September 24, 2026

Which specific Games held in Los Angeles did Laos, Cuba and 13 other countries join a Soviet-led boycott of in 1984, in a move seen as tit-for-tat after the United States and its allies had stayed away from the previous Games in Moscow four years earlier?

A 1984 Davis Cup
B Commonwealth Games
C 1984 Summer Olympics
D 1984 Winter Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles were boycotted by the Soviet Union and 14 allies including Cuba and Laos, in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games. It was a low point in Cold War sport.

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