Moscow Olympics Boycotted: Cold War Splits the Games
Dozens of nations walked out of the 1980 Moscow Games to protest Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, turning a global sporting festival into a stark political standoff. This mass boycott stripped the event of its intended universality and left athletes from major powers like the United States and Canada without their usual Olympic stage.
July 19, 1980
46 years ago
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