For the 1980 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-eight sports venues were used. The first venue used for the Games was built in 1923. With the creation of the Spartakiad in Moscow in 1928, more venues were constructed. Central Lenin Stadium Grand Arena was built in 1956 for that year's versions of the Spartkiad. A plan in 1971 to construct more sports venues by 1990 was initiated, but accelerated in 1974 when Moscow was awarded the 1980 Games. The new venues to be used for the Games were completed in 1979. During the Games themselves at the permanent road cycling venue, the first ever constructed, the largest margin of victory was recorded in the individual road race cycling event since 1928. The Grand Arena hosted the football final that was played in a rainstorm for the third straight Olympics. After the 1991 break of the Soviet Union, the venues in Kiev, Minsk, and Tallinn would be located in Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia, respectively. Luzhniki Stadium, formerly Grand Arena, continues to be used, and it was affected by the Luzhniki disaster in 1982. The stadium served as host for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2013. Another venue, the Moscow Canoeing and Rowing Basin, served as host to the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2014. In December 2010, Russia was awarded the 2018 FIFA World Cup with Luzhniki Stadium and Dynamo Stadium proposed as venues for those events.
Venues Central Lenin Stadium Area VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Druzhba Multipurpose Arena Volleyball 3,9001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 61-4. Accessed 18 November 2010. Grand Arena Athletics, Equestrian (jumping individual), Football (final), Opening/closing ceremonies 91,2511980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 48-51. Accessed 18 November 2010. Minor Arena Volleyball (final) 8,5121980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 52-4. Accessed 18 November 2010. Swimming Pool Water polo 10,5001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 55-7. Accessed 18 November 2010. Sports Palace Gymnastics, Judo 13,7661980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 58-60. Accessed 18 November 2010. Streets of Moscow Athletics (20 km/ 50 km walk, marathon) Not listed.1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 45. Accessed 18 November 2010.
Olympiysky Sports Complex VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Indoor Stadium Basketball (final), Boxing 33,9701980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 67-71. Accessed 18 November 2010. Swimming Pool Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water polo (final) 13,0001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 72-5. Accessed 18 November 2010.
CSKA Area VenueSportsCapacity Ref. CSKA Athletics Fieldhouse Wrestling 8,5001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 82-5. Accessed 18 November 2010. CSKA Football Fieldhouse Fencing, Modern pentathlon (fencing) 8,500 CSKA Palace of Sports Basketball 5,500
Dynamo Stadium VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena Football 50,4751980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 76-9. Accessed 18 November 2010. Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena Field hockey 8,000 Dynamo Palace of Sports Handball 5,000 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 86-9. Accessed 18 November 2010.
Krylatskoye Park VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Krylatskoye Sports Complex Archery Field Archery 3,0001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 95-6. Accessed 18 November 2010. Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin Canoeing, Rowing 21,6001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 530. Accessed 19 January 2023. Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit Cycling (individual road race) 4,2671980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 102-3. Accessed 18 November 2010. Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome Cycling (track) 6,0001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 97-101. Accessed 18 November 2010.
Other venues in Moscow VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex Equestrian (all but jumping individual), Modern pentathlon (riding, running) 12,000 (jumping)3,000 (dressage)2,000 (indoor arena)400 (eventing endurance)1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 104-10. Accessed 18 November 2010. Young Pioneers Stadium Field hockey (final) 5,0001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 80-1. Accessed 18 November 2010. Dynamo Shooting Range Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting 2,3301980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 118-21. Accessed 18 November 2010. Izmailovo Sports Palace Weightlifting 5,0001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 112-4. Accessed 18 November 2010. Sokolniki Sports Palace Handball (final) 6,8001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 114-7. Accessed 18 November 2010.
Football venues VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Dynama Stadium (Minsk) Football 50,1251980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 123. Accessed 18 November 2010. Kirov Stadium (Leningrad) Football 74,0001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 122. Accessed 18 November 2010. Republican Stadium (Kiev) Football 100,1691980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 122-3. Accessed 18 November 2010.
