1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California, United States from July 28 to August 12.

Boycotting countries


Fifteen countries took part in the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics:
Listed in the chronological order of their withdrawal, not by alphabetical or any geographical order.

  Bulgaria

  Mongolia


  Czechoslovakia
  Afghanistan
  Hungary
  Poland


  Ethiopia

  Angola

All the Asian countries above also boycotted at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Four other countries also boycotted the games, citing political reasons, but were not part of the Soviet-led boycott:
  Albania

 / Upper Volta/Burkina Faso
  Libya

Further to this, Kampuchea was largely unrecognized, and in any case would not have been allowed to compete.

References

 Other websites 
 IOC page for the Los Angeles 1984 Los Summer Olympics

Category:1984 Summer Olympics