1980 Summer Olympics

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Games of the XXII Olympiad

Nations participating	80
Athletes participating	5,217 (4,093 men, 1,124 women)
Events	203 in 21 sports
Opening ceremony	July 19, 1980
Closing ceremony	August 3, 1980
Officially opened by	Leonid Brezhnev
Athlete's Oath	Nikolay Andrianov
Judge's Oath	Aleksandr Medved
Olympic Torch	Sergey Belov
Stadium	Central Lenin Stadium

The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. Another candidate in the bid to organise the Olympics was Los Angeles. The choice between them was made on October 23, 1974 on the 75th IOC session. Moscow defeated Los Angeles 39 votes to 20. The yachting events were held in Tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament were held, besides Moscow, at the stadiums of Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk.

1 Highlights
2 Medals awarded
3 Medal count
4 Nations
5 See also
6 External links

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Highlights

Although approximately half of the 24 countries which boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics participated in these, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States followed by 64 other countries in protest at the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Eighty nations did participate - the lowest number since the 1956.
Major broadcasters of the Games were USSR State TV and Radio, Eurovision and Intervision. NBC, which was thought to be another major one, canceled its coverage in response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and became a minor broadcaster as the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
According to the Official Report, submitted to the IOC by the NOC of the USSR, total expenditures for the preparations for and staging of the Games were 862.7 million roubles, total revenues being 744.8 million roubles.
Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin won a medal in each of the eight gymnastics events, including three titles.
Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) won three gold medals in the swimming pool. His time in the 1500 m freestyle was the first below 15 minutes.
Belarusian Uladzimir Parfianovich of the USSR won 3 gold medals in canoeing.
Ethiopian Muruse Yefter won the 5000 m and 10000 m double, emulating Lasse Viren's 1976 performance.
Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany won his second consecutive marathon gold.
Women's field hockey was an Olympic sport for the first time. Six countries competed in it: Austria, India, Poland, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Zimbabwe. The gold medal was won by the team of Zimbabwe.
East Germany dominated rowing: they won eleven of the fourteen available titles.
Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba became the first boxer to win three consecutive Olympic titles.

Closing Ceremony. Bear Cub Misha, the mascot, flying into the sky.

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Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

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Medal count

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

(host nation in bold.)

1980 Summer Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USSR	80	69	46	195
2	East Germany (GDR)	47	37	42	126
3	Bulgaria	8	16	17	41
4	Cuba	8	7	5	20
5	Italy	8	3	4	15
6	Hungary	7	10	15	32
7	Romania	6	6	13	25
8	France	6	5	3	14
9	Great Britain	5	7	9	21
10	Poland	3	14	15	32