1980 Summer Olympics

The Summer Olympic Games held in Moscow from July 19 to August 3, 1980. A boycott led by the United States kept many countries from competing.

1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony: The ceremony that formally opened the Moscow Olympic Games on July 19, 1980. Its pageantry presented a unified Games despite the boycott.
Soviet–Afghan War: The war beginning with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 and ending with Soviet withdrawal in 1989. The invasion prompted the United States to press for an Olympic boycott.
1984 Summer Olympics boycott: The boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics by the Soviet Union and several allied countries. The Soviet-led action followed the U.S.-led boycott of Moscow.
1980 Summer Olympics boycott: The refusal by the United States and other countries to send teams to the 1980 Moscow Olympics. It isolates the political campaign from the Games themselves.
1980 Summer Olympics medal table: The ranking of nations by medals won at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The host Soviet Union topped a field reshaped by absent competitors.
Jimmy Carter: The 39th president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. Carter announced the U.S. demand that the Games be moved or boycotted.
Olympic medal table: A ranking of countries by medals won at an Olympic Games. Boycotts change the competitive field behind national medal totals.
1980 Summer Olympics at the Parade of Nations: The participation of national delegations in the 1980 opening ceremony’s Parade of Nations. Some teams competed under Olympic or other flags instead of national symbols.
Miracle on Ice: The United States men’s ice hockey team’s 1980 Olympic victory over the Soviet Union. This celebrated Winter Games upset contrasted with Moscow’s politically charged competition.
United States Olympic Committee: The nonprofit organization that represents the United States in the Olympic and Paralympic movements. Its members voted to support the U.S. boycott of Moscow.

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