Talk:1980 Summer Olympics boycott

China

Could colouring of the map be approved by any sources? For example, China's boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics seems doubtful for me. PRC didn't compete at the previous Olympics. So, did it actually boycotted 1980 Games or wouldn't compete in any case? Cmapm 18:51, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Thats a good question. It was suprisingly difficult to find the complete list of 65/66 countries which boycotted these games so I dont know if China is included in them or not. But China at that point was a western ally so it would probably have joined in the boycott -- Astrokey44|talk 00:06, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

The PRC was definitely not a Western ally in 1980! It was not very friendly with the USSR due to the Sino-Soviet split, but that doesn't imply that it was an ally of the West. This article suggests that China simply chose not to take part in the 1980 Olympics, just like it had chosen not to for the previous six or seven games. The implication is fairly clear: they didn't join the boycott in 1980. -- Hux 13:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually China competed in the Olympic Boycott Games in Philadelphia in 1980 and won several events. --Astrokey44 02:48, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Chad

Is it really sure Chad boycotted in 1980? I find it highly doubtful, since you need a government to make a boycott, and Chad had none in 1980, with the state literaly disintegrated. Considering the conditions of the country, Chad couldn't have participated in any case; and the nominal Chadian government was not what I would call pro-American, to use an euphemism. In this case it appears an impossibility to participate has been automatically judged a boycott.--Aldux 20:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Sakhorav

This entry is painfully amateurish. The implication is that Jimmy Carter gave birth to the concept of the boycott and then orchestrated the thing – that was not the case. Soviet Dissident and Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakharov is reported to have sent a letter to Carter introducing the idea of a boycott and requesting US support. Though it is now remembered as being Carter’s boycott, in fact it was Sakhorav’s

Australia

I went on a tour of the Australian Institute of Sport where a table of all AIS students that are medal winners are listed by Olympic games. It is interesting to note that no medals were listed for the 1980 summer olympics even though Australian athletes won a total of 9 medals at these games. From my research I could not find out if any AIS students won medals at these games. Many AIS students like Raelene Boyle were pressured not to compete. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.86.211.10 (talk) 09:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC).

Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics

New, related article Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics.-- Matthead ^discuß!     O       18:54, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

"American-led"

What does it mean to say the United States of America 'led' this boycott? does it simply mean that the USA thought of it first? or did the USA play some special role in organizing it? (if so, what would 'organize' mean in this context?) or does it simply mean that the USA is important enough that whenever other countries do the same thing the USA has 'led' them?Richardson mcphillips1 (talk) 02:44, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

• The article covers this. The US president called for the boycott after the invasion of Afghanistan and other nationals followed suit. Ergo the US led the boycott, just as the USSR led the subsequent boycott in 84. 23skidoo (talk) 16:42, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

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Edit war on Burma's participation

Please look at this Olympic Review article which shows that Burma (BIR) had two competitors: one in athletics, and one in weightlifting. The official report shows their results, which we have put onto Burma at the 1980 Summer Olympics. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 17:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Response by U.S. Athletes

I would like to see more information regarding how the athletes were affected and any other national backlash. It seems silly, to me, that because some fat old guys couldn't decided that ruining the dreams of American citizens would be a worthy sacrifice, while they, themselves, sacrificed nothing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.15.42 (talk) 20:57, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Effort to circumvent boycott by US Athletes

I found this interesting article from ESPN, it might make a good section: Campbell, others nearly defied boycott. --Bobak (talk) 17:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

What music was played when the LA flag was raised?

