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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Yachting Centre, Tallinn
Date Started: July 21, 1980
Date Finished: July 29, 1980
Format: Points awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement.
| Gold: | Esko Rechardt |
| Silver: | Wolfgang Mayrhofer |
| Bronze: | Andrey Balashov |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | NP | TP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esko Rechardt | 22 | Finland | FIN | Gold | 36.7 | 64.7 | |
| 2 | Wolfgang Mayrhofer | 22 | Austria | AUT | Silver | 46.7 | 63.7 | |
| 3 | Andrey Balashov | 34 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | 47.4 | 69.4 | |
| 4 | Cláudio Biekarck | 29 | Brazil | BRA | 53.0 | 72.0 | ||
| 5 | Jochen Schümann | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 54.4 | 76.4 | ||
| 6 | Kent Carlsson | 28 | Sweden | SWE | 63.7 | 91.7 | ||
| 7 | Ryszard Skarbiński | 31 | Poland | POL | 71.1 | 94.1 | ||
| 8 | Mark Neeleman | 21 | Netherlands | NED | 76.0 | 100.0 | ||
| 9 | István Ruják | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 83.4 | 111.4 | ||
| 10 | Ilias Khatzipavlis | 31 | Greece | GRE | 89.0 | 117.0 | ||
| 11 | Minski Fabris | 38 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 91.7 | 119.7 | ||
| 12 | Ivor Ganahl | 37 | Switzerland | SUI | 96.0 | 119.0 | ||
| 13 | Lasse Hjortnæs | 19 | Denmark | DEN | 99.0 | 127.0 | ||
| 14 | Josef Šenkýř | 43 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 104.0 | 132.0 | ||
| 15 | Mihai Butucaru | 22 | Romania | ROU | 114.0 | 139.0 | ||
| 16 | Peter Wilson | 20 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 116.0 | 139.0 | ||
| 17 | José Luis Doreste | 23 | Spain | ESP | 122.7 | 150.7 | ||
| 18 | Nikolay Vasilev | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 124.0 | 152.0 | ||
| 19 | Juan Maegli | 22 | Guatemala | GUA | 125.0 | 153.0 | ||
| 20 | Alberto Gallardo | 18 | Cuba | CUB | 127.0 | 155.0 | ||
| 21 | Panikos Rimis | 41 | Cyprus | CYP | 147.0 | 175.0 |