The Olympic Games are always a huge event.scales. Every Olympiad is a story. Each of them is remembered by something different. There was no exception and the 1980 Olympics, the medal standings that deserve special attention, because the USSR national team then pulled ahead by 12 awards.
Features of the event
The 1980 Summer Olympics were held inthe capital of the USSR, in the city of Moscow. It is worth noting that the 1980 Olympics, the medal score of which deserves special attention, is a very relevant topic. But it should also be remembered that these were the first games in all of history that took place in Eastern Europe. And it was the first Olympiad held in a socialist country.
It is also worth noting that some of these competitionswas held in other cities of the USSR. Sailing regattas, for example, started in Tallinn, and the preliminary games of a football tournament, like the quarter finals, were held in Minsk, Leningrad and Kiev. Bullet shooting competitions were held in Mytishchi at the shooting range called Dynamo.
These games are also known for being moreFifty countries boycotted this Olympiad, because the year before Soviet troops had been brought into Afghanistan. But some athletes from these states came to the capital of the USSR to perform under the Olympic flag. This boycott is one of the reasons for the return protest of the Soviet Union, which took place at the next summer Olympiad in 1984, held in Los Angeles. These features - one of the aspects that remember the 1980 Olympics. The medal standings tops the list of memorable events, as it really was unique.
The capital of the Olympiad
Решение о том, где будет проходить это важное The event was hosted in Vienna in 1974. The first idea to hold a game in Moscow came from Sergei Pavlov, chairman of the USSR Sports Committee, in 1969. But at that time, the voting results indicated that the Olympics would be held in Montreal. A few years later, Pavlov managed to convince the country's leadership to put forward the candidacy of the capital of the USSR once again. And that time, the victory was left for Moscow. The choice was between her and Los Angeles. But with a margin of 19 votes, the capital of the USSR won. For the first time the Summer Olympics were held in a socialist country.
The path of the Olympic flame
On the 21st of June the fire came from Greece (Athens) andin five days I was in Bulgaria, in Sofia. After that, he went to Bucharest, where he arrived on July 1st. Then, on the 5th, he ended up in the Moldavian SSR, where he crossed the USSR border, finding himself on July 6 in Chisinau. On July 11, the Olympic Flame passed through Kiev, from where it went to Kharkov. Then his path lay through Tula and Podolsk directly to Moscow - the capital of the 1980 Olympic Games.
Results of the 1980 Olympiad: medals, table
As already said before, the games of that yeardistinguished many. Shocked all the 1980 Olympics. The medal offset of that year was really memorable. But there were some more interesting features. For example, the youngest participant was 13 years old (Jorge Lima), and the oldest was 70 years old! 80 countries participated, from which a total of 5253 participants came. Among them - 1120 women and 4133 men. The gymnast Alexander Dityatin became the sportsman-prize-winner of that Olympiad, then received eight awards.
Теперь про медали Олимпиады-1980.The USSR received the most awards - 41 medals, of which 15 gold, 14 silver and 12 bronze. Next comes the GDR, which won less - 29 pieces. Of these, 11 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze. Then, with a huge margin of 19 medals, there is the UK, which received 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze. It is worth noting that these Summer Olympics were remembered by this medal standings, since such a large gap observed in the number of awards won is a rare phenomenon. Due to this, these Games entered the history of world sports.
