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1980 Summer Olympics medal table

1980 Summer Olympics medals
Vladimir Parfenovich standing in a track suit with a gold medal around his neck, while two hands reach out and touch each other in front of him.
Vladimir Parfenovich (pictured) won three gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, tied for the most of any competing athlete.
LocationMoscow,  Soviet Union
Highlights
Most gold medals Soviet Union (80)
Most total medals Soviet Union (195)
Medalling NOCs36
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1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Soviet Union, from 19 July to 3 August.[1][2] They were the first Olympic Games to be staged in a communist nation.[3] A total of 5,179 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[2] This was the fewest number of participating NOCs since 1956,[4] which included seven teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games; Angola,[5] Botswana,[6] Cyprus,[7], Jordan,[8] Laos,[9] Mozambique,[10] and Seychelles.[11] The games featured 203 events in 21 sports across 27 disciplines.[2]

67 eligible countries participated in a boycott against these games, some of which did so explicitly citing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[12][13] Sixteen NOCs participated under the Olympic Flag, as opposed to their nation's flag, as a partial boycott.[14][15] This included the Olympic Anthem and flag being used at medal ceremonies when athletes from these NOCs won medals.[16]

Athletes representing 36 NOCs received at least one medal, with 25 NOCs winning at least one gold medal.[17] The Soviet Union won the most overall medals, with 195, and the most gold medals, with 80, setting a new record for most golds won in a single games (which was later broken at the 1984 Games).[17][18] Sports commentators noted that the absence of the United States and various other Western nations stemming from an unprecedented boycott contributed to the highly skewed medal results benefitting the Soviet Union and East Germany.[3] Guyana,[19] Tanzania,[20] and Zimbabwe won their first Olympic medals of any kind, with Zimbabwe also winning their nation's first gold medal.[21]

Among individual participants, Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin won the most medals overall with eight medals (three gold, four silver, one bronze), becoming the first athlete to win eight medals at a single games.[22][23] Dityatin, Soviet canoer Vladimir Parfenovich, Soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov, and East German swimmers Barbara Krause, Caren Metschuck, and Rica Reinisch tied for the most gold medals, with three each.[22]

  1. ^ "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games | Boycott, Cold War, USSR, & Summer Games". Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 November 2024. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b Aleksandrov, Aleksei; Grebeniuk, Ivan; Runets, Volodymyr (22 July 2020). "The 1980 Olympics Are The 'Cleanest' In History. Athletes Recall How Moscow Cheated The System". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ "IOC President Thomas Bach reflects on the boycott of the Olympic Games Moscow 1980 40 years later". International Olympic Committee. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Angola – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Botswana – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Cyprus – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Jordan – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Lao PDR – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Mozambique – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Seychelles – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Moscow 1980: Forty years on". International Olympic Committee. 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  13. ^ Ellingworth, James (9 August 2020). "Cold War rivalries split the Olympics in Moscow in 1980". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  14. ^ Smith, Stephen (4 August 1980). "Olympics: Cheers,Jeers in Moscow". Time Magazine.
  15. ^ "Only The Bears Were Bullish". Sports Illustrated. 28 July 1980. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  16. ^ Lorge, Barry. "Stars and Stripes To Fly at Games Despite U.S. Ban". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  17. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IOC medal table was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ Murphy, Brian (3 February 2022). "Which Countries Have Won the Most Olympic Medals?". NBC Sports. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Guyana – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Tanzania – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  21. ^ "Zimbabwe – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  22. ^ a b "1980 Moskva Summer Games". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  23. ^ "British Olympic Association: Moscow 1980". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

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