Outside of Moscow VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Moscow-Minsk Highway Cycling (road team time trial) 1,8001980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1, p. 103. Accessed 18 November 2010. Olympic Regatta in Tallinn Sailing Not listed 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 241-58. Accessed 18 November 2010.
Before the Olympics The oldest venue for the games was Republican Stadium in Kiev, which was constructed in 1923. Dynamo Central Stadium's Grand Arena in Moscow was constructed in 1928 for the first Spartakiad.Serious Fun (1993). . New York: Oxford University Press. p. 38.1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 86. Accessed 21 November 2010. Young Pioneers Stadium was constructed between 1932 and 1934. For the 1956 Spartakiad, four venues were constructed, most notably Central Lenin Stadium Grand Arena (now Luzhniki Stadium) in 1956.History of Olympic Stadium Luzhniki: 1956-2010. Accessed 21 November 2010. The Canoeing and Rowing Basin was constructed in 1973 for the European Rowing Championships. Moscow first bid for the Olympic Games in 1970 for the 1976 Summer Olympics, losing out to Montreal, Quebec. Accessed 21 November 2010. Four years later, it beat out Los Angeles for the 1980 Summer Games. One of the new venues constructed was the cycling circuit at the Krylatskoye Sports Circuit that was the first permanent venue for road cycling. Plans to build some of the venues used for the 1980 Games were in place in 1971 with expected completion to be in 1990, a year before the fall of the Soviet Union.1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 42. Accessed 21 November 2010. These were done in six different venues and the new venues were completed by 1979.
During the Olympics The men's individual road race cycling event featured the largest margin of victory in the event since 1928 when gold medalist Sergei Sukhoruchenkov of the Soviet Union pulled away from the pack with remaining though that event was an individual time trial event.Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Cycling: Men's Road Race". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 515. At the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Swimming Pool during the men's springboard diving final, the noise of the men's 100 m butterfly which was going on at the same time, created issues during one Soviet diver Aleksandr Portnov's dives.Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Diving: Men's Springboard". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 542. Portnov turned a two-and-a-half backward somersault into a belly flop. He protested immediately, was awarded as redive which he did perfectly and won gold. Similar protests from divers representing East Germany, Italy, and Mexico followed, but they were disallowed. This resulted in protests outside of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City because of the decision. Luzhniki hosted the football final that was held for the third straight Olympics in a rainstorm.Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Football (Soccer): Men". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 660. In that final, Czechoslovakia defeated East Germany 1–0 in a game that had four cautions and two expulsions.FIFA.com Summer Olympics Moscow Luzhniki 2 August 1980 TCH-GDR final results. Accessed 21 November 2010.
After the Olympics Moscow hosted the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1981.Gymn-forum.net listing of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: 1954-2007. Accessed 21 November 2010. The city also hosted the World Amateur Boxing Championships eight years later.Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl listing of the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Accessed 21 November 2010.
Following the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, the erstwhile Olympic venues were divided between four of the new states. The regatta in Tallinn was now in Estonia, Dynama Stadium in Minsk was now in Belarus, and the Kiev Republican Stadium is called Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Ukraine.History of Pirita River near Tallinn. Accessed 21 November 2010. Dinamo-Minsk football club profile. Accessed 21 November 2010. History of Republican Stadium Kiev. Accessed 21 November 2010.
Luzhniki Stadium, then as Grand Lenin Stadium, had a human crush disaster on 20 October 1982 during a second round UEFA Cup football match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem of the Netherlands. The disaster has since become known as the Luzhniki disaster.Memorial to Luzhniki disaster. Accessed 21 November 2010. Luzhniki served as host for the World Championships in Athletics in 2013.IAAF.org list of competitions for 2012 and 2013. Accessed 21 November 2010. In December 2010, Russia was awarded the 2018 FIFA World Cup with Luzhniki and Dynamo Grand Stadium being proposed as venues for the Cup.FIFA.com 2018 FIFA World Cup Bid Evaluation: Russia. p. 11. Accessed 2 December 2010.
The Moscow Canoeing and Rowing Basin served as host for the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2014.ICF Bidding Questionnaire: 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Moscow. Accessed 21 November 2010.
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