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1980 Summer Olympics
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The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from July 19 to August 3.
Number of Medals for Each Country
These are the top 10 best countries in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) (Hosts)
|
80 | 69 | 46 | 195 |
| 2 |  East Germany (GDR)
|
47 | 37 | 42 | 126 |
| 3 |  Bulgaria (BUL)
|
8 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 |  Cuba (CUB)
|
8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA)
|
8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN)
|
7 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 |  Romania (ROU)
|
7 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 |  France (FRA)
|
6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR)
|
5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 |  Poland (POL)
|
3 | 14 | 15 | 32 |
 Olympic Games
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|---|---|---|
| Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 | ||
| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | ||
| Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games | ||
| Youth Olympic Games
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
| Winter Games: 2012, 2016 | ||
| Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014 | ||
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