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The claim that "Yuriy Sedykh: Four of his six throws broke the world record of 80m. No hammer thrower in the world had ever achieved this before." - is just pure nonsense, not remotely true. He broke the world record, which was over 81 meters, with one throw. 4 of 6? Who just invents stuff as they go along?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.213.53.15 ( talk) 18:21, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
i think we should, along with the 1985 olympics, include a list of countries that boycotted it/did not boycott it because of the invasion of afghanistan by the russians. Lockeownzj00 17:12, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This only talks about the bad parts of this Olimpiad, and not of the perfect organization and the hig amounts of records beaten.
"This marked only the second time in which some Olympic events were held in a city other than the official host;".
I've looked into the Official Report submitted by the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Summer Olympics to the IOC [4] (20.42M pdf, section "Facilities outside Montreal") and found, that some events were held in many other cities, including Toronto, Kingston and Ottawa. May be in other prevous games, not only 1956 Summer Olympics, was the same situation (as this is permitted by the Olympic Charter), I just didn't look for it.
To be honest, I also made one mistake, saying "Although most of the countries, which boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics, participated in these ones". Actually, 10 of 22 participated, i.e. approximately a half.
I'll fix all this stuff in a while. Cmapm 17:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
You cannot say it was the first time an olympics was held in a "socialist" country as socialism is such a broad term meaning any from Maoist-communism to Moderately left leaning democratic parties in Western Europe. London Olympics 1948 was at the time of a "socialist" Labour government. Although the Soviet Union did use the word socialism, refering to it as a socialist state is a perjorative phrase in the west, used by those who generally right leaning. It was the first "communist" country to host the olympics. Dainamo 13:23, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
BTW, for fans of AAFLA :), official report on the Games appeared there this month (as well as the one of Lake Placid 80'). I'll add a link to Reports' page here in a while. Cmapm 28 June 2005 22:54 (UTC)
I added costs of the Games from the Official Report, obtained from AAFLA (link to it is in the article. The following claim moved here until "financial experts" are sourced or costs of other Games are available in respective articles: According to financial experts Moscow 1980 was the cheapest Games ever organized for the economic resources of USSR available in the time and its organization´s capacity. Cmapm 11:31, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
New Zealand actually boycotted the 1980 Olympics, but 4 athletes competed as independents. How do I dispute accuracy of the original article?
I made a correction, Suriname did not compete in Moscow in 1980, so the correction is Iceland competed in the Moscow Games. ( 194.74.156.162 22:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC))
It's not 80, it's 81 the Official Olympic Report said. ( 194.74.156.162 22:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC))
I don't question the veracity of the mass of data added in the highlights over the last few days but they seem to try too hard to stress that the Olympics was not affected by the boycott, which was perhaps not necessary. Pointy haired fellow 06:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I have already once deleted the second sentence below from the 'highlights' as being proproganda, given that all evidence points to many of the former communist states using performance enhancing drugs as routine (for example little East Germany outperforming the USA in 1976...), but it has reappeared:
"Eighty-one nations participated — the lowest number since 1956. The nations that did compete won 71% of the medals, including 71% of the gold medals, at Montreal. In contrast the nations that competed in LA 1984 had won 49% of the medals, including 42% of the gold medals, at Montreal." Timaru 18:56, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Just to let you know that I added the number of competitors from the Official Olympic Reports, thanks.
( 194.74.156.162 21:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC))
Spain did not compete under the Olympic flag, they competed under their NOC flag!
Pls follow the link on this page: http://www.fotw.net/images/e/es@coe.gif
Thanx! 85.12.64.148 14:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
"Fifteen countries marched in the Opening Ceremony with the Olympic Flag instead of their national flags, and the Olympic Flag and Olympic Hymn were used at Medal Ceremonies when athletes from these countries won medals". What does this do for the olympic marathon medal list? Are all these fifteen countries medals sorted under Unified Olympic Countries instead of under their respective country? W-dahl ( talk) 18:30, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
As a teacher of physics I was struck by the claim that, 'A following wind would hamper the throw, not help it. Instead slight headwinds favour the javelin thrower, giving the implement more lift'
There may indeed be conditions where a headwind provides more 'lift' at certain angles of attack but the aim of this event is 'horizontal distance' not height. The net force on any object including a javelin of a headwind can only oppose the direction of travel.
