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Venues Of The 1980 Summer Olympics
For the 1980 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-eight sports venues were used. The first venue used for the Games was built in 1923. With the creation of the Spartakiad in Moscow in 1928, more venues were constructed. Central Lenin Stadium Grand Arena was built in 1956 for that year's versions of the Spartkiad. A plan in 1971 to construct more sports venues by 1990 was initiated, but accelerated in 1974 when Moscow was awarded the 1980 Games. The new venues to be used for the Games were completed in 1979. During the Games themselves at the permanent road cycling venue, the first ever constructed, the largest margin of victory was recorded in the individual road race cycling event since 1928. The Grand Arena hosted the football final that was played in a rainstorm for the third straight Olympics. After the 1991 break of the Soviet Union, the venues in Kiev, Minsk, and Tallinn would be located in Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia, respectively. Luzhniki Stadium, formerly Grand Arena, conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Moscow Arena)
Olympic Stadium (russian: Олимпийский стадион) (known locally as Olimpiyskiy) was an indoor arena, located in Moscow, Russia. It was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics and, divided into two separated halls, hosted the basketball and boxing events. It closed in March 2019 and was demolished, for the construction of a new complex, in 2020. Events Sports A part of the "Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex", it made up one architectural ensemble with another venue, constructed at the same time, the Swimming Pool. Its capacity was 80,000 people, and the stadium could hold up to 16,000 people for televised events. In May 2014, the Government of Moscow auctioned 65% of shares in the stadium that it previously controlled. Oil company ZAO Neftegazprod won the auction, paying ₽4,672 billion rubles (approximately €100 million euros). Sporting events held at the stadium included the Davis Cup finals and the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament. It was the world's first indoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 1980 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow took place from July 20 to 31, 1980 at the Minor Arena of the Central Dynamo Stadium and the Young Pioneers Stadium. India won the men's tournament for the record eighth time, defeating Spain 4–3 in the final. The women's tournament was won by Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and .... The 33 matches of hockey events across the two venues were watched by 177,880 spectators. Competition Schedule Medal Summary Medal Table Men's Medal Winners Women's Medal Winners References Sources * Citations {{Field hockey at the Summer Olympics Field hockey at the Summer Olympics 1980 Summer Olympics events 1980 in field hockey 1980 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo Minor Arena (Moscow)
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The Dynamo Minor Arena is a sports venue in Moscow, Russia that is located near neighboring Dynamo Stadium. Constructed in 1928, but renovated in 1979 in time for the 1980 Summer Olympics, it hosted the field hockey tournament. The stadium is located in the Park of Sport Complex Dynamo along with Dynamo Grand Arena, Dynamo Manage (indoor field), Dynamo Hockey School, and other sports facilities. References1980 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 76–9. Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey venues Sports venues built in the Soviet Union Sports venues in Moscow Sports venue A sports venue is a building, structure, or place in which a sporting competition is held. A stadium (plural: stadiums or stadia) or arena is a place or venue for sports or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo Stadium (Moscow)
Central Dynamo Stadium was a stadium in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1928 and held 36,540 people. It was the home ground for Dynamo Moscow. It was central venue of the All-Soviet Dynamo sports society and carried special name of ''Central'' to denote its importance. Until the construction of the Central Lenin Stadium in 1956, the Central Dynamo Stadium was the central sports facility in Moscow. The stadium was one of the venues of the football tournament of the 1980 Summer Olympics. A new stadium was built on the same spot and is named VTB Arena. History Dynamo Stadium, designed by the architects and , dates from 1928. In 1938 the Dinamo station of the Moscow Metro opened nearby. An athletics track circles the football field, but is no longer in use. A monument to Lev Yashin (1929-1990) stands at the stadium's north entrance and VIP boxes are positioned above the entrances to the north and south stands. In 2008 the stadium celebrated its 80-year anniversary. Michael Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSKA Universal Sports Hall
Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA, also known as USH CSKA, and formerly known as CSKA Palace of Sports, is a multi-purpose indoor sporting arena that is located in Moscow, Russia. It is a part of the CSKA Sports Complex. The arena is primarily used to host basketball and futsal games, but it can also be used to host boxing matches, volleyball games, handball games, tennis, gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, wrestling, fencing, martial arts, and other sports. The arena can also be used for dancing and other entertainment events. The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games 5000 people. The arena is named in honor of the late Alexander Gomelsky, the former head basketball coach and honorary president of CSKA Moscow Basketball Club. History Universal Sports Hall CSKA was completed in the year 1979, during the preparations for the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were hosted by Moscow, USSR. The arena was used as a venue for the 1980 Olympics basketball tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1980 Summer Olympics
