1980 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXII Olympiad, in Moscow, USSR
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Summary
1980 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 8,895 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #16 of 35).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Soviet Union[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 1976 Summer Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 1984 Summer Olympics[6]
- Location: Moscow[7]
- Commons category: 1980 Summer Olympics[8]
- Edition number: 22[9]
- Has part(s): wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics[10], swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics[11], boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics[12], cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics[13], sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics[14], modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics[15], water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics[16], weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics[17], football at the 1980 Summer Olympics[18], volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics[19], shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics[20], rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics[21], fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics[22], field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics[23]
- Officially opened by: Leonid Brezhnev[24]
- Oath made by: Nikolai Andrianov[25], Aleksandr Medved[26]
- Torch lit by: Sergei Belov[27]
- Start time: July 19, 1980[28]
- End time: August 3, 1980[29]
- Point in time: 1980[30]
- Sport: Olympic sport[31]
- Participant: Vladimir Milić[32]
- Mascot: Misha[33]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:1980 Summer Olympics[35]
- Commons gallery: Olympic Games 1980[36]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/[37]
- Number of participants: 80[38], 5179[39]
- Official name: Spiller vun der XXII. Olympiad[40]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[41]
- Sports season of league or competition: Summer Olympic Games[42]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for 1980 Summer Olympics include Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex[43], a multi-purpose sports venue[44], in Ukraine[45], founded in 1923[46] and olympite[47], a mineral species[48].
Why It Matters
1980 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex[43], a multi-purpose sports venue[44], in Ukraine[45], founded in 1923[46] and olympite[47], a mineral species[48].