1986 Goodwill Games

International sports event October 2024 1986 Goodwill Games Moscow1986logo.png Official logo Moscow, Russian SFSR Soviet Union 1986 7 5 y 1986 7 20 y Seattle 1990 thumb|300px|The Goodwill Games inaugural opening ceremony at the Central Lenin Stadium The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The Games were a response to the Olympic boycotts of the period, which saw the United States refuse to attend the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, and the Soviet Union refusing to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Soviet athletes dominated the competition, winning 118 gold medals and 241 medals overall. The United States finished in second place, with 42 golds and 142 medals in total. Summary thumb|left|150px|Ted Turner of Turner Broadcasting created and funded the inaugural Goodwill Games A total of 3000 athletes from 79 nations took part in events in eighteen different sports. The Goodwill Games was the first time in ten years that elite athletes from Soviet Union and United States competed against each other in a major summer multi-sport event. In contrast to the selection methods of other major competitions, the Games was an invitation-only event. The event was broadcast over 129 hours on TBS in the United States.1986, The Inaugural Games http://www.goodwillgames.com/html/past_1986index.html Goodwill Games 31 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20090810203917/http://www.goodwillgames.com/html/past_1986frame.html 10 August 2009 dead The Goodwill Games, although commercial in nature, were not successful financially and Turner Broadcasting suffered millions of dollars of losses through its support of the event.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games (pgs. 164–168). McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. 0-7864-1026-4.https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/29/sports/goodwill-games-combine-capitalism-and-communism.html Litsky Frank The New York Times sec. 5 p. 3 Goodwill Games Combine Capitalism and Communism June 29, 1986 October 1, 2024 A number of sporting world records were set over the course of the Games. In the athletics competition, Sergey Bubka broke the pole vault record with a mark of 6.01 m, Jackie Joyner-Kersee broke the heptathlon record with a score of 7148 points, while Ben Johnson defeated Carl Lewis in the 100 metres to win his first major international title. Vladimir Salnikov broke the 800 m freestyle world record in the swimming competition with a time of 7:50.64. In the cycling events, Michael Hübner and Erika Salumäe set world records in the men's and women's 200 m flying start race, respectively. The 1986 FIBA World Basketball Championship in Madrid was broadcast on Ted Turner's network and were thus classified as the official Goodwill Games event for the men's sport. In the women's basketball competition, the United States team broke the Soviets' undefeated international run, which had grown to 152 victories. The 1986 Games also saw the first ever international motorcycle polo, or motoball, competition. Sports 22em Athletics Basketball Boxing Cycling Diving Gymnastics Handballhttp://todor66.com/handball/Other/Men_Goodwill_1986.html Men Handball Goodwill Games 1986 Todor66.com Krastev Todor 27 July 2020http://todor66.com/handball/Other/Women_Goodwill_1986.html Women Handball Goodwill Games 1986 Todor66.com Krastev Todor 27 July 2020 Judo Modern pentathlon 20px Motoball (Motoball at the 1986 Goodwill Games) Rowing Swimming Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting Participant countries 15em ALG ANG ARG AUS AUT BAH BAN BEL BEN BOL BOT BRA BUL BUR CAM CAN CHN COL CRC CIV CYP CSK DEN GDR ECU ETH FIN FRA GBR GRE HUN IND INA ISL IRL ITA JAM JAP KEN KUW LAO LBN MAD MEX MGL MAR MOZ NLD NZL NCA NGA PRK North Yemen NOR PER POL POR ROU SEN SEY YMD URS ESP SRI SUD SWE SUI SYR 1980 TAN TUN TUR USA URU VEN 1954 VIE FRG YUG ZIM Medal table thumb|Sergey Bubka won gold for the Soviet Union with a pole vault world record thumb|Erika Salumäe was another Soviet athlete to win with a world record 118 80 43 42 49 51 7 11 10 6 6 6 ROU 1965 4 7 20 2 3 6 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 GBR 1 0 1 1 0 0 ETH 1975 1 0 0 0 9 1 0 4 5 0 2 2 0 1 5 0 1 5 MGL 1945 0 1 2 VEN 1930 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 2 BRA 1968 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 References External links Official website Category:Goodwill Games Goodwill Games Goodwill Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Soviet Union Category:Sports competitions in Moscow Category:1986 in Moscow Category:Multi-sport events in the Soviet Union Category:July 1986 sports events in Europe