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    The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was the largest boycott in Olympic history and one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest...
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    The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott...
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    the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, including the United States, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, and West Germany. For the first time in Olympic competition...
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  • part of the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott and held at Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on July 16 and 17, 1980. It was named...
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    2014 Winter Olympics – Sochi Olympic Games with significant boycotts 1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal – African boycott 1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow –...
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  • The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet...
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    for Olympic qualifying. Several teams competed under the Olympic Flag in support for the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. The 2020 Summer Olympics were...
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    when they participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Bermuda has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1992. With Flora Duffy's gold...
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    except at the twenty-second edition during the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Bolivia has yet to win an Olympic medal, a distinction shared with no other South...
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    Congolese-led boycott, 1980, due to US led boycott, and 1992, due to political reasons. It will be the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics. The...
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    the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, Switzerland competed under the Olympic Flag...
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    the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the United States and other nations withdrew from the tournament. The 1980 Olympics marked the second...
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    appeared, and it competed in all the Olympics but the 1980 Summer Olympics - as it supported the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott - until 1988. Afterwards, the German...
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    famous Olympic boycotts occurred in 1980 and 1984, due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. In 2021, several nations announced a diplomatic boycott of the...
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  • Boycott Olympics may refer to: Olympic boycotts, generally African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics 1980 Summer Olympics boycott 1984 Summer Olympics...
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    New Zealand competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the US-led boycott, the banner of the NZOCGA was used instead of...
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    having appeared at every Summer Games since 1972 except for 1976 (due to a Congolese-led boycott) and 1980 (as part of a US-led boycott). The following is the...
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    1980 Summer Olympics boycott, 1984 Summer Olympics boycott and 1988 boycotts, but returned for the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics. They have appeared in...
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    the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited because of the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
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    Republic of China boycott; and 1980, joining the US led boycott. The nation has participated in every Olympics since the 1984 Summer Olympics. China competed...
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    competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first time that the medal count was not dominated by Japan, since the country joined the boycott of the games...
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    missing a perfect participation record due the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Of the combined 53 Olympic Games, only France, Great Britain and Switzerland...
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    Luxembourg competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Luxembourg competed...
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    American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Egypt's lone participation at the Winter Olympic Games...
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    1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, France competed under the Olympic Flag...
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    under the name 'Malaya', except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the United States-led boycott. On 12 March 2023, Minister of Youth and...
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    In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Ireland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. In Ireland's...
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    Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its...
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    place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event. Europe Africa Americas The boycott affected the...
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    "The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby." 1980 Summer Olympics boycott: U.S. President Jimmy Carter instigated a boycott of the...
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