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  2. 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    A Soviet stamp sheet showing the logo of the games and its mascot Misha holding the 1980 Olympic torch.The map shows the torch relay route from Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, to Moscow, Russian SFSR.

  3. Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet Union (USSR) was the host nation of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 489 competitors, 340 men and 149 women, took part in 202 events in 23 sports. [1]The Soviet Union won a record 80 gold medals (although since surpassed by the United States), and their 195 total medals are the second best result in history.

  4. 1980 Summer Olympics medal table - Wikipedia

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    The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Soviet Union, from 19 July to 3 August. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were the first Olympic Games to be staged in a communist nation. [ 3 ]

  5. 1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia

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    In December 1979, the Soviet Union began the invasion of Afghanistan, which led to United States President Jimmy Carter calling for the international boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. [16] The Western governments first considered the idea of boycotting the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics in response to the situation in Afghanistan at the ...

  6. Soviet Union at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and competed at the Summer and Winter Games on 18 occasions subsequently. At six of its nine appearances at the Summer Olympic Games, the Soviet team ranked first in the total number of gold medals won, second three times, and became the biggest contender to the United States' domination in the ...

  7. Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Arena hosted the football final that was played in a rainstorm for the third straight Olympics. After the 1991 break of the Soviet Union, the venues in Kiev, Minsk, and Tallinn would be located in Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia, respectively.

  8. 1980 Summer Olympics torch relay - Wikipedia

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    The 1980 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from June 19, 1980 until July 19, 1980 prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The route covered around 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) and involved over 5,435 torchbearers. Basketball player and Olympic champion Sergei Belov lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony. [1]

  9. List of 1980 Summer Olympics medal winners - Wikipedia

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    Soviet Union: 21.35 m OR: Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union: 21.08 m Udo Beyer East Germany: 21.06 m Discus throw details: Viktor Rashchupkin Soviet Union: 66.64 m Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia: 66.38 m Luis Delís Cuba: 66.32 m Hammer throw details: Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union: 81.80 m WR: Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union: 80.64 m Jüri Tamm Soviet ...