1980 Moscow Olympics Medal Table - Full Medal Tally and Country-wise Winners

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1980 Moscow Olympics Medals table, results by Country, ranked by the number of Gold, Silver, Bronze medals won by their athletes during 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics.

1980 Moscow (Russia) Summer Olympic Medal Tally by Country

RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union 806946195
2 East Germany 473742126
3 Bulgaria 8161741
4 Cuba 87520
5 Italy 83415
6 Hungary 7101532
7 Romania 661325
8 France 65314
9 Great Britain 57921
10 Poland 3141532
11 Sweden 33612
12 Finland 3148
13 Czechoslovakia 23914
14 Yugoslavia 2349
15 Australia 2259
16 Denmark 2125
17 Brazil 2024
18 Ethiopia 2024
19 Switzerland 2002
20 Spain 1326
21 Austria 1214
22 Greece 1023
23 Belgium 1001
24 India 1001
25 Zimbabwe 1001
26 North Korea 0325
27 Mongolia 0224
28 Tanzania 0202
29 Mexico 0134
30 Netherlands 0123
31 Ireland 0112
32 Uganda 0101
33 Venezuela 0101
34 Jamaica 0033
35 Guyana 0011
36 Lebanon 0011
Total 204204223631

Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Highlights

Official NameGames of the XXII Olympiad
Host CityMoscow, Soviet Union (USSR)
Host CountrySoviet Union
Event Dates19 July to 3 August 1980
Number of Participating Nations80
Total Athletes5,179 athletes
Men Athletes4,064
Women Athletes1,115
Sports / Disciplines21 sports, 28 disciplines
Total Events203 medal events
Main Stadium (Opening & Closing Ceremony) Central Lenin Stadium (Luzhniki Stadium)
Opening Ceremony19 July 1980
Closing Ceremony3 August 1980
Olympic Motto-
Official MascotMisha the Bear
Official EmblemMoscow 1980 Emblem (stylized Kremlin tower & Olympic rings)
Official TorchMoscow 1980 Torch
Time ZoneMoscow Standard Time (UTC +3)
Firsts & Records First Olympic Games held in Eastern Europe and first with an official Olympic mascot used widely in marketing
Top Medal-Winning NationSoviet Union
Total Medals Awarded623
Second Place NationEast Germany
Third Place NationBulgaria
Key Venues Luzhniki Stadium, Olympic Indoor Arena, Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
Notable Athletes Alexander Dityatin (USSR), Nadezhda Olizarenko (USSR)
Special Achievement Alexander Dityatin won 8 medals in gymnastics, the most by an athlete at a single Olympics at the time
Boycott Impact Over 60 countries, led by the United States, boycotted the Games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Official Website https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/

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