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, eight events in fencing (sport), fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (Épée (fencing), épée, Foil (fencing), foil and Sabre (fencing), sabre), but women competed only in foil events. They were held between July 22 and July 31 at the fencing hall of the CSKA Sports Complex, Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow). Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Participating nations A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing At The 1980 Summer Olympics Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics events Fencing at the Summer Olympics, 1980 1980 in fencing International fencing competitions hosted by Russia Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling At The 1980 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by twenty events (all — men's individual). They were split into two disciplines (ten events each): Freestyle and Greco-Roman. All events were held in the ''Wrestling hall'' of the ''Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army'' (north-western part of Moscow) between 20 and 31 July. Medal summary Freestyle Greco-Roman Medals Participating nations A total of 266 wrestlers from 35 nations competed at the Moscow Games: See also *List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling *List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrestling At The 1980 Summer Olympics 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 ... 1980 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSKA Sports Complex
The CSKA Sports Complex is an Olympic Village that is part of CSKA Moscow and was prepared to the 1980 Summer Olympics. It is located right next to a military air field. Its athletics fieldhouse hosted the wrestling competitions while its football fieldhouse hosted the fencing and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon competitions. List of sports grounds * CSKA Universal Sports Hall (formerly CSKA Palace of Sports) * Light-Athletic Football Complex CSKA * CSKA Ice Palace * CSKA Swimming Pool * CSKA Palace of Sports Martial Arts (formerly CSKA Weightlifting Hall) * CSKA Gymnastics Hall * CSKA Tennis Hall List of sports grounds outside complex * CSKA Equestrian Resort * CSKA Shooting Range * Hills of Krylatskoye, sports ski resort (built in 2002) * Peschanoye Universal Sports Resort (Grigory Fedotov Stadium Grigory Fedotov Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Moscow, Russia. It was initially used as the stadium of PFC CSKA Moscow matches. The capacity of the stadium wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1980 Summer Olympics
Swimming as usual was one of the three aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics—the other two being Water Polo and Diving. It was held in the ''Swimming Pool'' of the ''Olimpiysky Sports Complex'' between July 20 and July 27. There was a total of 333 participants from 41 countries competing. Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with the semifinals. Instead, the top 8 finishers from the heats qualified directly for the final, or final A as it was called. In events up to 400m, those that finished 9th to 16th in the heats would swim in Final B for the 9th place after the swimmers from Final A swam. This would continue as the Olympic format up to the 1996 Olympic Games. Events Participating nations 333 swimmers from 41 nations competed. Medal table Men's events ''* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.'' Women's events ''* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Pentathlon At The 1980 Summer Olympics
The modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): ''Individual competition'' and ''Team competition''. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the ''Individual competition'' event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the ''Team competition'' event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines which were held in 4 venues: #''Equestrian'' held on July 20 at the ''Trade Unions Equestrian Centre'' situated in the ''Bitsa forest park'' (southern part of Moscow) #''Fencing'' held on July 21 at the ''CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Sports Palace of the Central Sports Club of the Army'' (south-western part of Moscow) #''Shooting'' held on July 22 at the ''Dynamo Shooting Range'' in Mytishchi (south-eastern part of Moscow) #''Swimming'' held on July 23 at the ''Swimming Pool'' of the ''Olympiski Sports Complex'' (central part of Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1980 Summer Olympics
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Swimming Pool, from 20 to 28 July (24 July, rest day), comprising 67 divers from 21 nations. Medal summary The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "platform diving", respectively. Men Women Medal table Participating nations Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors. See also * Diving at the 1979 Pan American Games This page shows the results of the Diving Competition for men and women at the 1979 Pan American Games, held from July 1 to July 15, 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There were two events, for both men and women. Men's competition 3m Springboard ... Notes References * * {{Diving at the Summer Olympics 1980 1980 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
