1980 Summer Olympics torch relay

Host city	Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Countries visited	Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Soviet Union (now Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Russia)
Distance	5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi)
Torch bearers	5,435
Start date	November 27, 1993
End date	February 12, 1994
Torch designer	Boris Tutschin

The 1980 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from June 19, 1980 until July 19, 1980 prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The route covered around 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) and involved over 5,435 torchbearers. Sergei Belov lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.

Route

Route	Map
Olympia Patras Corinth Athens Thebes Larissa Veria Thessaloniki Serres	Olympia Patras Corinth Athens Thebes Larissa Veria Thessaloniki Serres
Blagoevgrad Sofia Plovdiv Shipka Veliko Tarnovo Pleven Ruse	Blagoevgrad Sofia Plovdiv Shipka Veliko Tarnovo Pleven Ruse
Giurgiu Bucharest Ploiești Buzău Bacău Roman Iași	Giurgiu Bucharest Ploiești Buzău Bacău Roman Iași
Leușeni Chișinău Bălți Chernivtsi Khmelnytskyi Vinnytsia Zhytomyr Kiev Lubny Poltava Chutove Raion Kharkiv Belgorod Kursk Kromy Orel Tula Serpukhov Podolsk Minsk Leningrad Tallinn Moscow	Leușeni Chișinău Bălți Chernivtsi Khmelnytskyi Vinnytsia Zhytomyr Kiev Lubny Poltava Chutove Raion Kharkiv Belgorod Kursk Kromy Orel Tula Serpukhov Podolsk Minsk Leningrad Tallinn Moscow

External links

• IOC website for 1980 torch relay