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The athletics competition at the 1980 Islamic Games was held at the İzmir Atatürk Stadium in İzmir, Turkey between 28 September and 5 October 1980. This was the second major athletics event to be staged at the stadium, following the athletics at the 1971 Mediterranean Games. A total of thirty athletics events were contested, twenty-one for men and nine for women. While the men's programme was well attended, the women's events attracted very few entries, with Turkish female track athletes composing the bulk of the competitors. Women's athletics in the Arab world particularly was at an early stage of development – only a year earlier had women's events been introduced at the Arab Athletics Championships and the African Championships in Athletics been launched.
The results of the competition were not of a high international standard, but this was a key purpose of the gathering, as it allowed Muslim nations not traditionally strong in track and field to engage with peers of a similar standard. The host nation Turkey was easily the most dominant in the sport, winning fourteen of the thirty events on offer. Morocco was the next most successful nation, with five golds. Algeria performed well in the distance running events, taking three golds, and Saudi Arabia gave a similar performance in the sprints, also taking three golds. Ten nations made it to the medal table.
The host stadium in 2012
Omar Ghizlat (MAR)
Arim Jamian (MAS)
Sükrü Çaprazli (TUR)
Abduljalil Othman Bakour (KSA)
Bachir Fellah (LBA)
Amar Brahmia (ALG)
Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BHR)
Javed Akhtar (PAK)
Mujibar Rahman Malik (BAN)
Perican Bayer (TRNC)
Malaysia (MAS)