Carter, raised the possibility of a boycott in January 1980 ... men to win the Olympic marathon, a feat that would have made him a commercial superstar. But the United States didn’t ...

1980 Moscow Games Boycott The largest boycott in Olympic history took place at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Led by the United States, over 60 nations participated in the boycott. This was in ...

sits the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. It was Carter who called for that boycott — a Cold War power play intended to express America’s disdain for the Soviet invasion of ...

The largest boycott in Olympic history took place at the Moscow Games in 1980. With the US leading the initiative, more than 60 nations opted out of the games. The historic boycott was in response ...