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After a protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics. [2] The Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in response. [3] [4] Both boycotts affected basketball at the Olympics, as both had successful basketball teams at the time. Until 1992, the Olympics were restricted to ...
Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and at the CSKA Sports Palace , [ 2 ] both located in Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union .
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 ...
The 1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, held in Seoul, South Korea. [1] The U.S. women's Olympic team won their second gold medal at the event, defeating Yugoslavia in the Gold Medal finals. [2]
This category is for topics specifically related to the sport of women's basketball in the decade 1980s. 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; ... 1989 in women's ...
The only Olympic Games in which Team USA did not medal in men's 5x5 basketball was in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when the U.S. boycotted the Games over the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria: Singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 by the Women's Tennis Association (since 1975) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1975; Reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament; Reached the finals of or won the year ...
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events: 24 for men and 14 for women. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow) between July 24 and August 1.