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| Round 5 of the FIA World Rally Championship 1980 | |
| Start: | 26 May 1980 in Athens |
| Finish: | 29 May 1980 in Athens |
| Distance: | 2743 km including 964 km over 56 special stages (of which 1 was cancelled) |
| Special stage surface: | Gravel with one stage on asphalt |
| Participants: | 154 teams at the start, 37 at the finish |
| Final classification | |||||||
| Pos | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Pos | Total time |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | Pos | Behind winner | ||
| 1 | 10 | Ari Vatanen | Fin | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | 1 | 12:55.44 |
| David Richards | Gbr | Rothmans Rally Team | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Timo Salonen | Fin | Datsun 160J | 2 | 1 | 12:58.26 |
| Seppo Harjanne | Fin | N.I. Theocharakis | 3 | 1 | 2.42 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Markku Alén | Fin | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | 2 | 13:02.48 |
| Ilkka Kivimäki | Fin | Fiat Italia | 3 | 2 | 7.04 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Anders Kulläng | Swe | Opel Ascona 400 | 4 | 3 | 13:06.47 |
| Bruno Berglund | Swe | Opel Euro Händler | 4 | 1 | 11.03 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Walter Röhrl | Frg | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | 4 | 13:18.54 |
| Christian Geistdörfer | Frg | Fiat Italia | 3 | 3 | 23.10 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Ove Andersson | Swe | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 4 | 5 | 13:18.54 |
| Henry Liddon | Gbr | Toyota Team Europe | 3 | 4 | 23.10 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Harry Källström | Swe | Datsun 160J | 2 | 2 | 13:18.56 |
| Bo Thorszelius | Swe | N.I. Theocharakis | 3 | 2 | 23.12 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Attilio Bettega | Ita | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | 6 | 13:20.37 |
| Arnaldo Bernacchini | Ita | Fiat Italia | 3 | 5 | 24.53 | ||
| 9 | 18 | 'Siroco' | Gre | Lancia Stratos HF | 4 | 7 | 13:37.07 |
| Manólis Makrinos | Gre | 4 | 2 | 41.23 | |||
| 10 | 17 | Timo Mäkinen | Fin | Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé | 4 | 8 | 13:39.49 |
| Jean Todt | Fra | Automobiles Peugeot | 4 | 3 | 44.05 | ||
| 11 | 15 | Jochi Kleint | Frg | Opel Ascona 400 | 4 | 9 | 13:45.28 |
| Gunter Wanger | Frg | Opel Euro Händler | 4 | 4 | 49.44 | ||
| 12 | 25 | Jorge Recalde | Arg | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | 10 | 13:51.21 |
| Enrique Tettamanti | Arg | 3 | 6 | 55.37 | |||
| 13 | 20 | Iórgos Moschous | Gre | Datsun 160J | 2 | 3 | 14:40.51 |
| Alexandros Konstantakos | Gre | N.I. Theocharakis | 3 | 3 | 1:45.07 | ||
| 14 | 19 | Vic Preston, Jr | Ken | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | 4 | 11 | 14:41.09 |
| Mike Doughty | Ken | Daimler-Benz | 4 | 5 | 1:45.25 | ||
| 15 | 49 | 'Leonidas' | Gre | Renault 5 Alpine | 2 | 4 | 14:42.14 |
| Andreas Arkentis | Gre | 3 | 4 | 1:46.30 | |||
| 16 | 29 | Kýpros Kyprianou | Cyp | Talbot Sunbeam | 2 | 5 | 14:47.02 |
| Alkis Longinos | Cyp | 2 | 1 | 1:51.18 | |||
| 17 | 31 | Maciej Stawowiak | Pol | FSO Polonez 2000 | 4 | 12 | 15:11.56 |
| Ryszard Żyszkowski | Pol | 3 | 7 | 2:16.12 | |||
| 18 | 58 | Claude Laurent | Fra | Peugeot 505 SRD | 2 | 6 | 15:27.34 |
| Jacques Marché | Fra | 3 | 5 | 2:31.50 | |||
| 19 | 78 | Manolis Halivelakis | Gre | Toyota Corolla | 2 | 7 | 15:44.31 |
| Kóstas Exarchos | Gre | 2 | 2 | 2:48.47 | |||
| 20 | 86 | Pavlos Moschoutis | Gre | Ford Escort RS2000 | 1 | 1 | 15:49.25 |
| Christos Lionis | Gre | 3 | 1 | 2:53.41 | |||
| 29 | 48 | Fritz Heisler | Frg | Ford Escort RS | 2 | 17:04.53 | |
| Walter Blieberger | Frg | 3 | 4:09.09 | ||||
| Retirements | |||||||
| SS | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Reason | |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | ||||
| R48 | 1 | Björn Waldegård | Swe | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | 4 | Head gasket | |
| Hans Thorszelius | Swe | Daimler-Benz | 4 | ||||
| R14 | 2 | Bernard Darniche | Fra | Lancia Stratos HF | 4 | Steering | |
| Alain Mahé | Fra | Team Chardonnet | 4 | ||||
| R12 | 5 | Hannu Mikkola | Fin | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Electrical | |
| Arne Hertz | Swe | Rothmans Rally Team | 3 | ||||
| R30 | 9 | Shekhar Mehta | Ken | Opel Ascona 400 | 4 | Broken wheel | |
| Yvonne Mehta | Ken | Opel Euro Händler | 4 | ||||
| R22 | 12 | Andrew Cowan | Gbr | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Head gasket | |
| Johnstone Syer | Gbr | Yokohama Rubber Co | 3 | ||||
| R9 | 16 | Jean-Luc Thérier | Fra | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 4 | Fuel starvation | |
| Michel Vial | Fra | Toyota Team Europe | 3 | ||||
| R24 | 21 | Jean-Claude Lefèbvre | Fra | Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé | 4 | Accident | |
| Christian Delferrier | Bel | Automobiles Peugeot | 4 | ||||
| R1 | 22 | Leif Asterhag | Swe | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 4 | Gearbox | |
| Anders Gullberg | Swe | Toyota Team Europe | 3 | ||||
| R22 | 23 | 'Iaveris' | Gre | Ford Escort RS | 2 | Rear axle | |
| Kóstas Stefanis | Gre | 3 | |||||
| R50 | 24 | Bror Danielsson | Swe | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | 4 | Steering | |
| Sölve Andreasson | Swe | Daimler-Benz | 4 | ||||
| R | 26 | Franz Wittmann | Aut | Porsche 911 SC | 4 | Brakes | |
| Kurt Nestinger | Aut | 4 | |||||
| R49 | 27 | Ingvar Carlsson | Swe | Mercedes 280 CE | 2 | Fire | |
| Claes Billstam | Swe | Daimler-Benz | 4 | ||||
| R | 28 | Carlos Torres | Por | Ford Escort RS2000 | 1 | Accident | |
| António Morais | Por | 3 | |||||
| R | Rudi Stohl | Aut | Lada 1600 | 2 | Suspension | ||
| Kurt Modlhammer | Aut | 2 | |||||
| R | 163 | Henri Greder | Fra | Peugeot 104 ZS | 1 | ||
| 'Celigny' | Fra | 1 | |||||
| Leg 1 | Athinai - Kalabaka | 11 stages over 218.8 km |
| Leg 2 | Kalabaka - Kalabaka | 9 stages over 165.6 km |
| Leg 3 | Kalabaka - Lagonissi | 15 stages over 261.8 km |
| Leg 4 | Lagonissi - Olimpia | 8 stages over 120.1 km |
| Leg 5 | Olimpia - Athinai | 12 stages over 168.8 km |