Andorra at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Andorra
competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow
, USSR
. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
, Andorra competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.
Shooting
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan...
, Andorra competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.
ShootingShooting at the 1980 Summer OlympicsShooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi between July 20 and July 26. 7 events were contested. All events were mixed, i.e...
- Francesc Gaset Fris
- Joan Tomas Roca