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The Soviet Union boycotted which Summer Olympics, choosing instead to host a rival 'Friendship Games' event in Moscow?
Answer
1984 Los Angeles Olympics
The USSR led a boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games, widely seen as retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and organized the 'Friendship Games' (Druzhba-84) for its athletes and allies instead.
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The Soviet Union skipped the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but sent athletes to compete in a rival 'Friendship Games' in Moscow instead.
Other options people guess
- 1980 Moscow Olympics
- 1988 Seoul Olympics
- 1976 Montreal Olympics
Topics
- olympics
- cold-war
- 1980s
- boycott
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