1980 Summer Olympics

E47740
Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1980 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, marked by a large-scale boycott led by the United States during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
1980 Summer Olympics canonical 20
1980 Moscow Olympics 1
1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
alternativeEvent Liberty Bell Classic ⓘ
alternativeEventHostCity Philadelphia ⓘ
boycottingNation Argentina ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
China ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

West Germany ⓘ
boycottLedBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
boycottReason Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
surface form: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
boycottType partial boycott of the Games ⓘ
bronzeMedalLeader Soviet Union ⓘ
closingDate 1980-08-03 ⓘ
context Cold War ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
followedBy 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
goldMedalLeader Soviet Union ⓘ
governingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCity Moscow ⓘ
hostCityCountry Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Moscow, Soviet Union
hostNation Soviet Union ⓘ
IOCPresident Lord Killanin ⓘ
mainStadium Luzhniki Stadium ⓘ
mascot Misha ⓘ
mascotType bear ⓘ
motto Games of the New World ⓘ
notableFeature first Olympic Games held in Eastern Europe ⓘ
first Olympic Games held in a socialist country ⓘ
large-scale boycott by Western-aligned countries ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 5179 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 203 ⓘ
numberOfOlympicRecords 39 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 80 ⓘ
numberOfSports 21 ⓘ
numberOfWorldRecords 36 ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXII Olympiad ⓘ
openingDate 1980-07-19 ⓘ
organisingCommitteePresident Ignaty Novikov ⓘ
partOfSeries Olympic Games ⓘ
precededBy 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
silverMedalLeader Soviet Union ⓘ
televisionCoverage global ⓘ
torchLighter Sergei Belov ⓘ
surface form: Sergey Belov
totalMedalLeader Soviet Union ⓘ
year 1980 ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1984 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Tatyana Ovechkina → participantIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1976 Summer Olympics → followedBy → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Nadia Comăneci → competedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Daley Thompson → participantIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sebastian Coe → competedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team → wonOlympicGold → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament
Games of the XXI Olympiad → followedBy → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Amik → followedByEvent → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Krešimir Ćosić → participatedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Lord Coe → competedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Dino Meneghin → competedInTournament → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Carter administration → notableEvent → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. boycott of 1980 Moscow Olympics
Luzhniki Stadium → hostedEvent → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Soviet television → coveredEvent → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Moscow Olympics
Baron Coe → participated in → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Sebastian Coe
Games of the New World → associatedWithEvent → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Misha → represents → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Misha → usedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Misha → usedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Games of the XXII Olympiad → commonName → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bärbel Wöckel → participatedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sergei Belov → participantIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Angelė Rupšienė → participatedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Uljana Semjonova → participatedIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Eric Heiden → participantIn → 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Summer Olympics cycling road race