What even was the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
The Olympic Games are supposed to be a completely politic free zone, but for the 1980 and 1984 boycotts, it was a different story. The boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games was a major event in the history of the Olympics that occurred during the time span of the Cold War and had a significant impact on the way the Olympic Games are hosted now, in modern times. The boycott happened on Saturday July 26 at the 1980 Moscow Olympics where only 80 nations participated. President Jimmy Carter shared with a group of United States athletes who were planning on competing at the Moscow games that due to the fact that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan we were going to show them how we felt by boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which was the first time the United States has ever done so. When President Carter announced that we were going to be boycotting the Olympic games he shared with the 150 U.S athletes that he understood how they were feeling and understood that they have trained so hard for this moment but he was doing what was right for our country in order to keep everyone safe. Many athletes were extremely upset but there was nothing they were able to do about it so they just had to just keep moving on and training for the next summer Olympic trials.
The Olympic Games are supposed to be a completely politic free zone, but for the 1980 and 1984 boycotts, it was a different story. The boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games was a major event in the history of the Olympics that occurred during the time span of the Cold War and had a significant impact on the way the Olympic Games are hosted now, in modern times. The boycott happened on Saturday July 26 at the 1980 Moscow Olympics where only 80 nations participated. President Jimmy Carter shared with a group of United States athletes who were planning on competing at the Moscow games that due to the fact that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan we were going to show them how we felt by boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which was the first time the United States has ever done so. When President Carter announced that we were going to be boycotting the Olympic games he shared with the 150 U.S athletes that he understood how they were feeling and understood that they have trained so hard for this moment but he was doing what was right for our country in order to keep everyone safe. Many athletes were extremely upset but there was nothing they were able to do about it so they just had to just keep moving on and training for the next summer Olympic trials.