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Moscow '80 Olympics - football, USSR.

Moscow '80 Olympics - football, USSR.

This poster displays 3 cities where football took place in the Moscow Olympic Games with their Olympic stadiums (Kiev,Leningrad and Minsk)

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.

On the other side, the poster depicts the Olympic flame which is a symbol used in the Olympic movement. It is also a symbol of continuity between ancient and modern games. Several months before the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, Greece.

Finally, there is an olive branch on the top of the poster which is a symbol of peace or victory allegedly deriving from the customs of ancient Greece, particularly regarding supplication to both the gods and persons in power and is found in most cultures of the Mediterranean basin.

The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on 20 July and ended on 2 August. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. Seven qualified countries did not participate joining the American-led boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

The football tournament was the most attended event on these Olympics: 1,821,624 spectators watched 32 matches of it at the stadiums.

Size: 39x53cm

Printed in the 80’s

Material: offset paper

Country: Russia,Soviet Union

This is guaranteed 100% soviet period item manufactured in the USSR.

This is not a recent issue,replica or tourist souvenir.

    £225.00Price
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