Medal standings of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Venue of the competition

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

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 countries came to the capital of the USSR to act under this boycott - one of the reasons for the Soviet Union's retaliatory protest, which 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 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.

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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 were 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.

Ancient Greece is. In an original and rich state, these competitions were part of a religious cult. More than two thousand years have passed since then, but the tradition of holding the Olympic Games every four years has not faded away. Each time, the number of countries wishing to participate in these competitions is growing.

Venue of the competition

In 2014, the winter ones were held in the Russian city of Sochi. Eighty-eight countries took part in this event. This is almost twice as much as in Sarajevo, where the Winter Olympics 1984 year. At that time, this city was the capital of Yugoslavia. Sarajevo could hardly be called a modern metropolis. Rather, it was a huge village with narrow streets, houses in which were comfortably located on the hills and hills. Until that time, the capital of Yugoslavia was famous for only one event: it was here that the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was killed. This event became a turning point in tensions in the West, and as a result, the First World War began.

The first winter Olympics on the territory of a socialist country

Then, until the end of the 70s of the 20th century, this city did not show itself in any way. In 1978, at a regular session, it decided that the 1984 Winter Olympics would be held in Sarajevo. In order to carry out the opening and closing ceremonies of the games, as well as for some competitions in the city, the largest sports stadium, Asim Ferhatovich-Khase, was reconstructed. It is noteworthy that the 1984 Winter Olympics was the first event of this scale held on the territory of a socialist country.

Games start

The opening ceremony of the competition took place on a frosty February day on the eighth. Some think otherwise. According to a small mass of people, the beginning of competitions in a particular sport was the day when the 1984 Winter Olympics actually started. Hockey was the first game of the fourteenth games. This happened on the seventh of February. On that day, the USSR national team successfully passed to the next stage, beating Poland brilliantly. The Soviet Union team became the champion of that year. The second place was taken by the national team of Czechoslovakia.

The 1984 Winter Olympics offered ten sports disciplines to the attention of spectators and athletes: figure skating, ice hockey, ski jumping, luge, biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, bobsleigh, speed skating and skiing... In total, thirty-nine sets of medals were played.

Medal credit

It is noteworthy that it was at these competitions that many new names were opened. Athletes-skiers especially distinguished themselves. There was no limit to the delight and joy of the inhabitants of hospitable Yugoslavia when their compatriot, twenty-two-year-old Yure Franko, took a silver medal in the giant slalom competition. As the newspaper "Oslobodzhene" later noted, this victory became a worthy reward for the years of hard work and preparation for the "white" games.

The 1984 Winter Olympics were officially closed on 19 February. The medal standings of the competition are as follows. In terms of the number of valuable prizes, the first place on the podium is occupied by the USSR. In total, the athletes of the national team won 25 awards. However, in terms of the number of gold medals, the largest socialist country was inferior to the GDR. won three more yellow awards. The 1984 Winter Olympics gave the United States only eight prizes. Norway received 9 medals, and Finland - 13. It is noteworthy that this time the Austrian national team performed absolutely unsuccessfully. As a rule, this country has always achieved excellent results in winter sports. But not at this time. Austrian athletes took away only one bronze medal.

Boycott by the countries of the socialist camp

In 1980, the Olympics were held in Moscow. 1984 gave the world (in addition to the "white" games) summer games as well. They were held in the United States of America - Los Angeles. It is noteworthy that these competitions were boycotted by the socialist states. The reason for this lies in the strained relations between NATO and the countries of the socialist bloc. It should be noted that initially in 1980 republics with democratic systems boycotted the Olympics in Moscow. Thus, the absence of the national teams of the USSR and other countries at the 1984 summer games was a reciprocal move to America.

Of course, good reasons are needed to boycott such an event. Formally, the socialist cell of the countries refused to participate in the 1984 competitions due to the refusal of the leadership of the organizing committee of the games to provide athletes with safety guarantees.

It should also be noted that the boycott of the 1984 Olympics is a kind of step against the "Carter Doctrine." That, in turn, implies assistance to anti-Soviet insurgents in Afghanistan.

Aeroflot does not fly, Georgia does not fly ...

Back in the fall of 1983, the government of the Soviet Union sent a sports delegation to the United States in order to determine the state of sports facilities and places for the future location of guests. Having identified a huge number of shortcomings, the leadership of the countries of the socialist camp expressed concern about this. The greatest excitement was caused by the refusal of the US government to moor the ship "Georgia" off the coast of the city. It was planned that a delegation from the USSR would live on board the ship. The second negative point was the ban on the landing of Soviet aircraft of the Aeroflot company.

A few months later, a Politburo resolution was issued, which contained clauses describing the inexpediency of the USSR national team attending the 1984 Summer Olympics held in the USA. The pages of the document also contained measures aimed at suppressing discontent among the people and creating a favorable image of the Soviet Union (in comparison with the countries of the democratic bloc). Neighboring socialist countries were also invited to take part in the boycott. Instead of Summer Olympics In 1984, the Friendship-84 competition was held in Moscow. If we compare the effectiveness of the two events, then the Soviet analogue gave the world several times more world records than games in the United States.

After the boycott of the 1984 Olympics, he issued a decree on sanctions against states that decided to continue to interfere with this kind of competition.

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 Andrey Korneev, cyclist Rita Razmayte and wrestler Zafar Guliyeva tested positive for the prohibited 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 the 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.