The USGF International Invitational was a gymnastics tournament organized by the U.S. Gymnastics Federation (USGF) in Hartford, Connecticut as part of the U.S.-led 1980 Olympic boycott. Competitors were invited from nations not competing in the 1980 Olympic tournament in Moscow. Participants came from Japan, China, the USA, Switzerland, West Germany, Italy, Norway, Korea, Canada, New Zealand and Israel. Similar events in other Olympic sports included the Liberty Bell Classic in athletics.
Results
Men's Events Individual all-around 58.30 58.20none awarded –Floor 19.800 19.550 19.500Pommel horse 19.450 19.350 19.300 Vault 19.800 19.550 19.475Rings 19.60019.55019.500Parallel bars 19.750 19.65019.450Horizontal bar 19.600 19.550 19.500
Women's events
Individual all-around 38.800 38.600 38.350Vault 19.175 19.025 19.000Uneven bars 19.600 19.500 18.950Balance beam 19.700 19.300 18.950Floor 19.750 19.650 19.450
See also Gymnastics at the Friendship Games, similar event as part of the 1984 Soviet-led Olympic boycott
References
External links Hidden History: Amid 1980 Boycott, U.S. Gymnasts Turned To Hartford, Hartford Courant