The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, the Soviet Union, and were boycotted by dozens of countries, including the United States, in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, significantly reducing the level of competition in many events. The Games were the first Olympics held in a communist Eastern Bloc country. Some boycotting nations, including Great Britain, sent athletes who competed under the Olympic flag rather than their national flag.
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The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, the Soviet Union, and were boycotted by dozens of countries, including the United States, in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, significantly reducing the level of competition in many events. The Games were the first Olympics held in a commun
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19 July 1980
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impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
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impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
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impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
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impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
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impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
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impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
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impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
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medal in each of the eight gymnastics events
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cycling gold, breaking the world record
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East Germany dominated rowing, winning eleven of the fourteen titles
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The USSR topped judo with five medals
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The standard of weightlifting was the highest in the history of the Olympics
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In Greco-Roman wrestling, Ferenc Kocsis of Hungary
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the men's archery competition, scoring 2455 points
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athletics, football (final), equestrian
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in the handball final
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both volleyball competitions was the USSR
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bronze medal in water polo
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The sailing event was held in Tallinn, Soviet-occupied Estonia
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four gold medals in fencing
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three gold medals in canoeing
View the SourcePietro Mennea (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Pietro Mennea, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Pietro Mennea, Lead
winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics
Zbigniew Kaczmarek, weightlifter (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter), Results table, Games [competed-in 2]Quote, Competitors Include: Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter), Results table, Games [competed-in 2]
1980 Summer Olympics
Tamás Wichmann (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Tamás Wichmann, Results tableQuote, Competitors Include: Tamás Wichmann, Results table
Canoe Singles (C1), 1,000 metres, Men
Lakhdar Belloumi (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Lakhdar Belloumi, Olympedia athlete page, Results, GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Lakhdar Belloumi, Olympedia athlete page, Results, Games
1980 Summer Olympics
Phil Smyth (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Phil Smyth, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Phil Smyth, National team career
Smyth represented Australia at four Summer Olympic Games (1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992)
Ota Zaremba (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ota Zaremba, Lead paragraph [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Ota Zaremba, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
he won gold medal in the heavyweight I class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Andy Drzewiecki (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Andy Drzewiecki, Lead, OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Andy Drzewiecki, Lead, Olympics
He also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow
Nellie Kim (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nellie Kim, Lead, 1980Quote, Competitors Include: Nellie Kim, Lead, 1980
two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Oleksandr Sydorenko (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Oleksandr Sydorenko, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Oleksandr Sydorenko, Lead
He won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Olympedia: Zdeněk Šreiner - Olympedia
OlympediaCompetitors Include: Zdeněk Šreiner, ResultsQuote, Competitors Include: Zdeněk Šreiner, Results
1980 Summer Olympics
Viktor Krovopuskov (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Viktor Krovopuskov, BiographyQuote, Competitors Include: Viktor Krovopuskov, Biography
He repeated his performance at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Bärbel Wöckel (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bärbel Wöckel, CareerQuote, Competitors Include: Bärbel Wöckel, Career
two each in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics
Manuel Estiarte (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Manuel Estiarte, Olympic careerQuote, Competitors Include: Manuel Estiarte, Olympic career
his Olympic debut at the 1980 Moscow Games
Alexandr Romankov (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alexandr Romankov, Olympic Games enteredQuote, Competitors Include: Alexandr Romankov, Olympic Games entered
Foil individual (1980, 1988)
Mohammed Shahid (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mohammed Shahid, Lead, Olympic GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Mohammed Shahid, Lead, Olympic Games
the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow
Yurik Vardanyan (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Yurik Vardanyan, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Yurik Vardanyan, Lead, 1980 Olympics
Vardanyan won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Katharina Bullin (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Katharina Bullin, Biography, Olympic GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Katharina Bullin, Biography, Olympic Games
was on the 1980 East German women’s volleyball team at the Moskva Olympics
Valeria Răcilă (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Valeria Răcilă, Lead, 1980 GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Valeria Răcilă, Lead, 1980 Games
bronze medals at the 1980 Olympics
Mathieu Faye (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mathieu Faye, Lead, OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Mathieu Faye, Lead, Olympics
Faye competed for Senegal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Johan Harmenberg (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Johan Harmenberg, OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Johan Harmenberg, Olympics
At the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, Harmenberg won a gold medal in the individual épée
Hazel Greene (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Hazel Greene, ArcheryQuote, Competitors Include: Hazel Greene, Archery
Greene qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in 1980, 1984 and 1988.
Siegfried Brietzke (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Siegfried Brietzke, Rowing career, 1980Quote, Competitors Include: Siegfried Brietzke, Rowing career, 1980
and won a further Olympic gold in 1980 in Moscow, but with Jürgen Thiele having replaced Wolfgang Mager.
Sandro Brogini (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Sandro Brogini, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Sandro Brogini, Lead
who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Angelica Aposteanu (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Angelica Aposteanu, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Angelica Aposteanu, Lead, 1980 Olympics
won three bronze medals in three different events at the 1974 and 1975 world championships and 1980 Olympics
Rodica Arba (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rodica Arba, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Rodica Arba, Lead, 1980 Olympics
She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics
Chris Baillieu (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chris Baillieu, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Chris Baillieu, Lead, 1980 Olympics
who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain
Ratko Rudić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ratko Rudić, Olympic recordQuote, Competitors Include: Ratko Rudić, Olympic record
and silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Zdeněk Pecka (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Zdeněk Pecka, Lead, 1980 GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Zdeněk Pecka, Lead, 1980 Games
Zdeněk Pecka (6 February 1954-30 January 2024) was a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Marita Koch (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marita Koch, Biography, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Marita Koch, Biography, 1980 Olympics
At the Moscow Olympics of 1980 Koch won the 400 m race.
