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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 first Goodwill Games, held in Moscow in 1986, featured 182 events and attracted over 3,000 athletes representing 79 countries. World records were set by Sergey Bubka ( pole vault ), Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( heptathlon ), and both the men and women's 200 m cycle racing, by East Germany's Michael Hübner and the Soviet Union's Erika Salumäe ...
At the 1986 Goodwill Games, the athletics competition was held in July 1986 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union. A total of 42 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 19 by female athletes.
1986 Goodwill Games Day 1 Daytime July 5, 1986. Opening Ceremony from the first Goodwill Games in Moscow, USSR; broadcast by TBS. The Men's World Basketball Championships from Spain...
Jul 21, 1986 · When the Goodwill Games came to an end Sunday night with the Closing Ceremony at the Russian state hall, Turner was still standing. For effect, he should have clasped his hands above his head...
Sep 21, 2021 · Moscow 1986. Two athletics superstars, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Sergey Bubka, provided the brightest highlights. Sergey Bubka (© Allsport / Getty Images) Joyner-Kersee took the first of her four Goodwill heptathlon gold medals with a world record 7148 points.
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Mar 10, 2006 · Moscow hosted the inaugural Goodwill Games in 1986, with subsequent events hosted by Seattle, Washington (1990); St. Petersburg, Russia (1994); New York City (1998); and Brisbane, Australia (2001). A winter version of the games was staged in Lake Placid, New York, in 2000.
The 1986 Goodwill Games: With Rick Barry, Skip Caray, Peter Carruthers, Tracy Caulkins.
Jul 11, 1986 · Soviet and other Eastern-bloc athletes dominated the competition today at the Goodwill Games. But in basketball, the United States women won the championship by defeating the Soviet team, 83-60.
The Goodwill Games in 1986 allowed U.S. and Soviet athletes to face one another at a major international summer multisports event for the first time in more than a decade. The Goodwill Games were organized by U.S. media mogul Ted Turner.
