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Several communist nations boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Why did this happen?
The world was reeling in the effects of a global economic recession; It was a retaliation following the U.S.-led 1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics; It was a strategic move for political negotiations; The Soviets suspected that the U.S. was involved in Anwar Sadat’s 1981 assassination; 2
Several communist countries, including East Germany, Afghanistan, and Czechoslovakia, boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, citing safety concerns. This happened four years after America led a boycott during the Moscow Summer Olympics on account of the Afghanistan invasion.
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