Olympics of 1980 by

The Official Poster of The 1980 Summer Olympics

2017-03-29 12:08:00 UTC

The Official Mascot of The 1980's Olympics

2017-03-29 12:13:25 UTC

This is Misha Bear the friendly looking mascot.

How will boycotting the Olympics effect the war?

2017-03-29 12:14:04 UTC

Political Cartoon showing some people's views of the 1980's Summer Olympics

2017-03-29 12:17:42 UTC

This is the closing ceremony of the Moscow olympics

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqdWFpJkpk

The final torchbearer, basketballer Sergei Belov, in the Moscow Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony

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Jimmy Carter makes a plan to get The Soviet Union out of Afghanistan

2017-03-29 12:21:18 UTC

The countries that boycotted the 1980's summer Olympics are shaded blue. There were 65 Boycotting Nations in total.

2017-03-30 11:59:32 UTC

An effect of the USA supporting Afghanistan was the Taliban coming to power.

2017-03-30 13:01:58 UTC

This event was more than just the Olympic Games;)

jasonhofmann11 — 2017-03-30 14:52:07 UTC

jasonhofmann11 — 2017-03-30 15:00:05 UTC

The US beat the Soviets to go to the Final (winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY)

The US Olympians were not happy and sued the government.

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jasonhofmann11 — 2017-03-30 15:18:27 UTC

One of the modern impacts is that when the US gave Afghanistan weapons and supplies to protect themselves and surrounding countries, we were supplying the Taliban. This later lead to 9/11...

2017-03-30 23:05:29 UTC

The athletes were very angry about the boycott, and heavily protested.

2017-03-31 11:54:45 UTC

This is the 1980 bronze metal.

2017-03-31 12:06:36 UTC

The invasion on Afghanistan by the Soviets

2017-03-31 12:16:00 UTC

Soviet vehicles moving through Afghanistan

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Article that shows that not many nations will join the boycott.

2017-03-31 17:27:34 UTC

The decision is made, the United States officially boycotts the Olympics in Moscow!

2017-03-31 17:30:03 UTC

This is an image of a cover of a newspaper from 1980. This was written in the process of the boycott.

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