The 1980 Olympics Handbook: A Guide to the Moscow Olympics and a History of the Games |
Contents
MOSCOW | 6 |
A HISTORY OF THE MODERN OLYMPICS | 43 |
Athens 1896 | 44 |
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100 meters freestyle 110 meters hurdles 1min 2min 400 meters relay 4min 5min 6min 7min 8min America 3min American athletics Australian beat Britain British bronze medal championship competition competitors CZECH decathlon discus diving East German Emil Zatopek Event not held favorite field events freestyle Games gold medal gold medallist GYMNASTICS heavyweight held until 1972 Helsinki high jump highboard Hungary Italy javelin John Lasse Viren Laszlo Papp later long jump marathon Melbourne men's meters butterfly meters final meters title Mexico Montreal Moscow Munich Nurmi Olympic champion Olympic record pentathlon pole vault race relay team retained rivals Rome runner running Russian second place shot put silver medal silver medallist springboard sprint relay sprinter stadium swimmer swimming tape team-mate third place throw Tokyo took track and field United USSR Vera Caslavska victory Viktor Viren weightlifting winner winning WOMEN world record world record holder yards