Moscow'80 Olympics athletics, sport art vintage poster.

Eighty nations were represented at the Moscow Games, the smallest number since 1956. Led by the United States, 66 countries boycotted the games entirely because of the Soviet–Afghan War. Some athletes from some of the boycotting countries (not included in the list of 66 countries that boycotted the games entirely) participated in the games under the Olympic Flag.The Soviet Union would later boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals, with the USSR and East Germany winning 127 out of 203 available golds.
 
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow) between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.
 
Size: 48x32cm
 
Printed in 1980
 
Artist: Anatoly Karmatsky
 
Circulation: 80000 copies
 
Material: coated paper
 
Publisher: "Plakat"
 
Made in Moscow,Russia,Soviet Union
 
Condition: good