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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.
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ProfessorSeveral Olympics games have been boycotted, including:
- 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia
- 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia
- 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, USA
- 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea
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What are facts about the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
It was the largest boycotted Olympics in Olympic history.
What Olympic Games were boycotted by the US?
The 1980 Summer Olympics was boycotted by the U.S. and 64 other countries.
Did America participate in the 1980 Olympics?
The US and 64 other countries boycotted the 1980 olympic games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Who cancelled summer Olympics in 1980?
No one cancelled it; it was just majorly boycotted.
Why the Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Olympics in the US?
Possibly due to ideological differences, but as a protest against the Soviet military involvement in Afghanistan, much like the USA is doing now. Japan and West Germany also boycotted the games. The USSR reciprocated four years later and the entire Soviet Bloc (except Romania) boycotted the Los Angeles games in 1984.
