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When did America skip the Olympics?

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Yes. The United States did not attend the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, protesting the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union.

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America skipped the 1980's Olympics because they were holding a boycott

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1980 olympics, when carter was president

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