Back Seznam bojkotů olympijských her Czech فهرست تحریمهای المپیک Persian Luettelo olympiakisojen boikoteista Finnish 올림픽 보이콧 Korean Olimpisko spēļu boikoti Latvian/Lettish Списак бојкота Олимпијских игара Serbian รายการการคว่ำบาตรกีฬาโอลิมปิก Thai اولمپک مقاطعے Urdu Danh sách lần tẩy chay Thế vận hội Vietnamese 聯合抵制奧林匹克運動會列表 Chinese
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The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event.
Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were not invited to attend the 1920 Antwerp games in Belgium, having lost the World War I.[1][2]
South Africa were not invited to the 1964 Games, while its invitation to the 1968 Games was withdrawn after several other African countries threatened to boycott the Games due to apartheid. South Africa would not be permitted to return to the Olympics until 1992.
Rhodesia was also prevented from entering the 1972 Summer Olympics when its invitation was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee following protests by other African countries.
Possibly the most famous Olympic boycotts occurred in 1980 and 1984, due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. Iran and Albania are the only countries that boycotted both the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. Albania is also the only country that boycotted the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
In 2021, several nations announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics to protest against Chinese mistreatment of the Uyghur population, thus prohibiting many government officials from attending the games in an official capacity, while still permitting athletes to compete.[3] Later, India joined the boycott over China's decision to choose Qi Fabao, a regimental commander in the People's Liberation Army, as a torchbearer for the event.[4][5]
- ^ "Explainer: Who took part in the Antwerp Olympics? | Century Ireland". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "Timeline: Politics and Protest at the Olympics". www.cfr.org. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Australia joins US diplomatic boycott". BBC News. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ "India announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics". The Hindu. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "India launches last-minute diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese soldier". 4 February 2022.