Talk:Olympic boycotts

1980 Winter Olympics
"In the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, the Republic of China (Taiwan) refused to compete under the name of Chinese Taipei, and thus became the only nation to boycott the Olympic Winter Games."

Calling Republic of China the only "nation" to boycott the Olympic is a true Olympic paradox. The Olympic Committee bowed to the Chinese pressure refused to recognize Republic of China as a nation. It would not even allow the team to use the name of the region, Taiwan.

To illustrate how ridiculous the name "Chinese Taipei" is, try "American Ottawa" for Canada or "Russian Tbilisi" for Georgia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.92.34 (talk • contribs)


 * If you have a suggestion as to how that paragraph should be worded, please feel free to implement it. Cheers! bd2412  T 02:55, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

1976 Summer Olympics
"A boycott by 28 African nations in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, in protest of a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby union team early in the year. South Africa was banned from the Olympics between 1962 and 1990 due to its policy of Apartheid. Congo's official Jean Claude Ganga led the boycott after the IOC refused to ban the New Zealand team. Some nations (including Morocco, Cameroon and Egypt) had already participated, however, as the teams withdrew only after the first day. From Southern and Central Africa, only Senegal and Ivory Coast took part. Iraq and Guyana also opted to join the Congolese-led boycott. It was also used to protest the Racism in Canada against those of African descent, whom at the time had difficulty obtaining jobs in the Canadian job market."

Not a single one of these links go to an article that relates to this paragraph. "African" goes to the continent of Africa, although I would expect it to go to an article about the 28 countries that participated in the boycott. "All blacks rugby team" doesn't go to an article about the team, but rather articles about "all blacks" and "rugby teams." Its like the article is trying to define blatantly obvious words instead of clarifying specifics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.137.144.70 (talk) 21:17, 11 September 2009 (UTC)