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Which Olympic Games did the United States boycott?

  • 1976 Summer Olympics

  • 1980 Summer Olympics

  • 1984 Summer Olympics

  • 1988 Summer Olympics

Answer

The United States boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. This was the only Olympic Games that the United States did not participate in since its debut in 1896.
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