The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union. Another candidate in the bid to organize the Olympics was Los Angeles. The choice between them was made on October 23, 1974 in the 75th IOC session. Moscow defeated Los Angeles by 39 votes to 20. The yachting events were held in Tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football (soccer) tournament were held, besides Moscow, at the stadiums of Leningrad, Kiev, and Minsk. It was the first Games ever held in Eastern Europe.
The Olympic Stadium
Moscow – Luzhniki Stadium – 
(2.55/5)
Other Venues
Football – Dynamo Stadium (Moscow) – (2.75/5)
Volleyball – Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium – @ arenaatlas.com
Water polo – Olympic Pool, Moscow – (3.50/5)
Gymnastics, judo – Luzhniki Palace of Sports – @ arenaatlas.com
Volleyball – Druzhba Multipurpose Arena – @ arenaatlas.com
Basketball, boxing – Moscow Arena – @ arenaatlas.com
Basketball, modern pentathlon – CSKA Universal Sports Hall – @ arenaatlas.com
Hockey – Young Pioneers’ Stadium – (2.00/5)
Handball – Dvorec Sporta Dinamo – @ arenaatlas.com
Handball – Sokolniki Arena – @ arenaatlas.com
Football – Kirov Stadium – (2.50/5)
Football – Stadion Olimpiyskiy (held in Ukraine) – (3.67/5)
Football – Dinamo Stadion Minsk (held in Belarus) – (3.80/5)
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