A fan waves the American flag from the stands of Lenin Stadium during the Closing Ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The United States boycotted the Games because of Soviet ...

The Soviets and 13 other countries, mostly from the Eastern Bloc, boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 in retaliation for what the Americans had done to Moscow four years earlier.

Costas explained that after the terrorist attack at Munich 1972, the budgetary disaster of Montreal 1976, and the boycott of Moscow 1980, the Olympics needed a boost in 1984.

Summer Olympics in Paris drawing to a close, here's a look at the next Summer Olympics site: Los Angeles, host of the 2028 Olympics.

Following the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union and 14 of its allies responded in kind at the 1984 Games.

Canada won 27 medals – nine gold, seven silver and 11 bronze – more than any Summer Olympics since the boycott-plagued 1984 Games 40 years ago in Los Angeles. Canada recorded 49 top five finishes.

Los Angeles was the only city to bid, and thus picked, to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. After a United States-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the Soviet Union unsurprisingly organized a ...

Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980, while Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984. Salt Lake City will join the list in 2034.

In response to the 1980 boycott, the Soviet Union and nearly all of its Eastern Bloc allies opted to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Romania was the only Eastern Bloc country to ...

Ironically, this 1984 American tidal wave was partially propelled by the country’s decision to boycott the 1980 Olympics. “I’m not sure if there was a 1980 Games that I would have gone for ...