Arenas – 1980 Moscow Olympic Games
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The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union. Another candidate in the bid to organize the Olympics was Los Angeles. The choice between them was made on October 23, 1974 in the 75th IOC session. Moscow defeated Los Angeles by 39 votes to 20. The yachting events were held in Tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football (soccer) tournament were held, besides Moscow, at the stadiums of Leningrad, Kiev, and Minsk. It was the first Games ever held in Eastern Europe.
Volleyball – Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium –
(1.50/5)
Gymnastics, judo – Luzhniki Palace of Sports –
(2.67/5)
Volleyball – Druzhba Multipurpose Arena –
(3.00/5)
Basketball, boxing – Moscow Arena –
(2.50/5)
Basketball, modern pentathlon – CSKA Universal Sports Hall –
(0.00/5)
Handball – Dvorec Sporta Dinamo –
(0.00/5)
Handball – Sokolniki Arena –
(0.00/5)
See other 1980 Moscow Olympic Games venues at stadiumatlas.com
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