Olympic Games Winner Medals 1980


Winner Medals

*Olympic Games*	*Moscow*	*1980*	*Soviet Union*

Design by: Ilya Postol, Moscow

Diameter: 59 mm

Weigth: 125 gr

Obverse:
Victory seated above stadium.

Reverse:
Olympic flame over stadium.

The USR gymnasts, winners in women`s team all-round competition.
From left: Stella Zakharova, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Elena Naimushina,
Nelli Kim, Maria Filatova and Elena Davydova

Copies of medals:

                          Gold      455
                          Silver     452
                          Bronze   467

According to the rules laid down in the Olympic Charter, the Organising Committee provided the award and the commemorative medals. The IOC endorsed the designs at its 80th Session in 1978.

The award medal was designed by Ilya Postol, a young sculptor from Moscow. The obverse bears the traditional Olympic symbol of victory: the goddess Nike holding a laurel wreath; in the lower right-hand corner, a fragment of the Colosseum, above it, the inscription in Cyrillic IGRY XXII Olimpiady. Moskva 1980 (Games of the XXII Olympiad. Moscow 1980)

The reverse depicts a stylised Olympic Bowl with burning flame against the background of a stadium arena. The upper right-hand segment, carries the insignia of the Moscow Olympics. The name of the sport appears on the rim. The medals are fastened to a ribbon bearing the official colours of the 1980 Games. The award medal ist 60 mm in diameter and 3 mm thick.

The gold medal is of Gold-plated (6 grams) fine silver (92,5 per cent); the silver medal, of fine silver (92,5 per cent); and the bronze medal, of tombac (copper with zinc).

(Source document: Official Report 1980, Vol. 2, page 423)

At the edge you can read the sports.

The shown medal has "Boxing" inscribed
in the Russian alphabet.

Presentation box


Winner Medals

*Olympic Games*	*Los Angeles*	*1984*	*USA*

Design by:   Giuseppe Cassioli
                     * 22.10.1865 + 05.10.1942
                       and Dugald Stermer

Diameter: 60 mm, 4 mm thick
Weigth: 137 gr

Obverse:
Victory seated above stadium.

Reverse:
Winner carried by jubilant athletes.

Fabrication of the medals 1984

The design and production of the medals was a long process that began in May 1983 and concluded with the delivery of the medals during the second week of July 1984.

Victory Ceremony: Canoeing 1,000 mtr
Larry Cain, Ulrich Eicke and Henning Jakobsen

The first place medal was gilded with 6.5 grams of 24 karat gold.

Copies of medals:

                               Gold         478
                               Silver        478
                               Bronze      498

In May 1983, the LAOOC signed a contract with Jostens, a leading manufacturer of commemorative rings, medallions and awards, to produce the charter-mandated medals, medallions and diplomas. Shortly thereafter, the first designs were produced for the gold, silver and bronze medals as well as separate designs for the demonstration sports medals for baseball and tennis.

The first designs were just a prelude to a long process of designing and redesigning prototypes for approval by the LAOOC. In a December 1983 approval meeting, the LAOOC asked to have the medals redesigned. Dugald Stermer, a well-known designer and artist, was asked to take over the designing of the medals.

( Source document: Official Report 1984,
Vol. 1, page 224)


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1948 London- 1952 Helsinki	1956 Melbourne - 1960 Rome	1964 Tokyo - 1968 Mexico City	1972 Munich - 1976 Montreal	1980 Moscow - 1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul - 1992 Barcelona	1996 Atlanta - 2000 Sydney	2004 Athens	2008 Beijing	2012 London

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