Moscow Olympics
Boycotted Soviet competition
The Moscow Olympics were the 1980 Summer Olympic Games held in the Soviet Union, notable for a U.S.-led boycott by over sixty countries protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The boycott made the Games a Cold War flashpoint and reduced Western participation dramatically.
The Moscow Olympics were overshadowed by politics.
- track and fieldCompetitive stadium sports
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- opening ceremonyFormal start of event
- torch relaySequential bearing of ceremonial fire
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
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