Bids for the 1980 Summer Olympics

Bids for the 1980 Summer Olympics
Overview · Moscow Los Angeles
1980 Summer Olympics
Details

Committee	IOC
Election venue	Vienna 75th IOC Session
Important dates
Decision	13 October 1974
Decision
Winner	Moscow (39 votes)
Runner-up	Los Angeles (20 votes)

The selection process for the 1980 Summer Olympics consisted of two bids, and saw Moscow be selected ahead of Los Angeles at the 75th IOC Session in Vienna, Austria on 13 October 1974. Both cities had failed in their bids for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Los Angeles would ultimately be awarded the 1984 Summer Olympics four years later.^[1]

Results

IOC voting^[1]
City	Country	Round 1
Moscow	Soviet Union	39
Los Angeles	United States	20

References

^ ^a ^b "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml. Retrieved 15 March 2011.

Bids for the Olympic Games

Summer Olympics	1896¹ 1900¹ 1904¹ 1908 1912² 1916³ 1920 1924 1928 1932² 1936 1940³ 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984² 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Winter Olympics	1924¹ 1928 1932 1936 1940⁴ 1944³ 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980² 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Youth Olympics	2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

1 – Games handed without bids submitted; 2 – Only one bid submitted; 3 – Bids submitted but no Games celebration; 4 – No bids submitted and no Games celebration