What year did the United States boycott the Summer Olympics?

[mapleleafwoman]

[mapleleafwoman]

Fact of the Day:  Athletes in the ancient Olympic Games competed in the nude.

[mapleleafwoman]

The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan spurred Jimmy Carter to issue an ultimatum on January 20, 1980 that the United States would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month. Sixty-five countries did not participate in the Olympics despite being invited. While some of these may not have participated because of the boycott, some did not participate for economic reasons.

[mammadonna]

Another guess...lol  I chose 1936, I think it may have to do with a protest against Hitler's actions in Europe.  I also thought about sometime after the Munich massacre...let me know if I'm right or wrong...

p.s I ♥ these trivia questions!!!

[sandy562]

I thought that was a really dumb - thing to do - so many people worked so hard just to have Carter mess us up