This is perhaps our oddest Olympic Wednesday yet, as most Americans have little clue of what went down in Moscow 44 years ago. That’s because the United States boycotted the Summer Games in the Soviet Union, as did 60-plus other nations. As a result, “only” 5,255 athletes from 80 countries competed in the first Olympics held in a Communist nation, participating in 203 medal events across 26 disciplines.

Naturally, the host nation cleaned up on the medal table: 195 medals overall, including 80 golds. The cheating East Germans also did fairly well, earning 126 medals. No other nation came close, as Bulgaria finished third with 41 medals (8 gold). The Games were not televised in the United States, and so these Olympics are not ingrained in the collective cultural memory of Americans. Hope this quick presser helps!

Most Outstanding Male Athlete: Aleksandr Dityatin, Soviet Union

With many nations not competing, Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin cleaned up with a whopping 8 medals: no other athlete won more than 5 medals in Moscow. He took gold in the individual all around and the rings, while also winning gold in the team all around. He added silver medals in four individual events: vault, horizontal bar, parallel bars, and the pommel horse. Dityatin added a bronze in the floor exercise.

Most Outstanding Female Athlete: Nadia Comăneci, Romania

Maybe she would have won this again, anyway, but due to the East German women swimmers’ cheating, Nadia Comăneci wins a second consecutive honor from us here. The Romanian gymnast won 4 medals: individual gold in the beam and floor exercise events, along with silvers in the individual and team all-around events, too. Just a side note: she finished fourth on the vault in 1976 and fifth here on the vault, too.

Most Outstanding Male Team: Cuban Boxing

We add a new nation to the roll call here with the Cuban men’s boxing team winning 10 medals out of a possible 11, overall: the only weight class they did not earn a medal was in the flyweight division. Otherwise, Cuban men won six golds, two silvers, and two bronzes while dominating the competition in Moscow. Heavyweight champion Teófilo Stevenson was the big name that would endure for the rest of the decade.

Most Outstanding Female Team: Soviet Track & Field

This was a tougher one to choose since the East German women really shouldn’t win anything, as explained before. So, we go with the Soviet Union women in the track and field events, where they won 18 medals out of a possible 38 medals: seven golds, six silvers, and five bronzes. It wasn’t as dominating as some other winners in this category prior, and perhaps it wasn’t as dominant as one might have expected here, but …