RTÉ - The Olympic Years

A record 10,563 athletes from 172 nations gathered without a single country boycotting the Games.

Four years after 32 nations walked out of the Montreal Games, twice that many chose to stay away from Moscow

Rome was a coming-out party for 18-year-old Louisville boxer Cassius Clay

Ronnie Delaney, who won the men's 1500 metres and the Soviets outmedalled the U.S. for the first time

A games that were to be marked by tragedy in the second week.