If anyone can provide evidence to the contrary, both I and Isaac Newton would be most interested to see it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.138.200 ( talk) 18:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Where is Israel on the list? It is neither on the participants nor on the boycotting countries list. Why is that? Tango —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.181.79 ( talk) 13:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
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Burma is in the list of the participating counties and in the list of the boycotting countries. What is correct ? Miho NL ( talk) 21:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
In the highlights/Athletics section, the article claims that Gerard More (US, Pa) beat "Adloph Gustav of Germany in the Pole Vaulting Event, his record was 10 meters 50 centiemeters". This is far from my area of expertise, but I can find no trace of either of these 'athletes', nor Mark Gastov, the supposed following record claimant. Methinks this is random vandalism, especially when Władysław Kozakiewicz is apparently rightly credited with gold a little later in the same section. I suggest that somebody more knowledgeable corrects this. 79.81.175.16 ( talk) 23:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
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In this video [ [5]] when Lord Killanin speechs closing the XXII Olympiad in Moscow 1980 you see the Los Angeles flag next to the Soviet flag and Greek flag. Bicko2008 ( talk) 04:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
"The nations that did compete won 71% of the medals, including 71% of the gold medals, at Montreal" - I do not get it. Shouldn't it be 100%? Or how did nations that did not compete win 29% of the medals? This strikes me as odd. Maybe the sentences need to be rephrased a bit. Or the awarding policy needs to be explained more. Tierlieb ( talk) 14:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
We have separated iran and a couple other countries for not being part of the US boycott... yet, above it states that some countries said they weren't coming because of financial reasons. If a country isn't officially stating that its throwing its hat in the ring with the US, why are they listed above and not separated like iran?-- Crossmr ( talk) 13:15, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
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I have removed the NPOV tag as the dispute has grown stagnant, and the section in question appears to be neutral. If the dispute arises again, contact me before re-adding the NPOV tag. Drew Smith 05:39, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
I am going to make the reference added by 208.101.135.119 into a proper citation so it does not get lost ( http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/qfp/104481.htm). This article by the US State department claims that 65 nations (including the U.S.) boycotted. As far as I can tell, this is a more accurate number than previously stated (at least of who did not attend, if not of why), but I note that Mozambique not only is in the participating AND boycotting nations lists, but is also listed below the boycott list as having not been invited (huh?). The IOC has this to say on All the Facts" at their site ( http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Summer/Moscow-1980/): "In the end, 67 nations did not participate with 45 to 50 of these nations likely being absent because of the U.S.-led boycott." I can't find a list of countries on the IOC site though (it's probably in the final report). Note that the article on the boycott will also need to be updated. Donlammers ( talk) 00:11, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
What is the name of the mascot bear? It should be included. 184.147.232.168 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:16, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Misha 174.91.73.91 ( talk) 14:50, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
There used to be a different logo at the top of the article, but it's been removed from commons and replaced with the current file. Here is the full official emblem, with text, png format. Since it clearly falls under the "simple geometric shapes and/or text" bracket, I don't see why the image can't be re-uploaded to commons and used in the article. BigSteve ( talk) 19:28, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Albania boycotted both 1980 and 1984 Olympics but is coloured solidly on the map of boycotting countries — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.224.239 ( talk) 00:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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"Communist Party MP Tamara Pletnyova told a Moscow Radio station that she was "not a nationalist" but believed Russian women should avoid sex with people "of a different race" because "their children suffer".
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the 1948 Olympics took part in the UK which was governed by the Socialist Labour Party (literally their official name) at the time, so this is clearly false. 2A00:23C7:5AD0:8F01:5D02:307E:3C14:2A0 ( talk) 06:56, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
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The claim that "Yuriy Sedykh: Four of his six throws broke the world record of 80m. No hammer thrower in the world had ever achieved this before." - is just pure nonsense, not remotely true. He broke the world record, which was over 81 meters, with one throw. 4 of 6? Who just invents stuff as they go along?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.213.53.15 ( talk) 18:21, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
i think we should, along with the 1985 olympics, include a list of countries that boycotted it/did not boycott it because of the invasion of afghanistan by the russians. Lockeownzj00 17:12, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This only talks about the bad parts of this Olimpiad, and not of the perfect organization and the hig amounts of records beaten.
