The team is captained by Indian hockey player Sameer Dad and coached by Vasudevan Bhaskaran, who was the captain of India's Olympic victory in 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
In February 1980 he made a speech in the European Parliament calling for a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the internal exile of Andrei Sakharov; he attacked the European Commission's policy as "incredibly absurd, arrogant, insensitive and inept".
This company was chartered to provide the logistical planning and management for all US travel to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
He was supposed to represent his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but didn't start due to the international boycott of the Moscow Games.
Since 1993, Czesław Lang the 1980 Summer Olympics cycling silver medalist and the winner of the 1980 TdP took over the function of TdP Director.
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Winner and runner-up of each group to played a play-off match to qualify for the 1980 Summer Olympics tournament to be held in Moscow.
Karim and Hazrat trained at Kabul's National Stadium under Sultan Mahmood, who had participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics as a wrestler.
Alfred Józef Kałuziński (December 21, 1952 in Kraków – September 4, 1997 in Klimkówka near Gorlice) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Armin Lemme (born October 28, 1955 in Packebusch, Saxony-Anhalt) is a former track and field athlete from East Germany who competed in the men's discus throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Formed after the dissolution of the West Indies Federation in 1962, the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) first competed at Olympic level at the 1968 Summer Olympics and has continued to compete at every Olympics since excluding the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
In Poland, the gesture is known as gest Kozakiewicza ("Kozakiewicz's gesture") after Władysław Kozakiewicz, who famously displayed this gesture after winning the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1980 Summer Olympics in front of a hostile crowd in Moscow.
She won the women's K-1 500 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
These are the official results of the Men's Individual Road Race at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Larson was selected for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team, but was unable to compete because U.S. President Jimmy Carter organized the boycott of the Moscow Olympics in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Nellie Kim- Soviet gymnast who received five golds and one silver medal at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.
He was a leading light in the setting up of the "athletes' union", the International Athletes' Club, he led opposition to Margaret Thatcher's call for sportsmen to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
He comes from a sporting family background; his father Peter won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in handball, and his mother Christina, also a handball player, won the silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 1980 Games.
František Štambachr or Štambacher, nicknamed "Štambi", (born 13 February 1953 in Čebín) is a former Czechoslovakian footballer, gold medalist with the Czechoslovakian Olympic Football Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
1980 Summer Olympics, Egypt Boycotted the Moscow Games in a United States led boycott to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Jasna Kolar-Merdan (born October 19, 1956 in Mostar) is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
His outstanding play with Penn State brought him to the attention of the national team and he was called up to the U-23 national team at the Pan American games and for preparations for the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Jürgen Fanghänel (born August 1, 1951 in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Saxony) is a retired male boxer, who won the bronze medal for East Germany in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Maxwell ("Max") Raymond Metzker (born 8 March 1960 in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa) was an Australian long distance freestyle swimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
In 1980 New Zealand sent a small rump team to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, although the government persuaded most local sporting bodies to join the boycott in protest at the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Born June 29, 1958 in Bollnäs, Gävleborg, he competed in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 m medley relay in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Phil Smyth, an Adelaide junior, was already seen as one of Australia's best point guard's when the National Basketball League first started in 1979, yet it took him until 1982 to actually play in the league, despite having represented Australia at the 1978 FIBA World Championship in the Philippines and at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
It was the last of three appearances at the Summer Olympics by a Rhodesian representation; Zimbabwe would make its first appearance at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Roland Wieser (born 6 May 1956, in Zschopau) is an East German racewalker who won the bronze medal in the 20 kilometer walk during the 1980 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:25:59 hours.
While aboard, on 19 July, they sent their greetings to the Olympians and wished them happy starts in the live communication between the station and the Central Lenin Stadium, where the opening ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics was held.
Thomas Knuths (born 31 August 1958 in Schwäbisch Gmünd) is a German former diver who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
His father, Gennady, finished seventh for the Soviet Union in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Werner Schildhauer (born June 5, 1959 in Dessau) is a retired German track and field athlete, who represented the former East Germany at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the 10,000 meter run and placed 7th behind his team mate Jörg Peter (see, for example, the Finnish-language book "The Great Olympic Book" / Suuri Olympiateos, volume 3, published in 1980).
The Men's Freestyle +100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Freestyle 100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Freestyle 52 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Freestyle 57 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Freestyle 82 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
Herbert Bauch (1957-) is a retired boxer, who represented East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.
Claudiu Eugen Ionescu, Romanian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
Hrihoriy Dmytrenko (born July 1, 1945) is a Ukrainian former rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics and for Ukraine in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.