Host City Selection
The only two cities to bid for the 1980 Summer Olympics were Moscow and Los Angeles. The choice between them was made on 23 October 1974 in the 75th IOC Session in Vienna, Austria.
| 1980 Summer Olympics bidding result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | ||||
| Moscow | Soviet Union | 39 | ||||
| Los Angeles | United States | 20 | ||||
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Famous quotes containing the words host, city and/or selection:
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—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
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“When you consider the radiance, that it does not withhold
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—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)