there were two citites to bid for the 1980 summer olympics Moscow and Los Angeles
Jimmy Carter.
Japan first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1912. They have participated in all Summer Olympic since except for 1948 and 1980. They first participated in the Winter Olympics in 1928 and have been in all Winter Games except the 1948 Games. The 2008 Olympics is the 20th Summer Games Japan has participated in. They have been to 18 Winter Games.
The United States participated in the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, and since then they have participated in every Olympics except for the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.
March 21, 1980 was the date that Carter told the Olympic athletes that they would not be going to to the 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow.
USSR participated in 9 Summer Olympics (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988) and 9 Winter Olympics (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988).
All but 1980.
No, Great Britain has participated in every Summer Olympics and every Winter Olympics.
In 1980. By the way, it was the Summer Olympics.
Five athletes from New Zealand competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics: Canoeing: Paul MacDonald, Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, Geoff Walker Modern Pentathlon: Brian Newth
Yes, Australian athletes were allowed to compete in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow although they did so under the Olympic flag and not the Australian flag. Australian athletes won 9 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze) at the 1980 Summer Games.
The country of Indonesia had participated in 14 Summer Olympic Games events. The first time it had participation was in the Olympic games of 1952, since then, they had only skipped the 1964 and 1980 games.