answers.input_text: short
answers.span_text: 1980
questions: when did the us not go to the olympics
name: 1980 Summer Olympics boycott
contexts: The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . The Soviet Union , which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics , and other countries would later boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles .