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Moscow 1980: Games of the XXII Olympiad

Opening Ceremony (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Sport

Coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the XXII Summer Olympic Games, held in Moscow.
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Updated Jul 19, 1980

Release date
Jul 19, 1980 (Soviet Union)

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82 cast members
Name Known for
John Akii-Bua
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Uganda) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Uganda)   See fewer
Vasile Andrei
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Romania) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Romania)   See fewer
Nikolay Andrianov
Self - Olympic Oath Taker Self - Olympic Oath Taker   See fewer
Nikolay Balboshin
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Soviet Union) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Soviet Union)   See fewer
Sergei Belov
Self - Olympic Torch Bearer / Lit the Olympic Cauldron Self - Olympic Torch Bearer / Lit the Olympic Cauldron   See fewer
Birgir Borgþórsson
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Iceland) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Iceland)   See fewer
Denise Boyd
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Australia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Australia)   See fewer
Leonid Brezhnev
Self - Soviet Leader Self - Soviet Leader   See fewer
Francis Chetcuti
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Malta) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Malta)   See fewer
Hasely Crawford
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Trinidad and Tobago) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Trinidad and Tobago)   See fewer
Esbela da Fonseca
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Portugal) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Portugal)   See fewer
João Carlos de Oliveira
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Brazil) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Brazil)   See fewer
Casimir Casey De Pereira
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Seychelles) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Seychelles)   See fewer
Mamadou Diallo
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Guinea) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Guinea)   See fewer
Zevegiin Düvchin
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mongolia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mongolia)   See fewer
Kayode Elegbede
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Nigeria) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Nigeria)   See fewer
Antonio Esparragoza
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Venezuela) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Venezuela)   See fewer
Karl Ferstl
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Austria) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Austria)   See fewer
Raimundo Franisse
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mozambique) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mozambique)   See fewer
Étienne Loco Gbodolle
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Benin) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Benin)   See fewer
James Gilkes
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Guyana) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Guyana)   See fewer
Carlos Girón
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mexico) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mexico)   See fewer
Viktor Grishin
Self - First Secretary of the Moscow Gorkom Self - First Secretary of the Moscow Gorkom   See fewer
Ilias Hatzipavlis
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Greece) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Greece)   See fewer
Sandra Henderson
Self - 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Torch Bearer Self - 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Torch Bearer   See fewer
István Ifj. Szívós
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Hungary) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Hungary)   See fewer
Abdul Ismail
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mozambique) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mozambique)   See fewer
Aleksandr Ivanitskiy
Self - Sports Commentator Self - Sports Commentator   See fewer
Nuri Kaheil
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Libya) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Libya)   See fewer
Wilfred Kareng
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Botswana) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Botswana)   See fewer
Aleksandr Kaverznev
Self - Commentator (voice) Self - Commentator (voice)   See fewer
Amera Khalif
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Jordan) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Jordan)   See fewer
Panh Khemanith
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Laos) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Laos)   See fewer
Michael Killanin
Self - IOC President (as Lord Killanin) Self - IOC President (as Lord Killanin)   See fewer
Solange Koulinka
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Republic of the Congo) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Republic of the Congo)   See fewer
Czeslaw Kwiecinski
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Poland) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Poland)   See fewer
Xiomara Larios
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Nicaragua) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Nicaragua)   See fewer
Valentina Leontyeva
Self - Commentator (voice) Self - Commentator (voice)   See fewer
Jørgen Lindhardsen
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Denmark) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Denmark)   See fewer
Matija Ljubek
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Yugoslavia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Yugoslavia)   See fewer
Fernando Lopes
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Angola) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Angola)   See fewer
Bishnu Malakar
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Nepal) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Nepal)   See fewer
Aleksandr Medved
Self - Olympic Oath Judge Self - Olympic Oath Judge   See fewer
Herminio Menéndez
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Spain) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Spain)   See fewer
Alberto Mercado
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Puerto Rico) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Puerto Rico)   See fewer
Max Metzker
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Australia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Australia)   See fewer
John Mugabi
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Uganda) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Uganda)   See fewer
Damiano Musonda
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Zambia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Zambia)   See fewer
Vítezslav Mácha
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Czechoslovakia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Czechoslovakia)   See fewer
Brian Newth
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (New Zealand) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (New Zealand)   See fewer
Manh Tuan Nguyen
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Vietnam) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Vietnam)   See fewer
Namakoro Niaré
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mali) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Mali)   See fewer
Abel Nkhoma
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Zimbabwe) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Zimbabwe)   See fewer
Ignatiy Novikov
Self - Chairman of the Moscow Olympic Organizing Committee Self - Chairman of the Moscow Olympic Organizing Committee   See fewer
Nicolas Owona
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Cameroon) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Cameroon)   See fewer
Nikolai Ozerov
Self - Sports Commentator Self - Sports Commentator   See fewer
Richard Palmer
Self - National Team's Flagbearer / Delegation Official (Great Britain) Self - National Team's Flagbearer / Delegation Official (Great Britain)   See fewer
Kostas Papakostas
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Cyprus) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Cyprus)   See fewer
María París
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Costa Rica) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Costa Rica)   See fewer
Marisela Peralta
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Dominican Republic) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Dominican Republic)   See fewer
Walter Perón
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Peru) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Peru)   See fewer
Stig Pettersson
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Sweden) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Sweden)   See fewer
Enrique Peña
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Colombia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Colombia)   See fewer
Leonid Popov
Self - Soviet Cosmonaut / Salyut 6 Crew Member Self - Soviet Cosmonaut / Salyut 6 Crew Member   See fewer
Stéphane Préfontaine
Self - 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Torch Bearer Self - 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Torch Bearer   See fewer
Abdul Jabbar Rahima
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Iraq) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Iraq)   See fewer
Sylvain Rajefiarison
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Madagascar) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Madagascar)   See fewer
Kristina Richter
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (East Germany) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (East Germany)   See fewer
Joan Tomas Roca
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Andorra) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Andorra)   See fewer
Ken Ryan
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Ireland) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Ireland)   See fewer
Valeriy Ryumin
Self - Soviet Cosmonaut / Salyut 6 Crew Member Self - Soviet Cosmonaut / Salyut 6 Crew Member   See fewer
Viktor Saneev
Self - Olympic Games Torch Bearer Self - Olympic Games Torch Bearer   See fewer
Myint Sann
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Burma) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Burma)   See fewer
Oscar Schmidt
Self - Basketball Player (Brazil) Self - Basketball Player (Brazil)   See fewer
Carlos Silva
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Guatemala) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Guatemala)   See fewer
Randhir Singh
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (India) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (India)   See fewer
Teófilo Stevenson
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Cuba) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Cuba)   See fewer
Peter Tallberg
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Finland) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Finland)   See fewer
Aleksandar Tomov
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Bulgaria) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Bulgaria)   See fewer
Nancy Vallecilla
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Ecuador) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Ecuador)   See fewer
Djamel Yahiouche
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Algeria) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Algeria)   See fewer
Miruts Yifter
Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Ethiopia) Self - National Team's Flagbearer (Ethiopia)   See fewer
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