Moscow 1980 OC - The Olympic Rings / Finale

Two thousand athletes from the Trudoviye Reservy Sports Society formed the five Olympic rings on the field, with four-tier live "vases" in the middle of the rings.

In the finale all 16,000 participants in the programme came out onto the field. The athletes in the stands created a mosaic picture of the Earth with a star on it symbolising Moscow, host of the Games. The spectators continued to applaud long after the performers left the field.

Hope you enjoyed this vids. The Closing Ceremony will be uploaded soon...

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[international153]

Can you upload the parade of nations?

[bum254]

i must say.... this is one of the best and heart warming OC in the history of olympics...I find the US olympic OC very sloppy and a great waste of time and effort!!!! Russians, Greeks, Spanish and Chinese are the best!!!! They never had any cheerleader dancing like sluts during the olympics.

[94lbm]

I have to say it's one ofthe best opening I have ever seen. I hope world cup in russia will look even more amazing.

[chtovimenitebemojem]

@igor6539 воспитательница спрашивает детей:

— Дети, а в какой стране лучшие детсады?

Дети хором отвечают:

— В СССР!

— А в какой стране у детей самые лучшие игрушки?

— В СССР!

— А в какой стране дети самые нарядные?

— В СССР! тут видит, что Вовочка плачет. подходит к нему и спрашивает:

— Ты почему плачешь?

— Хочу ...хочу в СССР...

[RickWolff]

@nosuchpersonvideo Maybe I'm remembering the Winter Olympics. It was 1980, and that it made air, of that I'm certain. Or it was a contingency graphic, done before the ban.

[igor6539]

супер мне тогда четыре года было Хочу в СССР

[Egyglory]

oh my god i watched almost all the opening ceremonies of olympic games

and i discovered that beijing opening and closing ceremony was inspired from the previous ceremonies

this video for example shows that

the sketch at 1:14 look like the sketch of the chinese characters in 2008

and the acrobat column here similar to the one in closing ceremony in 2008

[nosuchpersonvideo]

This was 30 years ago today!

[nosuchpersonvideo]

@RickWolff What? NBC was supposed to air the Moscow Olympics in the USA, but when Jimmy Carter decided to go ahead with the Western boycott of these Games, NBC ended up only showing a few hours of highlights.

[lay4life]

Amazing!