"This marked only the second time in which some Olympic events were held in a city other than the official host;".
I've looked into the Official Report submitted by the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Summer Olympics to the IOC [4] (20.42M pdf, section "Facilities outside Montreal") and found, that some events were held in many other cities, including Toronto, Kingston and Ottawa. May be in other prevous games, not only 1956 Summer Olympics, was the same situation (as this is permitted by the Olympic Charter), I just didn't look for it.
To be honest, I also made one mistake, saying "Although most of the countries, which boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics, participated in these ones". Actually, 10 of 22 participated, i.e. approximately a half.
I'll fix all this stuff in a while. Cmapm 17:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
You cannot say it was the first time an olympics was held in a "socialist" country as socialism is such a broad term meaning any from Maoist-communism to Moderately left leaning democratic parties in Western Europe. London Olympics 1948 was at the time of a "socialist" Labour government. Although the Soviet Union did use the word socialism, refering to it as a socialist state is a perjorative phrase in the west, used by those who generally right leaning. It was the first "communist" country to host the olympics. Dainamo 13:23, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
BTW, for fans of AAFLA :), official report on the Games appeared there this month (as well as the one of Lake Placid 80'). I'll add a link to Reports' page here in a while. Cmapm 28 June 2005 22:54 (UTC)
I added costs of the Games from the Official Report, obtained from AAFLA (link to it is in the article. The following claim moved here until "financial experts" are sourced or costs of other Games are available in respective articles: According to financial experts Moscow 1980 was the cheapest Games ever organized for the economic resources of USSR available in the time and its organization´s capacity. Cmapm 11:31, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
New Zealand actually boycotted the 1980 Olympics, but 4 athletes competed as independents. How do I dispute accuracy of the original article?
I made a correction, Suriname did not compete in Moscow in 1980, so the correction is Iceland competed in the Moscow Games. ( 194.74.156.162 22:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC))
It's not 80, it's 81 the Official Olympic Report said. ( 194.74.156.162 22:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC))
I don't question the veracity of the mass of data added in the highlights over the last few days but they seem to try too hard to stress that the Olympics was not affected by the boycott, which was perhaps not necessary. Pointy haired fellow 06:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I have already once deleted the second sentence below from the 'highlights' as being proproganda, given that all evidence points to many of the former communist states using performance enhancing drugs as routine (for example little East Germany outperforming the USA in 1976...), but it has reappeared:
"Eighty-one nations participated — the lowest number since 1956. The nations that did compete won 71% of the medals, including 71% of the gold medals, at Montreal. In contrast the nations that competed in LA 1984 had won 49% of the medals, including 42% of the gold medals, at Montreal." Timaru 18:56, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Just to let you know that I added the number of competitors from the Official Olympic Reports, thanks.
( 194.74.156.162 21:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC))
Spain did not compete under the Olympic flag, they competed under their NOC flag!
Pls follow the link on this page: http://www.fotw.net/images/e/es@coe.gif
Thanx! 85.12.64.148 14:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
"Fifteen countries marched in the Opening Ceremony with the Olympic Flag instead of their national flags, and the Olympic Flag and Olympic Hymn were used at Medal Ceremonies when athletes from these countries won medals". What does this do for the olympic marathon medal list? Are all these fifteen countries medals sorted under Unified Olympic Countries instead of under their respective country? W-dahl ( talk) 18:30, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
As a teacher of physics I was struck by the claim that, 'A following wind would hamper the throw, not help it. Instead slight headwinds favour the javelin thrower, giving the implement more lift'
There may indeed be conditions where a headwind provides more 'lift' at certain angles of attack but the aim of this event is 'horizontal distance' not height. The net force on any object including a javelin of a headwind can only oppose the direction of travel.
