Editing 1980 in sports (section)

==[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]==
* [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics|XXII Olympic Games]], held in Moscow, Soviet Union (July 20 – July 27)
* February 2 – USA's [[Chris Cavanaugh (swimmer)|Chris Cavanaugh]] sets a world record in the [[World record progression 50m freestyle|50m freestyle]] (long course) at a swimming meet in [[Amersfoort]], Netherlands, shaving off 0.04 of the previous record (23.70) set by Germany's [[Klaus Steinbach]] nearly a year ago: 23.66.
* April 10 – [[Chris Cavanaugh (swimmer)|Chris Cavanaugh]] betters his own world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas (USA): 23.12. At the same event (and on the same day), two other swimmers from the United States, [[Rowdy Gaines]] and [[Bruce Stahl]], go under his time, clocking 22.96 and 22.83 respectively.
* August 15 – USA's [[Joe Bottom]] betters the world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a meet in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], shaving off 0.12 of the previous record (22.83) set by [[Bruce Stahl]] four months earlier: 22.71.