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Which Summer Olympics did the United States boycott?

  • 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow

  • 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal

  • 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

  • 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich

Answer

The United States boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This was the only Summer Olympic Games that the U.S. has not participated in since the modern era of the Olympics began in 1896.
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