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== Highlights ==
== Highlights ==


* On [[March 21]], [[1980]], following the [[1979]] [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]], American president [[Jimmy Carter]] announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics. The [[United States]] are joined by some 50 other countries - including [[Japan]], the [[People's Republic of China]], [[West Germany]] and [[Canada]] - and many individual athletes from participating nations. Absence of a further 15 nations leads to only 80 nations competing, the lowest number since [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]. Notably, [[Great Britain]],[[France]] and [[Greece]] do not boycott the games,but the [[Great Britain]],and the [[France]] send a little group in comparation of the last games. The boycott severely affected a great number of events, and even in events where the top athletes are present, the fields are small. A movement to boycott the Olympics had been building since January.
* On [[March 21]], [[1980]], following the [[1979]] [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]], American president [[Jimmy Carter]] announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics. The [[United States]] are joined by some 50 other countries - including [[Japan]], the [[People's Republic of China]], [[West Germany]] and [[Canada]] - and many individual athletes from participating nations. Absence of a further 15 nations leads to only 80 nations competing, the lowest number since [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]. Notably, [[Great Britain]],[[France]] and [[Greece]] do not boycott the games,but the [[Great Britain]],and the [[France]] send a little group in comparation of the last games.Because,this the [[Italy]] is the principal nation of the east Europe. The boycott severely affected a great number of events, and even in events where the top athletes are present, the fields are small. A movement to boycott the Olympics had been building since January.
* Soviet gymnast [[Aleksandr Dityatin]] wins a medal in each of the eight [[gymnastics]] events, including three titles.
* Soviet gymnast [[Aleksandr Dityatin]] wins a medal in each of the eight [[gymnastics]] events, including three titles.
* [[Vladimir Salnikov]] (USSR) wins three gold medals in the [[swimming]] pool. His time in the 1500 m freestyle was the first below 15 minutes.
* [[Vladimir Salnikov]] (USSR) wins three gold medals in the [[swimming]] pool. His time in the 1500 m freestyle was the first below 15 minutes.

Revision as of 22:06, 22 August 2004

The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, the first Olympic Games to be held in a socialist country. Moscow won the bid to organise the Games by defeating Los Angeles, which would host the next Olympics. Those two cities had been the only official candidates for hosting the Games.

Games of the XXII Olympiad
Nations participating81
Athletes participating5,217 (4,093 men, 1,124 women)
Events203 in 21 sports
Opening ceremoniesJuly 19, 1980
Closing ceremoniesAugust 3, 1980
Officially opened byLeonid Brezhnev
Athlete's OathNikolay Andrianov
Judge's Oath:Aleksandr Medved
Olympic TorchSergey Belov

Highlights

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1980 Summer Olympics medal count)

1980 Summer Olympics medal count File:Olympic-rings.png
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 File:Sovetunion small.png USSR 80 69 46 195
2 File:Germany flag 1949 east.png East Germany (GDR) 47 37 42 126
3 File:Bulgaria flag large.png Bulgaria 8 16 17 41
4 File:Cuba flag large.png Cuba 8 7 5 20
5 File:Italy flag large.png Italy 8 3 4 15
6 File:Hungary flag large.png Hungary 7 10 15 32
7 File:Romania flag large.png Romania 6 6 13 25
8 France 6 5 3 14
9 File:Uk flag large.png Great Britain 5 7 9 21
10 File:Poland flag large.png Poland 3 14 15 32

See also