A total of 959 athletes from 70 countries participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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∙ 2015-06-26 07:23:49there were two citites to bid for the 1980 summer olympics Moscow and Los Angeles
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Japan first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1912. They have participated in all Summer Olympic since except for 1948 and 1980. They first participated in the Winter Olympics in 1928 and have been in all Winter Games except the 1948 Games. The 2008 Olympics is the 20th Summer Games Japan has participated in. They have been to 18 Winter Games.
The United States participated in the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, and since then they have participated in every Olympics except for the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.
March 21, 1980 was the date that Carter told the Olympic athletes that they would not be going to to the 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow.
USSR participated in 9 Summer Olympics (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988) and 9 Winter Olympics (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988).
They were held in Moscow U.S.S.R. A total of 80 nations and 5,179 people participated in these games.Moscow
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The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia.
In 1980. By the way, it was the Summer Olympics.
1980. By the way, it was the Summer Olympics.