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The Closing Ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at 19:00 Moscow Time ( UTC+3) on 3 August 1980 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. It was attended by the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Leonid Brezhnev. IOC President Lord Killanin closed the Games for the final time and passed the position on to Juan Antonio Samaranch.
There was no formal handover of the Ceremonial Olympic Flag planned as part of the protocol. This had been done at the Opening Ceremony when two representatives of 1976 host city Montreal, the final cauldron lighters Stephane Prefontaine and Sandra Henderson had arrived with the Flag. However, the United States–led boycott resulted in a change to the ritual in which three flags are raised at the closing. The flag of Los Angeles was raised instead of the flag of the United States, the next host nation; the Olympic Hymn was played in place of the United States National Anthem. [1]
Artistic performances followed the ceremonial segment: performance by the Massed Military Bands of the Moscow Military District, Armed Forces of the USSR, conducted by the Senior Director of Music of the Armed Forces Bands Service, Major General Nikolai Mikhailov.
Both the opening and closing ceremonies were shown in Yuri Ozerov's 1981 film O, Sport, You - the Peace! ( Russian: О спорт, ты - мир!) covering the highlights of that Olympiad.
A short clip of the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony of Misha's departure was shown in the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, after which the polar bear mascot blew out the 2014 Games Olympic torch and shed a tear (in a nod to Misha's tears during the end of the 1980 Games). [4] [5]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2015) |
The Closing Ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at 19:00 Moscow Time ( UTC+3) on 3 August 1980 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. It was attended by the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Leonid Brezhnev. IOC President Lord Killanin closed the Games for the final time and passed the position on to Juan Antonio Samaranch.
There was no formal handover of the Ceremonial Olympic Flag planned as part of the protocol. This had been done at the Opening Ceremony when two representatives of 1976 host city Montreal, the final cauldron lighters Stephane Prefontaine and Sandra Henderson had arrived with the Flag. However, the United States–led boycott resulted in a change to the ritual in which three flags are raised at the closing. The flag of Los Angeles was raised instead of the flag of the United States, the next host nation; the Olympic Hymn was played in place of the United States National Anthem. [1]
Artistic performances followed the ceremonial segment: performance by the Massed Military Bands of the Moscow Military District, Armed Forces of the USSR, conducted by the Senior Director of Music of the Armed Forces Bands Service, Major General Nikolai Mikhailov.
Both the opening and closing ceremonies were shown in Yuri Ozerov's 1981 film O, Sport, You - the Peace! ( Russian: О спорт, ты - мир!) covering the highlights of that Olympiad.
A short clip of the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony of Misha's departure was shown in the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, after which the polar bear mascot blew out the 2014 Games Olympic torch and shed a tear (in a nod to Misha's tears during the end of the 1980 Games). [4] [5]