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A number of concerns and controversies arose leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics, which took place in Tokyo, Japan. The games were postponed until July 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The IOC stated that their Japanese partners and the former prime minister Shinzo Abe "made it very clear" in 2020, "that Japan could not manage a ...
Adolf Hitler arriving at the opening ceremony of the controversial 1936 Berlin Games Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics In 1931, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected the German capital city Berlin as the host city of the 1936 Summer Olympics .
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Tokyo 2020 was beset by COVID chaos beforehand, and there were plenty of controversial moments during the Games as well.
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Rhodesia was also prevented from entering the 1972 Summer Olympics when its invitation was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee following protests by other African countries. Possibly the most famous Olympic boycotts occurred in 1980 and 1984 , due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan .
However, in 1949, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to unrecognize the 1906 Games. [1] [2] The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were postponed for the first time in the Olympics history to summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the 2022 Winter Olympics being held roughly six months later in Beijing which also hosted the ...