1980 Summer Olympics torch relay

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. Basketball player and Olympic champion Sergei Belov lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.^[1]

Host city	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Countries visited	Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Soviet Union (now Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Russia)
Distance	5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi)
Torchbearers	5,435
Start date	June 19, 1980
End date	July 19, 1980
Torch designer	Boris Tutschin

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