1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

The Closing Ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at 19:00 Moscow Time (UTC+3) on 3 August 1980 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. It was attended by the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Leonid Brezhnev. IOC President Lord Killanin closed the Games for the final time and passed the position on to Juan Antonio Samaranch.

There was no formal handover of the Ceremonial Olympic Flag planned as part of the protocol. This had been done at the Opening Ceremony when two representatives of 1976 host city Montreal, the final cauldron lighters Stephane Prefontaine and Sandra Henderson had arrived with the Flag. However, the United States–led boycott resulted in a change to the ritual in which three flags are raised at the closing. The flag of Los Angeles was raised instead of the flag of the United States, the next host nation; the Olympic Hymn was played in place of the United States National Anthem.