Barbara Krause (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Barbara Krause, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Barbara Krause, Lead, 1980 Olympics
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Krause won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
Andrea Pollack (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Andrea Pollack, Career, competition 2Quote, Competitors Include: Andrea Pollack, Career, competition 2
a silver in the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Moscow Olympics
Sándor Wladár (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Sándor Wladár, Lead, 1980 GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Sándor Wladár, Lead, 1980 Games
He won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in 200 m backstroke.
Rica Reinisch (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rica Reinisch, Olympic career, 1980-summer-olympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Rica Reinisch, Olympic career, 1980-summer-olympics
setting four world records in the Moscow Games
Caren Metschuck (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Caren Metschuck, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Caren Metschuck, Lead, 1980 Olympics
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m medley relay
Jörg Woithe (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jörg Woithe, Lead, 1980 GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Jörg Woithe, Lead, 1980 Games
He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle
Ines Diers (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ines Diers, Lead, GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Ines Diers, Lead, Games
five medals at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Michelle Ford (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Michelle Ford, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Michelle Ford, Lead, 1980 Olympics
4th in the 400-metres freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Marco Marchei (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marco Marchei, BiographyQuote, Competitors Include: Marco Marchei, Biography
He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1980 and 1984.
Göran Bjerendal (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Göran Bjerendal, Lead, 1980 Summer OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Göran Bjerendal, Lead, 1980 Summer Olympics
He competed at the 1980, 1984, 1988 and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Jørgen V. Pedersen (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jørgen V. Pedersen, Biography, Olympic GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Jørgen V. Pedersen, Biography, Olympic Games
He also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Francis Castaing (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Francis Castaing, Lead, Olympic GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Francis Castaing, Lead, Olympic Games
He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Guido Bontempi (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Guido Bontempi, Biography, Olympic GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Guido Bontempi, Biography, Olympic Games
Guido Bontempi competed at the 1980 Moskva Olympics
Guido_Bontempi (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Guido Bontempi, Lead, 1980 OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Guido Bontempi, Lead, 1980 Olympics
He also competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Marc Madiot (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marc Madiot, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Marc Madiot, Lead
He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Gilbert Glaus (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Gilbert Glaus, Lead, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Gilbert Glaus, Lead, competition
He also competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Jan Nevens (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Jan Nevens, Results, GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Jan Nevens, Results, Games
1980 Summer Olympics
Marc Sergeant (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marc Sergeant, Lead, Olympic GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Marc Sergeant, Lead, Olympic Games
He competed in the team time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Peter Winnen (Wikipedia)
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He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in road racing and finished in 26th place.
Sean Yates (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Sean Yates, CareerQuote, Competitors Include: Sean Yates, Career
Yates competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the 4,000m individual pursuit.
Pascal Poisson (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Pascal Poisson, Lead, Olympic GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Pascal Poisson, Lead, Olympic Games
He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Philippe Chevallier (cyclist) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Philippe Chevallier, Lead, OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Philippe Chevallier, Lead, Olympics
He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Urs Freuler (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Urs Freuler, Career, OlympicsQuote, Competitors Include: Urs Freuler, Career, Olympics
He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Brenda Phillips (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Brenda Phillips, Lead, Olympic titleQuote, Competitors Include: Brenda Phillips, Lead, Olympic title
member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Wikipedia, Aleksandr Dityatin
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Aleksandr Dityatin, IntroductionQuote, Competitors Include: Aleksandr Dityatin, Introduction
Alexander Nikolaevich Dityatin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Дитятин; 7 August 1957 - 14 October 2025) was a Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he set the record for achieving the most medals of any type at a single Olympic Games.
Wikipedia: Petra Schneider
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She won an Olympic gold medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and set five world records in swimming.
Wikipedia: Ute Geweniger
Competitors Include: Ute Geweniger, lead paragraph, competed-inQuote, Competitors Include: Ute Geweniger, lead paragraph, competed-in
Geweniger was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany, and came to prominence when she set a world record in the 100 m breaststroke in qualifying for the East German team for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Hartwig Gauder (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Hartwig Gauder, IntroductionQuote, Competitors Include: Hartwig Gauder, Introduction
Hartwig Gauder (10 November 1954 - 22 April 2020) was a German race walker who won a gold medal in the 50 kilometres walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Maria Mutola (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Maria Mutola, Lead or career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Maria Mutola, Lead or career section
His son Stelio, himself a former national long jump record holder who had competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, was Mutola's first coach.
Viktor Saneyev (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Viktor Saneyev, Lead, second sentenceQuote, Competitors Include: Viktor Saneyev, Lead, second sentence
three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980)
Revaz Chelebadze (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Revaz Chelebadze, Career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Revaz Chelebadze, Career section
Olympic bronze: 1980.
Elena Belova (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Elena Belova, Lead, paragraph 1, 1980 GamesQuote, Competitors Include: Elena Belova, Lead, paragraph 1, 1980 Games
She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics
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