1984 Summer Olympics
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The 1984 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the
The Forum hosted the basketball events
The Opening Ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Newspaper vending machine announcing the 1984 Olympics.
1980 Summer Olympics
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The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially branded as Moscow 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The games were the first
1984 Summer Olympics
…The 1984 Games were boycotted by 14 Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany, in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Romania was the only Soviet-aligned state that opted to attend the Games. Albania, Iran…
At Moscow's Lenin Stadium, a lit Olympic cauldron towers over spectators in the opening ceremony of the 1980 Olympics. The cauldron overlooks a "human mosaic" displaying Misha, the bear mascot of the Games. The text on the sides of the mosaic is, in Russian, the words "I wish you success!"
Olympic Village in February 2004
150-rubles platinum coin (reverse)
Marathon in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. The athlete 563 in the foreground is Koh Chun-son from North Korea