Summer Olympics 1984 medal standings. Venue of the competition

Olympic Games is always a huge event. Each Olympiad is a story. Each of them is remembered with something of its own. The 1980 Olympics was no exception, the medal score of which deserves special attention, since the USSR national team then pulled ahead by 12 awards.

Features of the event

The 1980 Summer Olympic Games were held in the capital of the USSR, in the city of Moscow. It should be noted that the 1980 Olympics, the medal score of which deserves special attention, is a very relevant topic. But it should also be remembered that these were the first games in the entire history of the game that took place on the territory of Eastern Europe. It was also the first Olympics held in

It is also worth noting that some of these competitions were held in other cities of the USSR. Sailing regattas, for example, started in Tallinn, and the preliminary games of the football tournament, like the quarterfinals, were held in Minsk, Leningrad and Kiev. Competitions were held in Mytishchi at a shooting range called "Dynamo".

These games are also known for the fact that more than fifty countries boycotted the Olympics, since Soviet troops were brought into Afghanistan a year earlier. But some athletes from these states came to the capital of the USSR to act under this boycott - one of the reasons for the retaliatory protest of the Soviet Union, which took place on the next summer olympiad in 1984, held in Los Angeles. These features are one of the aspects that stuck in the memory of the 1980 Olympics. Medal test tops the list of memorable events as it was truly unique.

Capital of the Olympics

The decision on where this important event will take place was taken in Vienna in 1974. The first idea to hold games in Moscow came to Sergey Pavlov, chairman of the USSR Sports Committee, in 1969. But at that time, the voting results indicated that the Olympics will be held in Montreal. Several years later, Pavlov managed to convince the country's leadership to nominate the capital of the USSR again. And that time the victory remained with Moscow. The choice was between her and Los Angeles. But with a margin of 19 votes, the capital of the USSR won. The first time took place in a socialist country.

Olympic flame path

On June 21, the fire moved out of Greece (Athens) and five days later was in Bulgaria, in Sofia. After that, he went to Bucharest, where he arrived on the 1st of July. Then, on the 5th, he ended up in the Moldavian SSR, where he crossed the border of the USSR, finding himself on July 6 in Chisinau. On July 11, the Olympic flame passed through Kiev, from where it went to Kharkov. Then his path lay through Tula and Podolsk directly to Moscow - the capital of the 1980 Olympic Games.

1980 Olympics results: medals, table

As mentioned earlier, the games of that year were distinguished by many. The 1980 Olympics shocked everyone. The medal standings that year were truly memorable. But there were also some interesting features. For example, the youngest participant was 13 years old (Jorge Lima), and the oldest was 70 years old! 80 countries participated, from which a total of 5253 participants came. Among them - 1120 women and 4133 men. The gymnast Alexander Dityatin, who then received eight awards, became the medalist of that Olympics.

Now about Most of all awards were received by the USSR - 41 medals, of which 15 gold, 14 silver and 12 bronze. Next comes the GDR, which won less - 29 units. Of these, 11 are gold, 8 are silver and 10 are bronze. Next, with a huge margin of 19 medals, comes Great Britain, which received 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals. It is worth noting that these Summer Olympics were remembered for this medal standings because such a large gap in the number of awards won is rare. Thanks to this, these Games entered the history of world sports.

• Do you know why the Olympic Games are called so - "Olympic"?

Several cities claimed to host the 1996 Olympic Games: Athens, Belgrade, Manchester, Melbourne, Toronto and Atlanta. The favorites, of course, were Athens - the 100th anniversary of the first Olympics was planned and they wanted to hold it in Greece. But members of the Atlanta Bid Committee were able to convince the IOC of the excellent and highest preparedness of the city for Summer Games... As a result, on September 18, 1990, at the 96th session of the IOC, Atlanta was declared the capital of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

1996 Summer Olympics mascot in Atlanta

They decided to generate it on a computer. As a result, the creature came out strange: barefoot without a nose and mouth. The designers tried to give Izzy a more attractive look: a big mouth, a tail studded with Olympic rings, funny boots and white gloves. Then we added the eyes of a sparkle-star. The creature's name Izzy is short for Whatisit? ("What it is?"). He is considered one of the worst mascots of the Olympics.

Opening of the 1996 Olympics

The ceremony took place on July 19, 1996 at the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta. The broadcast was carried out by 170 TV companies, and was watched by about 3.5 billion viewers. The main themes of the performance were the history of Atlanta and the American South, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Movement.

The parade was attended by 10,700 athletes from 197 participating countries. The Russian Flag was carried at the ceremony by wrestler Alexander Karelin, who later won his third Olympic gold medal in Atlanta.

Following a speech by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Games Organizing Committee President Billy Payne, US President Bill Clinton declared the 1996 Olympics open. The Olympic flag was raised and the Fire was lit, the torch was brought by swimmer Janet Evans and boxer Evander Holyfield, and lit by former boxer Mohammed Ali.

The culmination was the Power of Dreams performed by the famous singer Celine Dion, followed by colorful fireworks.

Russia at the 1996 Olympics

The Russian national team at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta for the first time performed as a separate country. According to the results of the medal standings of the 1996 Olympics, the Russian team won the second place after the US team. The Russians received 63 medals: 26 gold, 21 silver and 16 bronze.

