List of Olympic Games boycotts

















The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history there have been boycotts on 7 occasions, all of the Summer Olympics. The first boycott occurred at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the most recent was at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Rhodesia is the only country which has been prevented from entering, when its invitation to the 1972 Summer Olympics was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee, following protests by other African countries.



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Olympiad
Year
Host Country
Host City
Boycotting countries (With map)

XI
1936

 Nazi Germany

Berlin

Countries boycotting the 1936 Games are shaded red


  1.  Spain Note: withdrew because of the Civil war


  2.  Soviet Union Note: the USSR did not participate at the Summer Olympics until 1952



XVI
1956

 Australia

Melbourne

Countries boycotting the 1956 Games are shaded blue


  1.  Egypt


  2.  Iraq


  3.  Lebanon


  4.  Netherlands


  5.  Cambodia


  6.  Spain


  7.   Switzerland


  8.  People's Republic of China



XVIII
1964

 Japan

Tokyo

Countries boycotting the 1964 Games are shaded red


  1.  North Korea


  2.  Indonesia


  3.  China



XXI
1976

 Canada

Montreal

Countries boycotting the 1976 Games are shaded blue


  1.  Algeria


  2.  Benin


  3.  Burma


  4.  Cameroon


  5.  Central African Republic


  6.  Chad


  7.  Congo


  8.  Egypt


  9.  Ethiopia


  10.  Gabon


  11.  Gambia


  12.  Ghana


  13.  Guyana


  14.  Iraq


  15.  Kenya


  16.  Libya


  17.  Lesotho


  18.  Madagascar


  19.  Malawi


  20.  Mali


  21.  Morocco


  22.  Niger


  23.  Nigeria


  24.  Republic of China


  25.  Somalia


  26.  Sri Lanka


  27.  Sudan


  28.  Swaziland


  29.  Tanzania


  30.  Togo


  31.  Tunisia


  32.  Uganda


  33.  Upper Volta


  34.  Zambia



XXII
1980

 Soviet Union

Moscow

Countries boycotting the 1980 Games are shaded blue


  1.  Albania


  2.  Antigua and Barbuda


  3.  Argentina


  4.  Bahamas


  5.  Bahrain


  6.  Bangladesh


  7.  Barbados


  8.  Belize


  9.  Bermuda


  10.  Bolivia


  11.  Canada


  12.  Cayman Islands


  13.  Central African Republic


  14.  Chad


  15.  Chile


  16.  China


  17.  Egypt


  18.  El Salvador


  19.  Fiji


  20.  Gabon


  21.  Gambia


  22.  Ghana


  23.  Haiti


  24.  Honduras


  25.  Hong Kong


  26.  Indonesia


  27.  Iran


  28.  Israel


  29.  Ivory Coast


  30.  Japan


  31.  Kenya


  32.  South Korea


  33.  Liberia


  34.  Liechtenstein


  35.  Malawi


  36.  Malaysia


  37.  Mauritania


  38.  Monaco


  39.  Mauritius


  40.  Morocco


  41.  Netherlands Antilles


  42.  Niger


  43.  Norway


  44.  Pakistan


  45.  Panama


  46.  Papua New Guinea


  47.  Paraguay


  48.  Philippines


  49.  Qatar


  50.  Saudi Arabia


  51.  Singapore


  52.  Somalia


  53.  Sudan


  54.  Suriname


  55.  Swaziland


  56.  Chinese Taipei


  57.  Thailand


  58.  Togo


  59.  Tunisia


  60.  Turkey


  61.  United Arab Emirates


  62.  United States


  63.  Uruguay


  64.  United States Virgin Islands


  65.  West Germany


  66.  Zaire



XXIII
1984

 United States

Los Angeles

Countries boycotting the 1984 Games are shaded blue


  1.  Soviet Union


  2.  Bulgaria


  3.  East Germany


  4.  Mongolia


  5.  Vietnam


  6.  Laos


  7.  Czechoslovakia


  8.  Afghanistan


  9.  Hungary


  10.  Poland


  11.  Cuba


  12.  South Yemen


  13.  North Korea


  14.  Ethiopia


  15.  Angola


  16.  Albania


  17.  Iran


  18.  Libya



XXIV
1988

 South Korea

Seoul

Countries boycotting the 1988 Games are shaded blue


  1.  Ethiopia


  2.  Nicaragua


  3.  Madagascar


  4.  Cuba


  5.  Albania


  6.  North Korea


  7.  Seychelles




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