Moscow Olympics Boycott
Moscow Olympics Boycott . More than 20 countries, mostly from africa, refused to participate in the 1976 summer olympics in montreal over south african apartheid. There were also calls to boycott the games, drawing comparisons to the summer olympics of 1980 in moscow. What Caused the 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott? NBC News from www.nbcnews.com The boycott barely adds to the pressure, but it also comes with the sense that countries can’t just do the olympics as usual. Russian football fans’ growing boycott movement against a controversial new law requiring them to present personal data before entering the stadium is gaining steam, prompting a response from. In total, 65 nations refused to participate in the games, whereas 80 countries sent athletes to compete.