1980 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Another candidate in the bid to organise the Olympics was Los Angeles. The choice between them was made on October 23, 1974 on the 75th IOC session. Moscow defeated Los Angeles 39 votes to 20.

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1980 - Moscow - Soviet Union - Los Angeles - October 23 - 1974 - IOC session

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The yachting events were held in Tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament were held, besides Moscow, at the stadiums of Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk.

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Tallinn - Moscow - Leningrad - Kiev - Minsk

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