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One of the reasons was because the games were held in Russia and it was right after the Cold War and we weren't fond of Russia at that moment.

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The sixth Summer Olympic Games (1916) was cancelled due to World War I and the twelfth and thirteenth Summer Olympic Games (1940, 1944) were cancelled due to World War II.

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Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, the Olympics have been canceled 3 times: in 1916 due to fighting in WWI, and then in 1940 and 1944 both due to WWII.

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