The Liberty Bell Classic (often referred to as Olympic Boycott Games) was an event held at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 in Philadelphia in 1980 by 29 of the boycotting countries of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics as an alternative to 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

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. Participating nations included the United States

United States

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, Canada

Canada

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, the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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, Egypt

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, Thailand

Thailand

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, West Germany

West Germany

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, Sudan

Sudan

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 and Kenya

Kenya

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. It began on July 16, shortly before the 1980 Summer Olympics opened on July 19. In some events, the times were better than those in Moscow, such as American

United States

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 Renaldo Nehemiah

Renaldo Nehemiah

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's time of 13.31 in the 110m hurdles ahead of East German gold medal winner Thomas Munkelt

Thomas Munkelt

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's time of 13.39. Earlier in the year, the United States had previously considered holding other games in Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

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, Italy

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, Japan

Japan

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, West Germany or China. A similar event was held in 1984 by boycotting countries of the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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, called the Friendship Games

Friendship Games

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.

Participating countries

29 countries of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics participated in this Games.

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Men's events

100 meters		10.31		10.31		10.33
200 meters		20.65		20.66		20.92
400 meters		45.59		45.60		45.79
800 meters		1:47.19		1:47.27		1:48.03
1500 meters		3:40.19		3:40.34		3:41.40
5000 meters		13:37.52		13:45.77		13:45.77
110 meter hurdles		13.31		13.68		13.94
400 meter hurdles		48.6		49.1		50.0
4×100 meter relay	United States	38.61	Canada	39.54	Thailand	41.29
4×400 meter relay	United States	3:03.20	Kenya	3:05.72	Sudan	3:04.76
High jump		2.26 m		2.26 m		2.22 m
Long jump		8.20 m		7.95 m		7.77 m
Triple jump		16.90 m		16.75 m		16.42 m
Pole vault		5.50 m		5.33 m		5.18 m
Shot put		19.69 m		19.58 m	only two competitors entered
Discus throw		61.46 m		60.76 m		59.48 m
Javelin throw		89.12 m		84.56 m		79.24 m
Hammer throw		72.62 m		71.34 m		69.08 m
Decathlon		8058		8009		7015

Women's events

100 meters		11.27		11.41		11.43
200 meters		22.77		22.84		23.41
400 meters		52.04		52.33		52.34
800 meters		2:02.34		2:02.53		2:02.63
1500 meters		4:00.87		4:10.37		4:10.39
100 meter hurdles		13.08		13.17		13.20
4×100 meter relay	United States	44.57	West Germany	45.26	Thailand	46.90
4×400 meter relay	United States	3:32.69	Canada	3:33.50
High jump		1.92 m		1.84 m		1.80 m
Long jump		6.65 m		6.60 m		6.48 m
Shot put		17.09 m (OR)		16.24 m		15.98 m
Discus throw		56.56 m		55.20 m		53.52 m
Javelin throw		57.42 m		55.30 m		54.94 m
Pentathlon		4640		4346		4314

External links

• Olympic Boycott Games
• The Olympic Games and Modern history