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The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the 6th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Long Beach , California , United States from 29 July to 11 August 1984.
The men's tournament in Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the 5th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Moscow , Soviet Union from 20 July to 1 August 1980.
The 1980 Summer Olympics (Russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, romanized: Letnije Olimpijskije igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (Russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, romanized: Igry XXII Olimpiady) and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (Russian: Москва 1980, romanized: Moskva 1980), were an international multi-sport event held ...
Men's 400 metres. Alberto Juantorena; Men's Marathon. Radamés González. Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 110 m Hurdles. Alejandro Casañas. Heat — 13.46; Semifinals — 13.44; Final — 13.40 (→ Silver Medal) Men's 4×100 metres Relay. Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, and Tomás González; Men's High Jump ...
Spain competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led Olympics boycott , Spain competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 155 competitors, 146 men and 9 women, took part in 75 events in 18 sports.
The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. [1] United States and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, an act reciprocated when the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries (with the exception of Romania) boycotted the 1984 Summer ...
At the 1984 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested. In addition to the fourteen artistic gymnastics events contested, for the first time at the Olympics, a rhythmic gymnastics event was contested–the women's individual all-around.
The event was won by 0.02 seconds by Pietro Mennea of Italy, the nation's first victory in the event since 1960 and second overall (tied for second-most with Canada behind the United States' 12 wins). This winning margin remains the narrowest in this event at the Olympics since the introduction of fully automatic timing.