USGF International Invitational 1980

The USGF International Invitational was a gymnastics tournament organized by the U.S. Gymnastics Federation (USGF) in Hartford, Connecticut as part of the U.S.-led 1980 Olympic boycott. Competitors were invited from nations not competing in the 1980 Olympic tournament in Moscow. Participants came from Japan, China, the USA, Switzerland, West Germany, Italy, Norway, Korea, Canada, New Zealand and Israel. Similar events in other Olympic sports included the Liberty Bell Classic in athletics.

Results

Men's Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around  Nobuyuki Kajitani (JPN) 58.30  Li Yuejiu (CHN)
 Tong Fei (CHN)		 58.20 none awarded –
Floor  Li Yuejiu (CHN) 19.800  Tong Fei (CHN) 19.550  Ron Galimore (USA) 19.500
Pommel horse  Tong Fei (CHN) 19.450  Huang Yubin (CHN) 19.350  Kyoji Yamawaki (URS) 19.300
Vault  Ron Galimore (USA) 19.800  Kyoji Yamawaki (JPN) 19.550  Tong Fei (CHN) 19.475
Rings  Nobuyuki Kajitani (JPN) 19.600  Kyoji Yamawaki (JPN) 19.550  Ron Galimore (USA) 19.500
Parallel bars  Cai Huanzong (CHN) 19.750  Nobuyuki Kajitani (JPN) 19.650  Li Yuejiu (CHN) 19.450
Horizontal bar  Junichi Kitagawa (JPN) 19.600  Tong Fei (CHN) 19.550  Mitch Gaylord (USA) 19.500

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around  Li Cuiling (CHN) 38.800  Marcia Frederick (USA) 38.600  Chen Yongyan (CHN) 38.350
Vault  Marcia Frederick (USA) 19.175  Li Cuiling (CHN) 19.025  Lisa Zeis (USA) 19.000
Uneven bars  Zhu Zheng (CHN) 19.600  Chen Yongyan (CHN) 19.500  Marcia Frederick (USA) 18.950
Balance beam  Ma Yanhong (CHN) 19.700  Li Cuiling (CHN) 19.300  Marcia Frederick (USA) 18.950
Floor  Wen Jia (CHN) 19.750  Lynne Lederer (USA) 19.650  Kelly Garrison (USA) 19.450
US women's team posing with Nancy Reagan in 1981

See also

References

  • "1980 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team will be recognized at 2010 Visa Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  • "Alternate Games". gymn-forum.net. December 5, 1998. Retrieved August 2, 2016.