Olympic Regattas - 1980 Moscow

Stamp GAM 1995 Aug. 17th - OG Atlanta 1996 - Pertti Karppinen, three times M1X Olympic champion (1976, 1980 and 1984)

MI 2154

SC 1652

Pertti Karppinen also won the M1X gold medal

at WRC Bled 1979 and WRC Hazewinkel 1985
Stamp GDR 1980 Apr. 22nd - OG Moscow : Painting °Leipziger Vierer° by Wilfried Falkenthal (1975) depicting - from left to right - Wolfgang Mager, Stefan Semmler, Andeas Decker and stroke Siegtfried Brietzke (GDR), M4- gold medal winners OG Montreal 1976

       MI 2505

       SC 2099

       SG E 2226

       YV 2167
Stamp GEQ 1978 Jan. 25th OG Moscow (perforated & imperforated)

       MI 1301

       SC 7841

       YV 159-B

MI A1301

The ROWING regatta took place at Moscow - not at Tallinn where the SAILING competitions were held.

White vest with red hoop and black- red-golden blades are the colours of GER. This nation boycotted the Moscow Games 1980.

So the renewal of the fight for gold in the M1X between Karppinen (FIN) and Kolbe (GER) had to be postponed till Los Angeles 1984.
Stamp GEQ 1978 Jan. 25th OG Moscow SS (perforated & imperforated) with Olympic pictogram No. 4

       MI SS 289

       SC 7847

       SC 7848

The Olympic rowing regatta took place at Moscow - only the sailing competitions were

held at Tallin
Stamp MLI 2010 SS - OG Moscow 30th anniversary (perforated and imperforated) - Duncan Free (AUS), Olympic pictogram No. 5 in background

The designer selected Duncan Free for illustration though at the time of OG 1980 the sculler was seven years old, and AUS boycotted the Moscow Games.

Duncan Free won the M2- gold medal together with his partner Drew Ginn at WRC Eton 2006, WRC Munich

2007 and OG Beijing 2008. As a sculler he gained bronze medals at OG Atlanta 1996 (M4X), WRC

Aiguebelette 1997 (M2X) and WRC St. Catharines 1999 (M4X). In 2001 he won the Diamond Sculls at Henley.
Stamp PRK 1980 Oct. 20th SS (perforated & imperforated) - OG Moscow with Olympic pictogram No. 5 in left margin

MI SS 84 A MI SS 84 B

Stamp PRK 1980 Oct. 20th SS Winners of OG Moscow

MI SS A 84

Bernd & Joerg Landvoigt (GDR)

Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

stamp prk 1980 oct. 20th ss winners of og moscow mi bl. a 84 a photo of m4 gdr brietzke decker semmler thiele

The photos which were used for the design of

the souvenir sheet show the M2- crew Bernd &

Joerg Landvoigt (GDR), the single sculler Pertti

Karppinen (FIN), and the M4- crew J. Thiele,

A. Decker, S. Semmler & S. Brietzke (GDR).

They were taken from the book "Spiele der

XXII. Olympiade Moskau 1980", published by

Sportverlag Berlin (GDR) 1980 (pages 102,

97 and book cover).

Stamp ROU 1980 June 20th - OG Moscow

        MI 3738

        SC 2967

        YV 3294

Stamp STP 1977 Dec. 1st SS - 60th anniversary of Russian October revolution - W4+ on Moscow regatta course (perforated & imperforated)


MI 492 A SC 467 YV 469	MI 492 B
MI SS 8 A SC 468 A	MI SS 8 B
MI SS 11 A	MI SS 11 B

Stamp STP 1981 Febr. 2nd - OG Moscow

        MI 667

       MI 667 block of 4

       SC 595a

       MI SS 51 A

       MI SS 51 B
Stamp TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

P. Karppinen won the M1X gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games (1976 Montreal, 1980 Moscow, and 1984 Los Angeles).

He became M1X world champion in 1979 (Bled) and in 1985 (Hazewinkel)

Stamp TOG 1980 Febr. 29th SS OG Moscow (perforated & imperforated)

The Olympic rowing regatta 1980 took place

at Moscow, not at Tallinn where the sailing

contests were held

MI SS 155 A

MI SS 155 B

Photo from book °Montreal 1976° by H.

Rosendahl, published by Corvus Verlag 1976, page 97

The decisive moment in the M1X final at OG Montreal 1976:

The favourite P. M. Kolbe (GER) in the foreground

is no longer able to defend his leading position against

P. Karppinen (FIN) and has to rest content with the silver medal.

Stamp URS 1978 March 24th SS - OG Moscow

Wrong wrist position with feathered blades

        MI SS 127

        SC B78

        YV BF 126

       MI 4712
Stamp URS 1981 OG Moscow (unauthorized) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN), Olympic M1X champion 1976 OG Montreal and 1980 OG Moscow (+ 1984 OG Los Angeles)

Pertti Karppinen also won the M1X gold medal

at WRC Bled 1979 and WRC Hazewinkel 1985
Stamp URS 1981 OG Moscow (unauthorized) - Joachim Dreifke & Klaus Koeppelien (GDR), M2X gold medal winners OG Moscow 1980 + WRC Munich 1981

Wrong wrist position with feathered blades
MI SS 127 SC B78 YV BF 126	MI 4712

Stamp USA 1979 Sept. 28th - OG Moscow

MI 1400

SC 1793

SG 1767

YV 1256

MI 1398-1401

SC 1794a

SG 1765a

YV 1254-57

This stamp was withdrawn from sale on

March 11th, 1980 due to the U.S. boycott

of the Olympic Games 1980 at Moscow.

It was re-released on Aug. 4th, 1980 "to

honour the fine men and women of the

U.S. Olympic team who had sacrificed months

and years of training" (Quotation of post-

master General William F. Bolger)

Stamp USA 1979 OG Moscow Mi 1400 gold foil 2

Sterling silver

Stationary II URS 1978 July 5th (left) and 1979 Sept. 13th (right) - OG Moscow

The cover on the right has a box beneath the picture
Stationary II URS 1978 OG Mocow 1980
Ticket URS 1980 July 20th OG Moscow
Ticket URS 1980 OG Moscow July 22nd

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