New Zealand joined the United States and other countries in boycotting the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. There were four New Zealand athletes, kayakers Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, and Geoff Walker, and modern pentathlete Brian Newth, that competed as independents under the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.
It was the largest boycotted Olympics in Olympic history.
The 1980 Summer Olympics was boycotted by the U.S. and 64 other countries.
The 1980 Olympic games in Moscow were boycotted by the US and several other countries because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afganistan. The 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles were boycotted by the Soviet Union and several other countries basically as payback for the previous boycott.
The US and 64 other countries boycotted the 1980 olympic games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
No one cancelled it; it was just majorly boycotted.
Pakistan boycotted Olympics only once. In 1980 Pakistan didn't participate the Olympics.
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It was the largest boycotted Olympics in Olympic history.
The 1980 Summer Olympics was boycotted by the U.S. and 64 other countries.
Twice
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There's 185 NZ athletes competing in the '08 Olympics. There's 185 NZ athletes competing in the '08 Olympics.
yes. Luxembourg has never even completely boycotted the Olympics
The United States boycotted the 1980 Olympics.
The 1980 Olympic games in Moscow were boycotted by the US and several other countries because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afganistan. The 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles were boycotted by the Soviet Union and several other countries basically as payback for the previous boycott.
The United States did not attend the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. They boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.