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The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. South Africa were not invited to the 1964 Games, while its invitation to the 1968 Games was withdrawn after several other African countries threatened to boycott the Games due to apartheid. South Africa would not be permitted to return to the Olympics until 1992.
1984 Summer Olympics boycott: The Soviet Union and fourteen of its allies boycotted the 1984 Games held in Los Angeles, United States, citing a lack of security for their athletes as the official reason. The decision was regarded as a response to the United States-led boycott issued against the Moscow Olympics four years earlier. [66]
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 against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [1] The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and its satellite states later boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los ...
What were the most significant Olympic boycotts? Find out in this list. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era: 1980 Summer Olympics: United States Various nations Soviet Union: Soviet–Afghan War: 1980 Summer Olympics boycott: 1984 Summer Olympics: Warsaw Pact states (except Romania) Cuba United States: 1980 Summer Olympics boycott: 1984 Summer Olympics boycott Friendship Games: 1986 ...
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 involved 14 Eastern Bloc satellite states and allies, led by the Soviet Union , which initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984.
The absentee list will represent the most significant shunning of an Olympics since the 1980s, when the U.S. led a full-fledged boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games, and the Soviet Union responded ...
The Beijing Winter Olympics draw to a close Sunday, as the baton is passed to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy. Closing ceremony: Games marked by restrictions, boycotts and a doping scandal ...