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1980 Simmer Olympics

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XIII Olympic Winter Gemmes
Emblem o the gemmes
Host ceetyLake Placid, New York, Unitit States
Naitions pairteecipatin80[1]
Athletes pairteecipatin5,179
(4,064 men, 1,115 weemen)[1]
Events38 in 6 sports (10 disciplines)
Appenin ceremony19 Julie
Closin ceremonyFebruar 23
Offeecially appened biChairman o the Supreme Soviet Leonid Brezhnev
Athlete's OathNikolay Andrianov
Judge's OathAleksandr Medved
Olympic TorchSergei Belov
StadiumGrand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium

The 1980 Simmer Olympics, offeecially kent as the Gemmes o the XXII Olympiad, wis an internaitional multi-sport event celebratit in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addeetion, the yachtin events wur held in Tallinn, an some o the preliminary matches an the quarter-finals o the fitbaa tournament wur held in Leningrad, Kiev, an Minsk. The 1980 Gemmes wur the first tae be staged in Eastren Europe.

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