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 Australia has demanded an investigation into the triple jump final at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, claiming scientific evidence that local athlete Ian Campbell was wrongly denied a gold-medal winning jump.

Athletics Australia said on Saturday they had also called on the IAAF to probe the women's 200 metres final at the 1948 Games in London, saying Shirley Strickland de la Hunty had missed out on a bronze due to an incorrect call by an official.

Campbell's third attempt at Moscow landed between the Olympic record marker of 17.39m and the then-world record of 17.89m but he was fouled for scraping his foot along the ground when entering the jump phase.

Campbell and the Australian athletics section manager's protests were dismissed and Russian Jaak Uudmae was awarded the gold for a jump of 17.35m.

On the 35th anniversary of the final, AA said it would submit a report to the IAAF which showed Campbell had not scraped his foot and his third jump was 17.51m -- within "an uncertainty of no more than four centimetres.", according to staff.co.nz.

"If confirmed, [AA will] request the IAAF to call upon the IOC to recognise Campbell's third round attempt as a legitimate jump and to reverse the foul call.

"It is hoped that this will produce a re-adjustment of the event results and result in a gold medal being awarded by the IOC to Campbell."