon Adams led the team in passing, completing 104 of 179 passes for 1,237 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. Marcus Allen led the team in rushing with 354 carries for 1,563 yards and 14 touchdowns. Hoby Brenner led the team in receiving with 26 catches for 315 yards and no touchdowns.


1980 USSR Chess Championship
The 1980 Soviet Chess Championship was the 48th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 25 December 1980 to 21 January 1981 in Vilnius. The title was won by  Alexander Beliavsky and Lev Psakhis. Semifinals took place in Dnipro, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk e Tallinn; The First League (also qualifying to the final) wad held at Tashkent.


1980 USSR Chess Championship, Qualifying, Semifinals
The qualifying Swiss was now split into four sections of 16 players all-play-alls, perhaps areflection of the unpopularity of the Swiss system in Soviet circles. All four, at Dnepropetrovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Tallinn, took place simultaneously in August 1980. The winners respectively were Evgeni Vasiukov, Smbat Lputian, Lev Psakhis and Valery Chekhov gaining a direct promotion to the final.


1980 USSR Chess Championship, Final
The date of the final slipped, as it did not begin at the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius until December 25th. Not really Christmas Day, in a sense, since thisfeast was not celebrated in the USSR. The delay was due to the 1980 Olympiad being played late in the year.


1980 UTEP Miners football team
The 1980 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bill Michael, the team compiled a 1–11 record.


1980 Uganda Cup
1980 Uganda Cup was the sixth season of the main Ugandan football Cup.


1980 Uganda Cup, Overview
The competition has also been known as the Kakungulu Cup and was won by Kampala City Council FC who beat Maroons FC 2-0 in the final. The results are not available for the earlier rounds


1980 Uganda National League
The 1980 Uganda National League was the 13th season of the Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.


1980 Uganda National League, Overview
The 1980 Uganda National League was contested by 16 teams and was won by Nile Breweries from Jinja, while COOPS, Mbarara and Bell FC were relegated.


1980 Uganda National League, Leading goalscorer
The top goalscorer in the 1980 season was Davis Kamoga of Kampala City Council FC with 21 goals.


1980 Ugandan general election
General elections were held in Uganda on 10 and 11 December 1980. They followed the overthrow of Idi Amin the previous year and were the first since the pre-independence elections in 1962. The result was a victory for the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) of President Milton Obote, which won 75 of the 126 seats. Voter turnout was 85.2%.


1980 Ugandan general election
The UPC was the only party to contest all 126 seats, and its candidates were returned unopposed in seventeen constituencies. The opposition claimed that the UPC had only won through widespread fraud.


1980 Umbrian regional election
The Umbrian regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.


1980 Umbrian regional election, Events
The Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party, gaining almost twice the votes of Christian Democracy. After the election, Germano Marri, the incumbent Communist President, continued to govern the Region at the head of a left-wing coalition with the Italian Socialist Party (Popular Democratic Front).


1980 United Airlines Sunbird Cup
The 1980 United Airlines Sunbird Cup, also known as the United Airlines Tournament of Champions, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort in Haines City, Florida in the United States. It was part of the Colgate Series circuit of the 1980 WTA Tour and classified as a category AAAA event. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from April 29 through May 4, 1980. Only a singles competition was held for which players qualified who had won a WTA tournament with more than $20,000 prize money during the previous year. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the title at the event and earned $50,000 first-prize money.


1980 United Bank Classic
The 1980 United Bank Classic, also known as the Denver WCT, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Denver, Colorado in the United States that was part of the 1980 Grand Prix circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and took place from February 18 through February 24, 1980. Second-seeded Gene Mayer won the singles competition.


1980 United Bank Classic, Finals, Doubles
Steve Denton /  Kevin Curren defeated  Wojciech Fibak /  Heinz Günthardt 7–5, 6–2


1980 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1980. These were the first annual local elections for the new Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Though the Conservatives in government lost seats, the projected share of the vote was close: Labour Party 42%, Conservative Party 40%, Liberal Party 13%. Labour were still being led by the former prime minister James Callaghan, who resigned later in the year to be succeeded by Michael Foot.


1980 United Kingdom local elections
Labour gained 601 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,011. The Conservatives lost 484 seats, leaving them with 11,738 councillors. The Liberal Party gained 90 seats and finished with 1,149 councillors.


1980 United Kingdom local elections, England, Metropolitan boroughs, Whole council
In 17 metropolitan boroughs the whole council was up for election.


1980 United Kingdom local elections, England, Metropolitan boroughs, Whole council
In 17 boroughs there were new ward boundaries, following electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.


1980 United Kingdom local elections, England, Metropolitan boroughs, Third of council
19 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.


1980 United Kingdom local elections, England, District councils
In 103 districts one third of the council was up for election.


1980 United Kingdom local elections, England, District councils
A further 59 councils had passed a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, requesting a system of elections by thirds. They could do so because they had had their new ward boundaries introduced at the 1979 elections.


1980 United Nations Security Council election
The 1980 United Nations Security Council election was held from 20 October to 13 November 1980 during the Thirty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Ireland, Japan, Panama, Spain, and Uganda, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1981.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Rules
The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms. A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Rules
In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Rules
To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates, Western Europe and Others
The candidates for the Western European and Others Group were announced by its chairman, the delegate for New Zealand, prior to the first round of voting.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Result
Voting was conducted on separate ballots for the three regional groups.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Result, Latin American and Caribbean Group
The election of one election of one Latin American or Caribbean state took several days to resolve.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Result, Latin American and Caribbean Group, Day 1
The first three rounds of voting took place during the 41st and 42nd plenary meetings of the General Assembly.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Result, Latin American and Caribbean Group, Day 2
The fourth through eighth rounds of voting were held during the 43rd plenary meeting of the General Assembly.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Result, Latin American and Caribbean Group, Day 3
The ninth and tenth rounds of voting were held during the 47th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.


1980 United Nations Security Council election, Result, Latin American and Caribbean Group, Day 4
The eleventh through thirteenth rounds of voting were held during the 51st plenary session.