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Logo of the second Games in Seattle
Logo of the second Games in Seattle

The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. In 1979 the invasion of Afghanistan caused the USA and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, an act reciprocated when the Soviet and other Eastern Bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Soviet war in Afghanistan, also known as the Soviet-Afghan War or just the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, was a nine-year conflict involving The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

The first Games, held in Moscow in 1986, featured 182 events and attracted over 3,000 athletes representing 79 countries. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of World records were set by Sergei Bubka (pole vault), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (heptathlon), and both the men and women's 200m cycle racing, by East Germany's Michael Hübner and the Soviet Union's Erika Salumäe, respectively. Pole vaulting is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long flexible pole (which today is usually made either of Fiberglass or Carbon fiber) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962 in East St Louis Illinois) is a retired American athlete ranked among the all-time greatest A heptathlon is a Track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events Erika Salumäe (born 11 June 1962 is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia after the country regained its World records also fell at the 1990 games in Seattle, to Mike Barrowman in the 200m breaststroke and Nadezhda Ryashkina in the 10km walk. Michael ("Mike" Ray Barrowman (born December 4, 1968 in Costa Mesa California) was an Olympic swimmer for the United States

The 1994 Games were held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the first competition since the Soviet Union had been replaced by fifteen independent republics. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Russians set five world records in the weightlifting section, and the games were the first major international event to feature beach volleyball, which would appear at the Olympics for the first time at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell Ted Turner's last games were in 1998 in New York City, with memorable highlights including Joyner-Kersee winning her fourth straight heptathlon title, and the U. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York S. 4x400m relay team setting a world's best time.

The games were later bought from Turner by Time Warner Australia, who organised the 2001 event, before announcing that it would be the last. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. The 2001 edition witnessed Australia win the most medals with 75, but it received very low television ratings in the United States. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television Nevertheless, critics praised Turner Network Television for showing the games live, rather than on tape delay. Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned

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Summer Goodwill Games

Winter Goodwill Games

Trivia

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