A piece of information missing from this article and the main 1980 Games article is what music was played when Los Angeles' flag was raised during the closing ceremonies. Normally the national anthem of the next country is played. I would assume they played the Olympic hymn, but can anyone confirm that? 23skidoo (talk) 16:41, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Iran

At the top it says that Iran and Qatar were not invited, then down in the list of countries that boycotted, but not part of the American boycott, it lists Iran as boycotting for a different reason and Qatar not being invited. Fix? --Uberlieder (talk) 03:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

China

China boycotted the 1980 Summer due to Sino-Soviet era than the join US boycott —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cristiano Toàn (talk • contribs) 12:06, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

• China might have had its own reasons for the boycott, but they did indeed boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in objection to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. See this article, where the Chinese foreign ministry released a statement saying "it is clearly inappropriate to hold the 22nd Summer Games in Moscow." Also keep in mind that China did participate in the 1980 Winter Olympics, so they were, at the time, involved in the Olympic movement. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:28, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

more point of view

Saudi Arabia was the first to boycott the 1980 games.Jacob805 23:42, 6 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob805 (talk • contribs)

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19800107&id=0scyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gcwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2429,4771786. Jacob805 23:45, 6 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob805 (talk • contribs)

Completely wrong quote

I don't know if intentionally or accidentally, but the quote of Helmut Schmidt was completely wrong. He did NOT say:

"the allies should simply do as they are told"

he said instead

"the American attitude that the allies should simply do as they are told is unacceptable"

See yourself in the given source "Dropping the Torch ..." --92.213.15.18 (talk) 00:58, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Information on blood doping removed

The reasons why this information was removed:

• The sentence "have the distinction that more world records were set there" is not substantiated.
• The report by the "Australian senate" is not cited.

Here is the citation: Government of Australia, “Drugs in Sport,” Interim Report of the Senate Standing Committee on the Environment, Recreation and the Arts (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989), p. 10 If the editor chooses to add that claim again, please cite it as such (you're welcome).

• The passage from Wilson's Doping in Elite Sports is carried over word for word without sufficient paraphrasing.
• "The first documented case of "blood doping" occurred at the 1980 Summer Olympics as a runner was transfused with two pints of blood before winning medals in the 5000 m and 10,000 m." This gives Sytkowski as a reference but the Sytkowski reference does not give info on Miruts Yifter nor Kaarlo Maaninkaa the two people to medal in both the 10,000m and 5000m races in Moscow (one from Ethiopia and the other from Finland). — Spintendo^Talk 08:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

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Response By US Athletes

I agree to the response above regarding responses by US athletes. The article would improve tremendously if there was a section added talking about how the athletes responded to the boycott. Research shows that many of the athletes who were unable to compete are still are effected by it today. Personally, I would be devastated if I were an athlete after training countless hours and not being able to compete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bpetersen333 (talk • contribs) 14:23, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Effects

The "Effects" section needs to explain in more detail how "American athletes are still affected by the boycott today." We are now 38 years later. 2602:306:CFEA:170:AC11:720E:25CF:12D4 (talk) 18:03, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Cameroon

According to this article, Cameroon boycotted the games; however, the article Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics suggests otherwise.

Edit: The map shows Cameroon as having boycotted, anyway.

Broadcasting issues

The article currently claims, "ABC planned to spend at least $175 million for its Olympic coverage, given inflation and additional production costs after winning the bidding war on January 24, 1980 ...." This is extremely inaccurate. First of all, it was NBC that won the negotiations to broadcast the 1980 Summer Olympics for the U.S., not ABC. Second, the idea that the rights would not have been awarded until January 1980 makes no sense. The complexity of managing an Olympic broadcast from the USSR would have required the winning network to acquire the rights much earlier so it could plan its broadcast; the Soviet Olympic Committee would have wanted to secure the millions of dollars for the TV rights much earlier to help finance the Games; and, by January 24, 1980, Jimmy Carter had already recommended that the U.S. boycott the Olympics if the Soviets didn't withdraw from Afghanistan, so the U.S. broadcast rights were much less valuable by then than they had been before the invasion of Afghanistan.

In fact, the bidding war had occurred in 1977. NBC signed a contract for the broadcast rights on Feb. 1, 1977 with the organizing committee for Moscow 1980. See [1], for example. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:46, 29 August 2020 (UTC)