More than 60 countries,led by the United States and China,stayed away from Moscow in 1980 in protest against the soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979,robbing the Games of some of the top name athletes of the day.

• 以美国和中国为首的60多个国家拒约参加1980年莫斯科奥运会，原因是抗议苏联1979年12月对阿富汗的侵略，就这样该届奥运会失去了一些顶级明星。