1980 Summer Olympics facts for kids
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.
Number of Medals for Each Country
These are the top 10 best countries in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) (Hosts) |
80 | 69 | 46 | 195 |
| 2 |  East Germany (GDR) |
47 | 37 | 42 | 126 |
| 3 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
8 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 |  Cuba (CUB) |
8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) |
8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN) |
7 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 |  Romania (ROU) |
7 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) |
6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 |  Poland (POL) |
3 | 14 | 15 | 32 |
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| Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 |
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| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | ||
| Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games |
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| Youth Olympic Games |
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| Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
| Winter Games: 2012, 2016, 2020 |
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| Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014 |
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Images for kids
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A Soviet stamp sheet showing the logo of the games and its mascot Misha holding the 1980 Olympic light. The map shows the torch relay route from Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, to Moscow, Russian SFSR. It also depicts the number of gold, silver and bronze medals (80, 69, 46) won by the Soviet athletes at the Games.
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Olympic Village in February 2004
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150-rubles platinum coin (reverse)
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Marathon in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral
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All events in canoeing and rowing took place at the Moscow Canoeing and Rowing Basin in Krylatskoye
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Olympic Velodrome in Krylatskoye
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Pins released by the USSR for the football event of the Olympics (with a British 50 pence coin for size comparison)
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The USSR men's handball team celebrating their victory over Yugoslavia
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Rica Reinisch with her gold medal in 200 m swimming.
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Misha, the mascot, formed in a mosaic as a tear runs down his face during the closing ceremony
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A "bronze" medal – actually tombac – from the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Number of athletes sent per nation
