| Date | 21 – 29 July 1980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Tallinna Olümpiapurjespordikeskus, Tallinn | |
| Participants | 28 from 14 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best 6 of 7 scores to count for final placement. | |
The 470 competition was very close, as any of the three eventual medalists could have won gold depending on the outcome of the final race. The gold went to Brazilians Eduardo Penido and Marcos Soares, who were actually two windsurfers from Rio de Janeiro. They were only 19- and 20-years-old, respectively, in 1980. The event was so close that the East German crew of Egbert Swensson and Jörn Borowski would have won gold had they been two seconds faster in the final race. Borowski’s father, Paul, had won two medals in the Dragon class, bronze in 1968 and silver in 1972.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Net Points | Total Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |  BRA | 36.4 | 52.4 | 3.0 (2) | .0 (1) | 11.7 (6) | .0 (1) | 10.0 (5) | 16.0 (10) | 11.7 (6) | Gold | |||||
| Eduardo Penido • Marcos Soares | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | East Germany |  GDR | 38.7 | 53.7 | 10.0 (5) | 14.0 (8) | .0 (1) | 15.0 (9) | 11.7 (6) | .0 (1) | 3.0 (2) | Silver | |||||
| Egbert Swensson • Jörn Borowski | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Finland |  FIN | 39.7 | 54.7 | 8.0 (4) | 3.0 (2) | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 15.0 (9) | 13.0 (7) | .0 (1) | Bronze | |||||
| Georg Tallberg • Jouko Lindgren | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Netherlands |  NED | 49.4 | 65.4 | 16.0 (10) | 5.7 (3) | 14.0 (8) | 13.0 (7) | 3.0 (2) | 5.7 (3) | 8.0 (4) | ||||||
| Henk van Gent • Jan Willem van den Hondel | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Poland |  POL | 53.0 | 71.0 | .0 (1) | 15.0 (9) | 13.0 (7) | 8.0 (4) | .0 (1) | 17.0 (11) | 18.0 (12) | ||||||
| Leon Wróbel • Tomasz Stocki | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Spain |  ESP | 54.1 | 69.1 | 11.7 (6) | 11.7 (6) | 3.0 (2) | 5.7 (3) | 14.0 (8) | 8.0 (4) | 15.0 (9) | ||||||
| Alfredo Rigau • Gustavo Doreste | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Italy |  ITA | 57.7 | 73.7 | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 16.0 (10) | 16.0 (10) | 13.0 (7) | 3.0 (2) | 10.0 (5) | ||||||
| Ernesto Treves • Silvio Necchi | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sweden |  SWE | 60.0 | 77.0 | 13.0 (7) | 13.0 (7) | 8.0 (4) | 3.0 (2) | 17.0 (11) | 10.0 (5) | 13.0 (7) | ||||||
| Lars Bengtsson • Stefan Bengtsson | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Switzerland |  SUI | 62.1 | 79.1 | 15.0 (9) | 17.0 (11) | 10.0 (5) | 11.7 (6) | 8.0 (4) | 11.7 (6) | 5.7 (3) | ||||||
| François Kistler • Jean-Luc Dreyer | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Soviet Union |  URS | 70.7 | 91.7 | 14.0 (8) | 8.0 (4) | 15.0 (9) | 14.0 (8) | 5.7 (3) | [21.0] ( | 14.0 (8) | ||||||
| Sergei Ždanov • Vladimir Ignatenko | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Hungary |  HUN | 96.0 | 115.0 | 17.0 (11) | 16.0 (10) | 19.0 (13) | 17.0 (11) | 16.0 (10) | 14.0 (8) | 16.0 (10) | ||||||
| György Fundák • Gábor Zalai | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Cuba |  CUB | 105.0 | 126.0 | [21.0] ( | 18.0 (12) | 17.0 (11) | 18.0 (12) | 20.0 (14) | 15.0 (9) | 17.0 (11) | ||||||
| Ángel Jiménez • Vicente de la Guardia | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Zimbabwe |  ZIM | 110.0 | 129.0 | 18.0 (12) | 19.0 (13) | 18.0 (12) | 19.0 (13) | 18.0 (12) | 18.0 (12) | 19.0 (13) | ||||||
| Jeremy O'Connor • Robin O'Connor | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Cyprus |  CYP | 117.0 | 137.0 | 19.0 (13) | 20.0 (14) | 20.0 (14) | 20.0 (14) | 19.0 (13) | 19.0 (13) | 20.0 (14) | ||||||
| Dimitrios Dimitriou • Panagiotis Nikolaou | |||||||||||||||||
