Finland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

[1] For the first time, Finland entered women in the Olympic archery competition.

They were quite successful, with Päivi Meriluoto winning a bronze medal.

The Finnish men, competing for the third time, both placed in the top eight as Tomi Poikolainen won Finland's first gold medal in archery.

Kyösti Laasonen, who had competed in every Olympics since the reinstatement of archery, took seventh.