1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1980 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the City of Frankston Bowling Club in Frankston, Melbourne, Australia, from 17 January - 2 February 1980.
The Australian government would not allow the South African team to compete because of the South African policy of apartheid.
David Bryant won his second singles title following his triumph in the 1966 competition.
Australia won the Pairs, England won the Triples and Hong Kong won the Fours.
The Leonard Trophy went to England who beat Australia into first place by virtue of having a higher shot percentage.
Medallists
Results
Men's Singles - Round Robin
+ Silver medal by virtue of higher shot percentageMen's Pairs - Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 |  Alf Sandercock & Peter Rheuben | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 2 |  Burnie Gill & Graham Jarvis | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 3 |  Phil Skoglund & Kevin Darling | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 |  John Bell & Mal Hughes | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 |  Willie Wood & Alex McIntosh | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 |  Stan Espie & Brendan McBrien | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 |  Neil McInnes & Frank Souza | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 |  Marcel Coutoly & John Jones | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 |  Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wilshire | 15 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 10 |  George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell | 15 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 |  Alan Ramsbotham & Bob Madden | 15 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 12 |  Guernsey | 15 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 13 |  Dan Coetzee & Another | 15 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 14 |  George Thaggard & Shaun Patton | 15 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 15 |  Feta Kirisome, Sioane Lino+ & Falevi Petana | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 14 |
| 16 |  Cecil Cooper & Jack Trappler | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 17 |  Tom Green & Ted Cambridge | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 18 |  Pat Niland & Dave Ross | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| 19 |  Kenya | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 20 |  Kichi Koriuchi & Another | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
+ injury replacement
Men's Triples - Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Jimmy Hobday, Tony Allcock & David Bryant | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| 2 | John Summers, David McGill & Willie McQueen | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | John Malcolm, Nick Unkovich & Morgan Moffat | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Kevin Parry, Oscar Raymond & Peter Fong | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | John Snell, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | David Duncalf, Bill Boettger & Barry McFadden | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams & Dick Folkins | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Philip Chok, M B Hassan Jr. & Omar Dallah | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | John Higgins, John Greer & Bill Watson | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 10 | John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean & Tom Powell | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, & Jack Fulton | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 12 | John Russell Evans, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 13 | Israel | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 14 | ken Lowery, Frank Hambly & Arthur McKernan | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 15 | Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling & Brian Sullivan | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Eddie Turner | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| 17 | Guernsey | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 |
| 18 | Kenya | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
| 19 | Western Samoa | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 |
| 20 | Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya & Shozo Yamaha | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
Men's Fours - Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Philip Chok, Omar Dallah, George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 2 | John Summers, Willie McQueen, Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | John Malcolm, Kevin Darling, Phil Skoglund & Morgan Moffat | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Alf Sandercock, Peter Rheuben, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wilshire, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans | 19 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Jimmy Hobday, Tony Allcock, John Bell & Mal Hughes | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | John Higgins, John Greer & Bill Watson, Brendan McBrien | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Graham Jarvis, Don Gibson+, Bill Boettger, Burnie Gill & Barry McFadden | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams, Frank Souza & Neil McInnes | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 10 | Kevin Parry, Peter Fong, Shaun Patton & George Thaggard | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling & Brian Sullivan, Alan Ramsbotham | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 12 | John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean, Tom Powell & Another | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 13 | Jack Trappler | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 14 |
| 14 | Ken Lowery, Frank Hambly, Marcel Coutoly & John Jones | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 15 | Guernsey | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | Pat Niland, John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Dave Ross | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 17 | Kenya | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| 18 | Sioane Lino, Falevi Petana, 2 others, & Denis Dalton + | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 |
| 19 | Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, & Jack Fulton, Ted Cambridge | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
| 20 | Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya, Shozo Yamaha & Another | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
+ injury replacement