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1980 World Championships in Athletics

Index 1980 World Championships in Athletics

The 1980 World Championships in Athletics was the second global, international athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). [1]

43 relations: Anne Audain, Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Aurora Cunha, Bärbel Broschat, Birgit Friedmann, Breda Pergar, Célestine N'Drin, Charlotte Teske, Christine Warden, De Baandert, Eastern Bloc, Ellen Fiedler, Eva Ernström, Geri Fitch, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Ingrid Kristiansen, International Association of Athletics Federations, International Olympic Committee, Julie Shea, Karoline Nemetz, Liberty Bell Classic, List of World Championships in Athletics records, Long-distance running, Lynette Foreman, Montserrat Pujol (Spanish athlete), Netherlands, Olga Commandeur, Penny Werthner, Petra Pfaff, Sittard, Soviet Union, Sport of athletics, Wendy Smith-Sly, Western Bloc, World championship, 1976 World Championships in Athletics, 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, 1983 World Championships in Athletics, 3000 metres, 400 metres hurdles, 50 kilometres race walk.

Anne Audain

Anne Frances Audain (née Garrett, born 1 November 1955) is a New Zealand middle and long-distance runner.

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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics.

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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events.

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Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

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Aurora Cunha

Aurora Cunha (born May 31, 1959 in Ronfe, near Guimarães) is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, living in Póvoa de Varzim.

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Bärbel Broschat

Bärbel Broschat, née Klepp (born 2 November 1957 in Magdeburg) is a retired East German 400 metres hurdler.

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Birgit Friedmann

Birgit Friedmann (born 8 April 1960) is a German former middle- and long-distance runner who competed in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres for West Germany.

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Breda Pergar

Breda Pergar (22 February 1953 – 27 April 1989) was a middle distance and long distance runner from Yugoslavia.

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Célestine N'Drin

Célestine N'Drin (born 20 July 1963) is a Côte d'Ivoire track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres.

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Charlotte Teske

Charlotte Teske (née Bernhardt; born November 23, 1949 in Sachsenhausen, a neighborhood in Waldeck, Hesse) is a former female long-distance runner from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Christine Warden

Christine Warden (née Ηοwell; born 26 December 1950) is an English former 400 metres hurdler.

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De Baandert

De Baandert was a multi-use stadium in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands.

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Eastern Bloc

The Eastern Bloc was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact.

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Ellen Fiedler

Ellen Fiedler, (née Neumann, born 26 November 1958 in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German 400 metres hurdler.

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Eva Ernström

Eva Margareta Ernström (2 September 1961 – 8 November 2017) was a Swedish long-distance runner.

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Geri Fitch

Geraldine Fitch (born 7 April 1954) is a Canadian long-distance runner.

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics

The IAAF World Championships, commonly referred to as the World Championships in Athletics, is a biennial athletics event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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Ingrid Kristiansen

Ingrid Kristiansen (née Christensen on 21 March 1956) is a Norwegian former athlete.

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International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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Julie Shea

Julie Shea is a runner and politician.

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Karoline Nemetz

Karoline Nemetz (married name: Ettemark; born 28 June 1958) is a Swedish former middle- and long-distance runner.

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Liberty Bell Classic

The Liberty Bell Classic was a 1980 track and field athletics event organized by The Athletics Congress as part of the 1980 Olympic boycott and held at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on July 16 and 17, 1980.

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List of World Championships in Athletics records

The World Championships in Athletics is a biennial event which began in 1983.

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Long-distance running

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least eight kilometres (5 miles).

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Lynette Foreman

Lynette May "Lyn" Foreman (née Young; born 5 March 1957) is a former champion hurdler who competed for Western Australia and Australia from 1979 to 1982.

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Montserrat Pujol (Spanish athlete)

Montserrat Pujol Clusellas (born 27 April 1961 in Sabadell) is a retired Spanish hurdler and middle-distance runner.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Olga Commandeur

Olga Alida Divera Commandeur (born 30 October 1958) is a Dutch television presenter and track and field athlete.

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Penny Werthner

Penny Werthner (born July 5, 1951 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the women's 1.500 metres.

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Petra Pfaff

Petra Pfaff (born 16 October 1960 in Hoyerswerda) is a retired East German 400 metres hurdler.

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Sittard

Sittard is a city in the Netherlands, situated in the southernmost province of Limburg.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Wendy Smith-Sly

Wendy Sly MBE (née Smith, born 5 November 1959) is a British former athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metres.

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Western Bloc

The Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to the countries allied with the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.

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World championship

A world championship is generally an international sports competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport or contest.

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1976 World Championships in Athletics

The 1976 World Championships in Athletics was the first global, international athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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1980 Summer Olympics boycott

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983.

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3000 metres

The 3000 metres or 3000-meter run is a track running event, also commonly known as the 3K or 3K run, where 7.5 laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.

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400 metres hurdles

The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event.

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50 kilometres race walk

The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_World_Championships_in_Athletics

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