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Moscow 1980 Olympic Games
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Daley Thompson at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games
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Tatyana Kazankina clinching the gold medal in the 1,500-metre race at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow Vladimir Salnikov delivering a gold-medal-winning performance in the 1,500-metre swimming event at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow Teófilo Stevenson
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Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Wilson Center - The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott. Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - History of the Olympics: 1980. Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Moscow 1980 Olympics: a Soviet success story. Nov 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Pepperdine Digital Commons - The 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott: Politics and the Public. May 31, 2024
Cross-reference added. Apr 19, 2024
Media added. Mar 28, 2024
Added information about top-performing countries. Feb 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Wilson Center - The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - Bruised Egos, Battles, and Boycott: The 1980 Moscow Olympics. Oct 12, 2023
Add new Web site: New Zealand history - 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott. Aug 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Seventeen Moments in Soviet History - Moscow Olympics. Apr 06, 2023
Photo of the opening ceremony added. Mar 07, 2012
New article added. Jul 28, 2010
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