Japan, USA and West Germany boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic games.
Canada boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow in protest to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
In the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, there were 90 countries that participated. The United States boycotted the games that year.
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It was the largest boycotted Olympics in Olympic history.
Many nations boycotted the Olympic games.
The U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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The Soviet Union had just invaded Afghanistan the previous year and some countries, led by the United States, boycotted the Games because of this.
No, the US did not compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. They boycotted the Games due to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
The 1980 Summer Olympics was boycotted by the U.S. and 64 other countries.
The U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympic games
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.