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1980
THE olympic games
Metral AlineRodrigues Océane Martel Sarah
Moscow
summary
4. Conclusion
3. Impact of the boycott on the Games
2. Context
1. Game presentation
summary
mascot
logo
The Olympics Games to Moscow took place : from July 19 => to August 3 1980
presentation of the games
The International Olympic Committee
Only 5179 athletes participated in these games
1980
Context
USSR VS USA: - different ideology - competitiveness
Mohammad Daoud Khan =president of Afghan communist government
Islamist rebels : Moudjahidines
- 1979 : conflict in Afghanistan
1947 - 1991
COLD WAR
VS
- July 1980 :
- April 1980 :
USA and others countries decided to boycott the games
Léonid Brejnev
President Jimmy Carter
BOYCOTT
consequences
Australia
France
England
Countries supported the boycott:
consequences
Country not taking part in the opening ceremony :
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
San Marino
Switzerland
Italy
France
Belgium
Opening ceremony
consequences
the second-lowest number of participants ever
only 80 countries took part in the Games
45 of the 50 absent nations probably because of the boycott
67 nations did not participate
In total :
Ex : America with Carter
not supported the boycott
supported the boycott
governments
Impact of the boycott
consequences
Only communist Eastern European countries to take part in the 1984 Games
Only countries to boycott both the 1980 and 1984 Games
Albania
Iran
Yugoslavia
Romania
“chauvinist sentiments and anti-Soviet hysteria”
4 years later, Moscow boycott the Los Angeles Games
But the boycott did not achieve its objectives, as the Soviet presence in Afghanistan lasted until 1989
1984
1980
TWICE !
athletes renounce or are banned from taking part
bitter experience for many athletes
Moscow Games
conclusion
Thank you
for listening
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/archives-diplomatiques/offre-pedagogique/ressources-en-ligne/article/les-jeux-olympiques-de-moscou-1980
https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/europe/la-geopolitique-des-jo-3-5-moscou-1980-les-jeux-de-la-honte_2154810.html
https://www.lesportcestbien.com/jo-1980-moscou
https://www.geo.fr/geopolitique/jo-de-moscou-de-1980-l-arme-du-boycott-221179