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Aug 1, 1980
Nadia Comaneci won two gold medals but missed out on the uneven bars after taking a tumble
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Aug 1, 1980
Britain's Duncan Goodhew stormed to victory in the men's 100m breaststroke
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Aug 1, 1980
Alexander Dityatin won a medal in each of the eight gymnastics events, including three golds, and in so doing became the first athlete to win eight medals at an Olympics
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Aug 1, 1980
Daley Thompson's all-round class took him to gold in the decathlon
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Aug 1, 1980
Steve Ovett held off favourite Sebastian Coe to take gold in the 800m
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Aug 1, 1980
Miruts Yifter proved a class apart as he won gold in the 5000m and 10,000m
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Aug 1, 1980
Belgium's Hugo De Grauwe found the weight too much
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Aug 1, 1980
Yelena Naimushina routine on the beam helped USSR take gold in the team event
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Aug 1, 1980
Soviet weightlifter Sultan Rakhmanov lifted a combined weight of 440 kilograms to win the gold
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Aug 1, 1980
Sebastian Coe caused a huge shock by beating team-mate Steve Ovett in the 1500m final
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Aug 1, 1980
The Olympic flame burned in front of the ancient Novodevici Russian Orthodox monastery
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Aug 1, 1980
Red Square and the Kremlin was the impressive backdrop to the marathon
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Jul 25, 1980
Britain's Allan Wells wins the 100m Olympic gold medal
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