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The US and 64 other countries boycotted the 1980 olympic games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
In the modern Olympics world, two separate political problems resulted in major nation boycotts. For the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, US President Jimmy Carter ordered a US boycott because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The next Summer Olympics were in Los Angeles and The Soviet Union led a group of their followers in a boycott in 1984. This was their response to the US 1980 boycott.
The collapse of detente is frequently attributed to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Western boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. American presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan significantly increased defense spending, culminating in the abandonment of SALT II negotiations.
There was no "USA" team that year because of the boycott.
Russia failed to join in the Economic Boycott of the United Kingdom called the Continental System.