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The Olympic Games of Sydney 1956 were the first Games
that became geboycot through the Netherlands, Spain
and Switzerland, as consequence of the repression of
the Hungarian Uprising through the Soviet Union; moreover,
Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, the games geboycot because
of the Suez Crisis.
In 1972 and 1976, a large number of African countries
the IOC threatened with a boycott, them force till a
ban on South-africa, Rhodesië, and New-zealand.
The IOC gave in the first 2 cases, but refused not in
1976, because the boycott had been inspired through
the New-Zeelandse rugby-union tour to South-africa,
and rugby was an Olympic sport. The countries have were
begun their teams after the competitions; some African
athletes already voltooid. A many sympathy had been
forced was little sympathy for the athletes to leave
by their governments the Olympic Town, there outside
Africa for the governments 'attitude. [work] Twenty-two
countries (Guyana was the only not-African nation) geboycot
De Olympic Games in Montreal, for New-zealand is not
bans.
Also in 1976, as consequence of pressure of the peoples
republic China (VRC), Canada told the team of the Republic
China (Taiwan) that she wanted not to compete with on
the Olympic Games of Montreal under the name "Republic
China" despite a compromise That would have granted
Taiwan ROC use to make of the flag and the national
anthem. The Republics China refused and as consequence
has not participated again until 1984, when he back
under the name "Chinese Taipei" and uses a
special flag.
Countries that the geboycot 1976 (yellow), 1980 (blue)
and 1984 (red) gamesIn 1980 and 1984, the Cold War adversaries
geboycot each other's games. Sixty-five nations refused
has compete with to compete with on the Olympic Games
in Moscow in 1980 as a consequence of the Soviet-invasion
in Afghanistan, but 16 countries of western Europe on
the Olympic Games in Moscow. The boycott decrease of
the number of sympathetic countries at only 81, the
lowest number land to compete with since 1956. The Soviet
Union and 14 countries of the eastern bloc of her partners
(except of Romania) tegengegaan through ignore the Olympic
Games of Loose Hook in 1984, with the argument of the
safety of their athletes wanted not to become guaranteed
and it "chauvinistic feelings and an anti-Russian
hysteria are knocked in De United States".
The 1984 boycotters phased their own Friendship Games
in July-August.
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