Liberty Bell Classic
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The Liberty Bell Classic (often referred to as Olympic Boycott Games) was an event held at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on July 16 and 17, 1980, by 29 of the boycotting countries of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics as an alternative to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. It began on July 16, shortly before the 1980 Summer Olympics opened on July 19. In some events, the times were better than those in Moscow, such as American Renaldo Nehemiah's time of 13.31 in the 110m hurdles ahead of East German gold medal winner Thomas Munkelt's time of 13.39. Earlier in the year, the United States had considered holding other games in Côte d'Ivoire, Italy, Japan, West Germany or China.[1] A similar event was held in 1984 by boycotting countries of the 1984 Summer Olympics, called the Friendship Games. However, many of the 140 nations that took part in the 1984 Olympics also took part in the Friendship Games. In turn, the Friendship Games led to the birth in 1986 of the Goodwill Games, which were financed by Ted Turner.
Contents
Participating countries
29 countries participated in the event, many of which had taken part in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, including:
Medal summary
Athletics
Men's events
Women's events
See also
- 1980 Summer Olympics boycott
- 1980 in athletics (track and field)
- 1980 World Championships in Athletics
- Politics and sports
References
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1980 in athletics (track and field)
- 1980 Summer Olympics
- Boycotts of events
- Penn Quakers
- Sports in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania
- 1980 in Pennsylvania
- Politics and sports
- Track and field competitions in the United States
- International sports competitions hosted by the United States