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1980 Paralympics Medal Tally

Here are the top-10 ranked countries based on Paralympic medals won in 1980. As per tradition, the ranking order is based first on the number of gold medals, then silver and bronze.

In 1980, the leading country on the medal table was the USA.

rank Country Gold Silver Bronze total
1 United States 75 66 54 195
2 Poland 75 50 52 177
3 West Germany 67 48 46 161
4 Canada 64 35 31 130
5 Great Britain 47 32 21 100
6 Netherlands 33 31 36 100
7 Sweden 31 36 24 91
8 France 28 26 31 85
9 Mexico 20 16 6 42
10 Norway 15 13 8 36


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