Most of the winners were among swimmers, wrestlers, fencers and athletes. Swimmer Alexander Popov was able to win 4 medals: 2 gold and 2 silver, and became a four-time Olympic champion.

Criticism of the organization of the 1996 Olympics

Sportsmen, journalists and officials were very dissatisfied with the organization of the Games. There are many traffic problems, numerous failures in the work of information systems, unpreparedness of volunteers, too strong commercialization of the Atlanta Olympics.

But the most serious incident was the explosion in the Olympic Park on July 27 at night, during which 2 people died during the mass celebrations, 111 people were injured of varying severity. After many reassurances from the organizers to strengthen security measures, the 1996 Summer Olympics decided to continue.

The offender was arrested only a year later after several more terrorist attacks and given four life sentences with the deprivation of the right to be released early.

Closing of the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the ceremony, Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the IOC, for the first and last time did not say the phrase "These Games were the best in history."

The closing ceremony took place at the Olympic Stadium on August 4 and was attended by over 85 thousand people. Many American musicians took part in it. At the ceremony, the last Summer Olympics awards were presented to the winners in the men's marathon.

The final parade showed Olympic unity - all athletes walked together without division by country.

In his speech, Juan Antonio Samaranch called to remember the victims of the explosion in the Atlanta park and the Israeli athletes who died in Munich in 1972.

The Olympic flag was lowered, and the banner was handed the measure of Sydney, the capital of the next Games. It all ended with a magnificent fireworks display.

Doping scandal at the 1996 Games

On July 28, representatives of the IOC announced that tests of Russian athletes: swimmer Andrei Korneev, cyclist Rita Razmayte and wrestler Zafar Guliyeva tested positive for the banned drug bromantane.

Then they found bromantane: at the swimmer Nina Zhivanevskaya on July 30, at the runner Marina Trandenkova on August 1. All the athletes caught were disqualified and the won medals were taken away. But after arbitration court in Lausanne, when they found out that the drug was banned during the Games, but not blacklisted, the athletes' results were restored and the medals returned.

The Olympic Games are always a huge event. Each Olympiad is a story. Each of them is remembered with something of its own. The 1980 Olympics was no exception, the medal score of which deserves special attention, since the USSR national team then pulled ahead by 12 awards.

Features of the event

1980 were held in the capital of the USSR, in the city of Moscow. It should be noted that the 1980 Olympics, the medal score of which deserves special attention, is a very relevant topic. But it should also be remembered that these were the first games in the entire history of the game that took place on the territory of Eastern Europe. It was also the first Olympics held in a socialist country.

It is also worth noting that some of these competitions were held in other cities of the USSR. Sailing regattas, for example, started in Tallinn, and the preliminary games of the football tournament, like the quarterfinals, were held in Minsk, Leningrad and Kiev. Competitions were held in Mytishchi at a shooting range called "Dynamo".

These games are also known for the fact that more than fifty countries boycotted the Olympics, since Soviet troops were brought into Afghanistan a year earlier. But some athletes from these states came to the capital of the USSR to act under this boycott - one of the reasons for the retaliatory protest that took place at the next Summer Olympics in 1984, held in Los Angeles. These features are one of the aspects that stuck in the memory of the 1980 Olympics. The medal event tops the list of memorable events as it was truly unique.

Capital of the Olympics

The decision on where this important event will take place was taken in Vienna in 1974. The first idea to hold games in Moscow came from the chairman of the USSR Sports Committee, in 1969. But at that time, the voting results indicated that the Olympics will be held in Montreal. Several years later, Pavlov managed to convince the country's leadership to nominate the capital of the USSR again. And that time the victory remained with Moscow. The choice was between her and Los Angeles. But with a margin of 19 votes, the capital of the USSR won. For the first time, the Summer Olympic Games were held in a socialist country.

Olympic flame path

On June 21, the fire moved out of Greece (Athens) and five days later was in Bulgaria, in Sofia. After that, he went to Bucharest, where he arrived on the 1st of July. Then, on the 5th, he ended up in the Moldavian SSR, where he crossed the border of the USSR, finding himself on July 6 in Chisinau. On July 11, the Olympic flame passed through Kiev, from where it went to Kharkov. Then his path lay through Tula and Podolsk directly to Moscow - the capital of the 1980 Olympic Games.

1980 Olympics results: medals, table

As mentioned earlier, the games of that year were distinguished by many. The 1980 Olympics shocked everyone. The medal standings that year were truly memorable. But there were also some interesting features. For example, the youngest participant was 13 years old (Jorge Lima), and the oldest was 70 years old! 80 countries participated, from which a total of 5253 participants came. Among them - 1120 women and 4133 men. The gymnast Alexander Dityatin, who then received eight awards, became the medalist of that Olympics.

Now about Most of all awards were received by the USSR - 41 medals, of which 15 gold, 14 silver and 12 bronze. Next comes the GDR, which won less - 29 units. Of these, 11 are gold, 8 are silver and 10 are bronze. Next, with a huge margin of 19 medals, comes Great Britain, which received 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals. It is worth noting that these Summer Olympic Games are remembered for this medal standings, since such a large gap observed in the number of awards won is a rare phenomenon. Thanks to this, these Games entered the history of world sports.