If anyone can provide evidence to the contrary, both I and Isaac Newton would be most interested to see it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.138.200 ( talk) 18:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Where is Israel on the list? It is neither on the participants nor on the boycotting countries list. Why is that? Tango —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.181.79 ( talk) 13:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
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Burma is in the list of the participating counties and in the list of the boycotting countries. What is correct ? Miho NL ( talk) 21:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
In the highlights/Athletics section, the article claims that Gerard More (US, Pa) beat "Adloph Gustav of Germany in the Pole Vaulting Event, his record was 10 meters 50 centiemeters". This is far from my area of expertise, but I can find no trace of either of these 'athletes', nor Mark Gastov, the supposed following record claimant. Methinks this is random vandalism, especially when Władysław Kozakiewicz is apparently rightly credited with gold a little later in the same section. I suggest that somebody more knowledgeable corrects this. 79.81.175.16 ( talk) 23:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello.
In this video [ [5]] when Lord Killanin speechs closing the XXII Olympiad in Moscow 1980 you see the Los Angeles flag next to the Soviet flag and Greek flag. Bicko2008 ( talk) 04:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
"The nations that did compete won 71% of the medals, including 71% of the gold medals, at Montreal" - I do not get it. Shouldn't it be 100%? Or how did nations that did not compete win 29% of the medals? This strikes me as odd. Maybe the sentences need to be rephrased a bit. Or the awarding policy needs to be explained more. Tierlieb ( talk) 14:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
We have separated iran and a couple other countries for not being part of the US boycott... yet, above it states that some countries said they weren't coming because of financial reasons. If a country isn't officially stating that its throwing its hat in the ring with the US, why are they listed above and not separated like iran?-- Crossmr ( talk) 13:15, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
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I have removed the NPOV tag as the dispute has grown stagnant, and the section in question appears to be neutral. If the dispute arises again, contact me before re-adding the NPOV tag. Drew Smith 05:39, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
I am going to make the reference added by 208.101.135.119 into a proper citation so it does not get lost ( http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/qfp/104481.htm). This article by the US State department claims that 65 nations (including the U.S.) boycotted. As far as I can tell, this is a more accurate number than previously stated (at least of who did not attend, if not of why), but I note that Mozambique not only is in the participating AND boycotting nations lists, but is also listed below the boycott list as having not been invited (huh?). The IOC has this to say on All the Facts" at their site ( http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Summer/Moscow-1980/): "In the end, 67 nations did not participate with 45 to 50 of these nations likely being absent because of the U.S.-led boycott." I can't find a list of countries on the IOC site though (it's probably in the final report). Note that the article on the boycott will also need to be updated. Donlammers ( talk) 00:11, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
What is the name of the mascot bear? It should be included. 184.147.232.168 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:16, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Misha 174.91.73.91 ( talk) 14:50, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
There used to be a different logo at the top of the article, but it's been removed from commons and replaced with the current file. Here is the full official emblem, with text, png format. Since it clearly falls under the "simple geometric shapes and/or text" bracket, I don't see why the image can't be re-uploaded to commons and used in the article. BigSteve ( talk) 19:28, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Albania boycotted both 1980 and 1984 Olympics but is coloured solidly on the map of boycotting countries — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.224.239 ( talk) 00:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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"Communist Party MP Tamara Pletnyova told a Moscow Radio station that she was "not a nationalist" but believed Russian women should avoid sex with people "of a different race" because "their children suffer".
She was responding to a question about the "kids of the Olympics" - referencing the claim that there was a spike in births of mixed-race children in Russia after the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Hello! Can you correct the error regarding Spain's flag at these Olympic Games they used the flag of the Spanish Olympic Committee during these Games. Thus Spain Olympic flag 1980.svg. Yours sincerely, Sondre -- 62.73.207.204 ( talk) 19:47, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello! Can you correct the error regarding the Spanish flag at the 1980 Summer Olympics. They used the flag for the Spanish Olympic Committee during these Games thus . Sincerely yours, Sondre -- 80.212.169.236 ( talk) 15:56, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
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