| | Event type
Team, Open
| Date | 25 – 27 July 1980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Konnosportivny kompleks profsoyuzov, Bittsevsky park, Moskva | |
| Participants | 28 from 7 countries | |
| Format | Four rider teams, best three scores to count for the team total. Team/individual competitions held concurrently. | |
Only seven teams competed with four finishing the three phases. The Soviet Union won the gold medal comfortably over Italy, which does have an equestrian history. Mexico was third with Hungary, the only other nation to finish, in fourth. At the Fontainebleau Eventing Festival in Paris, France won the title with West Germany second and Australia third.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | Horse | NOC | Points | Dressage | Cross-Country | Jumping | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Soviet Union |  URS | -457.00 | -164.00 (2) | -275.60 (1) | -10.00 (1) | Gold | |||
| – | Aleksandr Blinov | Galzun | -120.80 | -64.40 | -56.40 | 0.00 | |||||
| – | Yury Salnikov | Pintset | -151.60 | -53.00 | -93.60 | -5.00 | |||||
| – | Valery Volkov | Tskheti | -184.60 | -54.00 | -125.60 | -5.00 | |||||
| – | Sergey Rogozhin | Gelespont | -338.80 | -57.00 | -266.80 | -15.00 | non-scoring | ||||
| 2 | – | Italy |  ITA | -656.20 | -170.80 (4) | -457.20 (2) | -15.00 (2) | Silver | |||
| – | Federico Roman | Rossinan | -108.60 | -54.40 | -49.20 | -5.00 | |||||
| – | Anna Casagrande | Daleye | -266.20 | -61.20 | -190.00 | -15.00 | |||||
| – | Mauro Roman | Dourakine 4 | -281.40 | -63.40 | -218.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| – | Marina Sciocchetti | Rohan de Lechereo | -308.40 | -55.20 | -243.20 | -10.00 | non-scoring | ||||
| 3 | – | Mexico |  MEX | -1,172.85 | -169.40 (3) | -945.20 (3) | -56.25 (4) | Bronze | |||
| – | Manuel Mendívil | Remember | -319.75 | -53.00 | -264.00 | -2.75 | |||||
| – | David Bárcena | Bombona | -362.50 | -54.40 | -265.60 | -42.50 | |||||
| – | José Luis Pérez Soto | Quelite | -490.60 | -64.00 | -415.60 | -11.00 | |||||
| – | Fabián Vázquez | Cocaleco | DNF | -62.00 | DQ | – | non-scoring | ||||
| 4 | – | Hungary |  HUN | -1,603.40 | -195.80 (6) | -1,331.60 (4) | -55.00 (3) | ||||
| – | László Cseresnyés | Fapipa | -436.20 | -85.00 | -331.20 | -20.00 | |||||
| – | István Grózner | Biboros | -498.60 | -66.60 | -422.00 | -10.00 | |||||
| – | Zoltán Horváth | Lamour | -668.60 | -65.20 | -578.40 | -25.00 | |||||
| – | Mihály Oláh | Ados | – | -64.00 | DQ | – | DNF | ||||
| – | Poland |  POL | – | -144.60 (1) | – ( | – | |||||
| – | Mirosław Szłapka | Erywan | -241.80 | -52.40 | -184.40 | – | |||||
| – | Jacek Wierzchowiecki | Bastion | -411.80 | -43.00 | -368.80 | – | |||||
| – | Jacek Daniluk | Len | DNF | -49.20 | DNF | – | |||||
| – | Stanisław Jasiński | Hangar | DQ | -55.80 | DQ | – | |||||
| – | Bulgaria |  BUL | – | -191.60 (5) | – ( | – | |||||
| – | Tsvetan Donchev | Medisson | -185.80 | -66.40 | -114.40 | – | |||||
| – | Dimo Hristov | Bogez | DNF | -68.80 | -265.60 | – | |||||
| – | Dzhenko Sabev | Normativ | DQ | -59.40 | DQ | – | |||||
| – | Trifon Datsinski | Mentor-2 | DQ | -65.80 | DQ | – | |||||
| – | India |  IND | – | -239.80 (7) | – ( | – | |||||
| – | Muhammad Khan | I-Am-It | DQ | -74.00 | DQ | – | |||||
| – | Hussain Khan | Rajdoot | DQ | -81.80 | DQ | – | |||||
| – | Jitendarjit Singh Ahluwalia | Shiwalik | DQ | -84.00 | DQ | – | |||||
| – | Darya Singh | Bobby | DQ | -94.80 | DQ | – |