| Date | 21 – 29 July 1980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Tallinna Olümpiapurjespordikeskus, Tallinn | |
| Participants | 30 from 15 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best 6 of 7 scores to count for final placement. | |
The event was affected by the US-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics and an alternate Flying Dutchman regatta was held in Luxembourg for the boycotting nations, and four the top seven nations in Tallinn raced under the Olympic flag rather than their national colors. The event was dominated by the Spanish crew of Alejandro Abascal and Miguel Noguer, who won three races, had one second, and two fourths, and were so far ahead that they were able to skip the final race, having clinched the gold medal.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Net Points | Total Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |  ESP | 19.0 | 41.0 | 8.0 (4) | .0 (1) | 3.0 (2) | 8.0 (4) | .0 (1) | .0 (1) | – | Gold | 1 | ||||
| Alejandro Abascal • Miguel Noguer | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ireland |  IRL | 30.0 | 47.0 | 3.0 (2) | 17.0 (11) | 8.0 (4) | 10.0 (5) | 3.0 (2) | 3.0 (2) | 3.0 (2) | Silver | |||||
| David Wilkins • Jamie Wilkinson | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Hungary |  HUN | 45.7 | 62.7 | .0 (1) | 15.0 (9) | 10.0 (5) | 5.7 (3) | 17.0 (11) | 15.0 (9) | .0 (1) | Bronze | |||||
| Szabolcs Detre • Zsolt Detre | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | East Germany |  GDR | 51.4 | 66.4 | 10.0 (5) | 8.0 (4) | 5.7 (3) | 15.0 (9) | 8.0 (4) | 5.7 (3) | 14.0 (8) | ||||||
| Wolfgang Haase • Wolfgang Wenzel | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Soviet Union |  URS | 51.7 | 66.7 | 11.7 (6) | 13.0 (7) | .0 (1) | .0 (1) | 14.0 (8) | 13.0 (7) | 15.0 (9) | ||||||
| Valery Zubanov • Vladimir Leontyev | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Denmark |  DEN | 54.5 | 76.5 | [22.0] ( | 5.7 (3) | 11.7 (6) | 11.7 (6) | 11.7 (6) | 8.0 (4) | 5.7 (3) | ||||||
| Jacob Bojsen-Møller • Jørgen Bojsen-Møller | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Netherlands |  NED | 54.7 | 68.7 | 14.0 (8) | 3.0 (2) | 14.0 (8) | 14.0 (8) | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 8.0 (4) | ||||||
| Erik Vollebregt • Sjoerd Vollebregt | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Brazil |  BRA | 63.4 | 78.4 | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 15.0 (9) | 13.0 (7) | 10.0 (5) | 11.7 (6) | 13.0 (7) | ||||||
| Manfred Kaufmann • Reinaldo Conrad | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Yugoslavia |  YUG | 74.0 | 91.0 | 15.0 (9) | 14.0 (8) | 17.0 (11) | 3.0 (2) | 16.0 (10) | 16.0 (10) | 10.0 (5) | ||||||
| Danko Mandić • Zoran Kalebić | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Italy |  ITA | 79.4 | 101.4 | 13.0 (7) | 11.7 (6) | 16.0 (10) | 22.0 ( | 13.0 (7) | 14.0 (8) | 11.7 (6) | ||||||
| Marco Savelli • Roberto Gazzei | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Poland |  POL | 96.0 | 118.0 | 17.0 (11) | [22.0] ( | 13.0 (7) | 16.0 (10) | 15.0 (9) | 17.0 (11) | 18.0 (12) | ||||||
| Andrzej Iwiński • Ludwik Raczyński | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 103.0 | 121.0 | 16.0 (10) | 16.0 (10) | 18.0 (12) | 18.0 (12) | 18.0 (12) | 18.0 (12) | 17.0 (11) | ||||||
| Ivan Brandejs • Václav Brandejs | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Romania |  ROU | 110.0 | 130.0 | 18.0 (12) | 18.0 (12) | 19.0 (13) | 17.0 (11) | 19.0 (13) | 20.0 (14) | 19.0 (13) | ||||||
| Adrian Arendt • Mircea Carp | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 112.0 | 132.0 | 19.0 (13) | 19.0 (13) | 20.0 (14) | 19.0 (13) | 20.0 (14) | 19.0 (13) | 16.0 (10) | ||||||
| Dimitar Georgiev • Mitko Kabakov | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Cyprus |  CYP | 123.0 | 145.0 | 20.0 (14) | 22.0 ( | 21.0 (15) | 20.0 (14) | 21.0 (15) | 21.0 (15) | 20.0 (14) | ||||||
| Dimitrios Karapatakis • Marios Karapatakis | |||||||||||||||||
