Costa Rica at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The Costa Rican contingent comprised 29 competitors in five sports. Maria del Milagro Paris, a swimmer, was the only woman among Costa Rican competitors.

Archery
In its second archery competition at the Olympics, Costa Rica again entered two men.

Men's Individual Competition:
 * Juan Wedel &mdash; 2146 points (→ 35th place)
 * Jorge Murillo &mdash; 2127 points (→ 36th place)

Preliminary round (group D)
July 21, 1980 Costa Rica - Iraq 0-3 (0-1) Republican Stadium, Kyiv

July 23, 1980 Yugoslavia - Costa Rica 3-2 (2-1) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

July 25, 1980 Finland - Costa Rica 3-0 (1-0) Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Final standings group D

 * 1) Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 ( 6- 3) 5 *
 * 2) Iraq 3 1 2 0 ( 4- 1) 4 *
 * 3) Finland 3 1 1 1 ( 3- 2) 3
 * 4) Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 ( 2- 9) 0


 * Qualified for quarter-finals

Team roster
Head coach: 🇪🇸 Antonio Moyano

Judo
* Ronny Sanabria * Alvaro Sanabria * Manuel Chavez

Swimming
Women's 100m Butterfly
 * Maria del Milagro Paris
 * Final &mdash; 1.02,89 (→ 7th place)