Costa Rica competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The Costa Rican contingent comprised 29 competitors in five sports. Maria del Milagro Paris, a swimmer, was the only woman among Costa Rican competitors.

Archery

In its second archery competition at the Olympics, Costa Rica again entered two men.

;Men's individual

  • Juan Wedel — 2146 points (→ 35th place)
  • Jorge Murillo — 2127 points (→ 36th place)

Football

Preliminary round (group D)

July 21, 1980

Costa Rica - Iraq 0-3 (0–1) Republican Stadium, Kyiv

July 23, 1980

Yugoslavia - Costa Rica 3-2 (2–1) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

July 25, 1980

Finland - Costa Rica 3-0 (1–0) Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Final standings group D

  1. Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 ( 6- 3) 5 *
  2. Iraq 3 1 2 0 ( 4- 1) 4 *
  3. Finland 3 1 1 1 ( 3- 2) 3
  4. Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 ( 2- 9) 0
  • Qualified for quarter-finals

Team roster

Head coach: Antonio Moyano

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|-align="center" bgcolor="#AAD0FF"

!width=4%|No.

!width=4%|Pos.

!width=23%|Player

!width=12%|DoB

!width=4%|Age

!width=4%|Caps

!width=21%|Club

!width=6%|<small>Tournament<br>games</small>

!width=6%|<small>Tournament<br>goals</small>

!width=4%|<small>Minutes<br>played</small>

!width=4%|<small>Sub off</small>

!width=4%|<small>Sub on</small>

!width=4%|<small>Cards<br>yellow/red</small>

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| 1 || GK ||align="left"| Julio Morales || May 23, 1957 || 23 || ? ||align="left"| C.S. Cartaginés || 3 || 0 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 2 || DF ||align="left"| Javier Masís || April 16, 1953 || 27 || ? ||align="left"| Deportivo Saprissa || 3 || 0 || 249 || 1 || 0 || 0

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| 3 || DF ||align="left"| Ricardo García || Jul 31, 1955 || 24 || ? ||align="left"| Puntarenas || 3 || 0 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 4 || DF ||align="left"| Carlos Toppings || Apr 7, 1953 || 27 || ? ||align="left"| Puntarenas || 3 || 0 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

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| 5 || DF ||align="left"| Carlos Jiménez || Jun 27, 1954 || 26 || ? ||align="left"| C.S. Cartaginés || 1 || 0 || 14 || 1 || 0 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 6 || DF ||align="left"| Dennis Marshall || Dec 18, 1959 || 20 || ? ||align="left"| ML Limón || 2 || 0 || 52 || 0 || 2 || 0

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| 7 || MD ||align="left"| Francisco Hernández || Jul 11,1949 ||31 || ? ||align="left"| Deportivo Saprissa || 3 || 0 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 8 || MD ||align="left"| Tomás Velásquez ||Dec 16, 1957 || 22 || ? ||align="left"| Puntarenas || 3 || 0 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

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| 9 || FW ||align="left"| Jorge White || Nov 12, 1957 ||22 || ? ||align="left"| LD Alajuelense || 3 || 1 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 10 || MD ||align="left"| Róger Alvarez || Nov 13, 1952 || 27 || ? ||align="left"| Herediano || 3 || 0 || 160 || 3 || 0 || 0

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| 11 || FW ||align="left"| Marvin Obando || Apr 4, 1960 || 20 || ? ||align="left"| Herediano || 3 || 0 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 12 || DF ||align="left"| Minor Alpízar || Sep 27, 1959 || 20 || ? ||align="left"| Ramonense || 2 || 0 || 166 || 0 || 1 || 0

|-

| 13 || MD ||align="left"| William Avila || Oct 27, 1956 || 23 || ? ||align="left"| San Carlos || 1 || 0 ||30 || 0 || 1 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 14 || FW ||align="left"| Omar Arroyo ||May 22, 1955 ||25 || ? ||align="left"| Alajuelense || 3 || 1 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0

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| 15 || FW ||align="left"| Luis Fernández || Apr 02, 1953 || 20 || ? ||align="left"| Deportivo Saprissa || 1 || 0 || 59 || 1 || 0 || 0

|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| 16 || MD ||align="left"| Herberth Quesada || Sep 28, 1959 || 20 || ? ||align="left"|C.S. Cartaginés || 2 || 0 || 80 || 0 ||2 || 0

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| 17 || GK ||align="left"| Carlos Bismark Duarte || || || ? ||align="left"| Puntarenas || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

|}

Judo

;Men's 60 kg (Extra-Lightweight)

  • Ronny Sanabria (13th place)

;Men's 65 kg (Half-Lightweight)

  • Alvaro Sanabria (=19th place)

;Men's 71 kg (Lightweight)

  • Manuel Chavez (=19th place)

Shooting

;Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol

  • Marco Hidalgo (=31st place)

;Mixed 50 metre pistol

  • Mariano Lara (26th place)
  • Rodrigo Ruiz (29th place)
  • Mixed 50 metre rifle prone
  • Roger Cartín (53th place)
  • Mauricio Alvarado (54th place)

;Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions

  • Mauricio Alvarado (38th place)
  • Roger Cartín (39th place)

;Mixed skeet

  • Álvaro Guardia (=44th place)

Swimming

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"

|-

! Event !! Athlete !! Result

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|align=left| Men's 200 metre breaststroke || colspan=1 rowspan=4 | Andrey Aguilar || 17th

|-

|align=left| Men's 100 metre butterfly || 25th

|-

|align=left| Men's 200 metre butterfly || 19th

|-

|align=left| Men's 400 metre individual medley || 22nd

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|align=left| Women's 100 metre freestyle || colspan=1 rowspan=6 | María París || 21st

|-

|align=left| Women's 200 metre freestyle || did not start

|-

|align=left| Women's 100 metre backstroke || 22nd

|-

|align=left| Women's 200 metre backstroke || did not start

|-

|align=left| Women's 100 metre butterfly || 6th

|-

|align=left| Women's 200 metre butterfly || 6th

|-

|}

Notes

References

  • Official Olympic Reports