The summer Olympic Games in 1980
The first Summer Olympic Games from the decade of 1980, in Moscow, in the ancient Soviet Union. This was the edition with the smallest number of participants since Melbourne, in 1956, because of the biggest boycott of the Olympic history, when the policy influence in the sport has arrived in its highest point and decisive.
In the end of 1979, with a protest against the soviet invasion in the Afeganistão, the president of the USA Jimmy Carter announced the boycott from his nation to the Olympic Games in Moscow in the following year, calling his allies by the world to give the same example; 69 countries.
Summer Olympic Games of 1984
The next Summer Olympic Games was in Los Angeles, in USA, in the year of 1984. This edition also suffered a boycott, bust this time the countries of the ancient socialist block, because of the boycott in the Olympic games of Moscow, realized in four years ago.
Although the boycott that once more prejudice the technical level of so much modalities dominated by the Europeans from the east and by the Cubans, Los Angeles was the only candidate for the focus of this games.
The opening ceremony, was made by the president Ronald Reagan, it happened in the same Olympic stadium where were realized the first Olympic games in Los Angeles in 1932.
Bust the most important thing of this games was the speech, made by the president of the organizing committee months after its end, that they had given a profit of 200 million of dollars, what caused that the Olympic games could be economically viable, departing the shadow of a extinction caused by the economical impossibility that was under them.
Summer Olympic Games 1988
The next Summer Olympic games that were realized in Seul, the capital of South Korea, in the year of 1988. After the boycotts in the three pasts games, this one had the presence of the nations of all the world, the exception of North Korea, that doesn´t have their demand attended for a participation as the olimpial focus and Cuba.
The games of Seul will be always remembered by its most outstanding facts, the scandal with the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, that had his gold medal and his worldwide record in the tests of 100 dash meters repealed by he had run doped.
World Cup of 1986
The world cup fifa of 1986 was the second world cup of the 80´s decade.
This cup was offered by fifa to be realized in Brazil, bust the govern of Jose Sarney refused the invitation. So the cup was accepted by Mexico. Not even the earthquakes one year before the worldwide putted in risk the realization of the cup.
That was a cup that the biggest name was with no doubt Diego Armando Maradona. After the humiliation of 1982, Argentina was coming with a renewed team.
World cup of 1982
The first world cup of the decade was in 1982, and it was for the first time with 24 selections, between them so many rookies. 105 countries participated of the eliminatory. The championship was in Spain.
The cup was marked by offensive and creative soccer of the Brazilian selection, commanded by Tele Santana. But Italy finished by eliminating the canarians and took the cup.
The Brazilian Sport in the decade of 80
The decade of 80 marked the legacy of one of the names of worldwide motoring, Nelson Piquet that was three times champion of formula 1, 1981-1983-1987.
In female basketball Brazil launched more one exceptional athlete, Hortencia Marcari that was elected by the American press that “queen of basketball”
In volleyball Brazil defeated the URSS in a historical math in maracana in 1983.
Emerson Fittipaldi that was a big name of motoring too won the 500 miles of Indianapolis in 1989, the busiest runway to win in the USA.
In the decade of 80, the history isn´t just motoring but the worldwide sport, it was marked by Ayrton Senna da Silva. The Brazilian pilot was for the first time worldwide champion by formula 1 in the year of 1988, being the champion two more times in 1990 and 1991.
