40 years to the Olympic Games-80. Memories of achievements of the Soviet athletes

Exactly 40 years ago, during the period from July 19 to August 3, in Moscow 2020 Summer Olympics 1980 in which the national team of the USSR was in the lead by quantity of gold awards took place. The USSR team won 80 gold, 69 silver, 46 bronze – only 195 medals among which 22 medals were won by swimmers. On the account of a national team of the USSR on swimming 1 world record which was established by Salnikov Vladimir in the heat final on 1500 m – 14.58,27, having become the first in the history who came up from fifteen minutes at this distance. And also 4 Olympic records established by Salnikov Vladimir (400 m...