1980 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXII Olympiad
Host city	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nations	80
Athletes	5,179 (4,064 men, 1,115 women)
Events	203 in 21 sports (27 disciplines)
Opening	19 July
Closing	3 August
Opened by	Chairman Leonid Brezhnev
Cauldron	Sergei Belov
Stadium	Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium
Summer
Winter

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from July 19 to August 3.

↑ Moscow was not a federal city in 1980. It became a federal city in 1993, two years after the Soviet Union broke up.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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[1] Moscow was not a federal city in 1980. It became a federal city in 1993, two years after the Soviet Union broke up.

[Opening_and_Cauldron-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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