Zimbabwe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union capital, Moscow.

42 competitors, 23 men and 19 women, took part in 30 events in 10 sports.

In the competition David Campbell Milne finished in 34th place outscored four archers.

The youngest of the three, Tapfumaneyi Jonga who would compete at the shorter events in the next Olympics finished the highest as he finished in 51st place with the gap to first place being over thirty-five minutes.

[11] Sport historian Cathy Harris called this result a "fairytale"[12] as the nation wouldn't get another medal until the 2004 Summer Olympics.