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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The Summer and Winter Olympics are each held every four years
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19 July 1980
Features: Athletics, Article text
impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
Features: Swimming, Article text
impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
Features: Boxing, Article text
impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
Features: Basketball, Article text
impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
Features: Diving, Article text
impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
Features: Field Hockey, Article text
impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
Features: Equestrian, Article text
impacted the competitiveness of swimming, track and field, boxing, basketball, diving, field hockey and equestrian sports
Features: Gymnastics, Article text
medal in each of the eight gymnastics events
Features: Cycling, Article text
cycling gold, breaking the world record
Features: Rowing, Article text
East Germany dominated rowing, winning eleven of the fourteen titles
Features: Judo, Article text
The USSR topped judo with five medals
Features: Weightlifting, Article text
The standard of weightlifting was the highest in the history of the Olympics
Features: Wrestling, Article text
In Greco-Roman wrestling, Ferenc Kocsis of Hungary
Features: Archery, Article text
the men's archery competition, scoring 2455 points
Features: Association Football, Article text
athletics, football (final), equestrian
Features: Handball, Article text
in the handball final
Features: Volleyball, Article text
both volleyball competitions was the USSR
Features: Water Polo, Article text
bronze medal in water polo
Features: Sailing, Article text
The sailing event was held in Tallinn, Soviet-occupied Estonia
Features: Fencing, Article text
four gold medals in fencing
Features: Canoeing, Article text
three gold medals in canoeing
View the SourcePietro Mennea (Wikipedia)
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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)
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he won gold medal in the heavyweight I class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Wikipedia, Aleksandr Dityatin
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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