Title:
Moscow 1980
Description:
Olympic Games Moscow 1980 Medals
Front: Seated Victory holding laurel wreath and palm branch with Colosseum in background. Legend right of Victory in Russian characters roguhtly translates to "Olympic Games Moscow 1980."
Back: Cauldron with Olympic flame over stadium. Moscow Games emblem at upper right. Name of sport engraved on edge in Russian.
Ribbon: Grosgrain ribbon in Grass Green-Green-Blue-Red-Ochre-Yellow
Medals presented in red plastic case
Designer: Giuseppe Cassioli and Ilya Postol (Reverse)
Mint: Moscow Mint
Front: Seated Victory holding laurel wreath and palm branch with Colosseum in background. Legend right of Victory in Russian characters roguhtly translates to "Olympic Games Moscow 1980."
Back: Cauldron with Olympic flame over stadium. Moscow Games emblem at upper right. Name of sport engraved on edge in Russian.
Ribbon: Grosgrain ribbon in Grass Green-Green-Blue-Red-Ochre-Yellow
Medals presented in red plastic case
Designer: Giuseppe Cassioli and Ilya Postol (Reverse)
Mint: Moscow Mint
Fun fact(s):
Nadia Comaneci (Romania) continued her dominance in women's gymnastics first displayed in 1976. In Moscow, she won two more silver and two more gold medals. In 1989, Comaneci defected from Romania. In 1996, she married Bart Conner and became an American citizen. The United States boycotted these Games.
More Info:
Gold medal awarded in gymnastics
Silver medal awarded in wrestling
Bronze medal awarded in fencing
Silver medal awarded in wrestling
Bronze medal awarded in fencing
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Front: Moscow 1980 gold medal, Victory with Colosseum in background
Front: Moscow 1980 silver medal, Victory with Colosseum in background
Front: Moscow 1980 bronze medal, Victory with Colosseum in background
Back: Moscow 1980 prize medals, Olympic flame over stadium & emblem
Front: Moscow 1980 gold medal, Victory with Colosseum in background
Front: Moscow 1980 silver medal, Victory with Colosseum in background
Front: Moscow 1980 bronze medal, Victory with Colosseum in background
Back: Moscow 1980 prize medals, Olympic flame over stadium & emblem