Australia at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Australia at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AUS
NPC	Australian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org.au
in Arnhem
Competitors	57
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 12 Silver 21 Bronze 22 Total 55
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands. It was the 6th Summer Paralympic Games in which Australia had competed. These Games were the biggest Paralympics yet, with 1,973 people participating. Of those participants, 57 were Australian. The team was made up of 45 men and 12 women, and was Australia's largest team to compete at any Paralympic Games so far.

As a nation, Australia won 55 medals in total – 12 gold, 21 silver and 22 bronze medals. This was the greatest number of medals Australia had ever won at the Paralympic Games, and although they won fewer gold medals than at the previous Games (16 gold medals won at the 1976 Paralympic Games), Australia won more silver and bronze medals than ever before. As a result, Australia placed 14th on the gold medal table and 9th on the overall total medal table.^[1] This was an improvement from the 1976 Games, at which they placed 11th, and matched their overall performance at the 1972 Games where they also placed 9th.