Back ألعاب الصداقة Arabic Дружба-1984 Bulgarian Družba 84 Czech Wettkämpfe der Freundschaft German Juegos de la Amistad Spanish 1984. aasta sõprusmängud Estonian بازیهای دوستی Persian Ystävyyden kisat Finnish Jeux de l'Amitié (1984) French משחקי הידידות 1984 HE
 Friendship Games logo | |
| Motto | Sport, Friendship, Peace |
|---|---|
| Purpose | For athletes from countries of the "people's democracy" and substitution of the 1984 Summer Olympics (unofficially) |
The 1984 Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (Russian: Дружба-84, Druzhba-84), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other Eastern Bloc states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Although Friendship Games officials denied that the Games were a counter-Olympic event[1][2] to avoid conflicts with the International Olympic Committee,[1][3][4] the competition was often dubbed the Soviet Bloc's "alternative Olympics".[3][5][6][7] Some fifty states took part in the competition. While the boycotting countries were represented by their strongest athletes, other states sent their reserve teams, consisting of athletes who failed to qualify for the games in Los Angeles.[2]
- ^ a b "Eastern-bloc athletes exceed 10 golden efforts". The Miami News. 17 August 1984. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Friendship Games show what might have been at LA". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 1984.
- ^ a b Lowitt, Bruce (14 August 1984). "Generic competition". The Times-News. Hendersonville, North Carolina.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
peace-dominatingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Eastern Bloc calls for alternative Olympics". Lodi News-Sentinel. 25 May 1984.
- ^ "Soviet officials shy from comparing Olympic, Friendship games". Ottawa Citizen. 24 August 1984.
- ^ "Will Turner televise Soviet bloc games?". Eugene Register-Guard. 7 July 1984.