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The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. Over the course of its history the Olympics have been boycotted on six occasions for a number of political reasons. Only Summer Olympics have been boycotted; no Winter Olympics have ever faced a boycott. The first boycott occurred at the 1956 Games and the most recent was at the 1988 Games.

Rhodesia was prevented from entering when its invitation to the 1972 Summer Olympics was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee, following protests by other African countries. South Africa was not invited to the 1964 games, and its invitation to the 1968 games was withdrawn when numerous other teams threatened to withdraw. South Africawas not permitted to return to the Olympics until the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Canada and Australia indicated they would boycott the 2020 Summer Olympics over the Coronavirus epidemic, unless the games were postponed until 2021. The games were subsequently postponed until 2021 the following day.

Overview
The following table presents an overview of the six Olympic Games where at least one National Olympic Committee (NOC) boycotted the event. Olympics where boycotts were discussed but not actually executed are not included.

1956
• 🇪🇬 Egypt

• 🇮🇶 Iraq

• 🇱🇧 Lebanon

• 🇳🇱 Netherlands

• 🇰🇭 Cambodia

• 🇪🇸 Spain

• 🇨🇭 Switzerland

• People's Republic of China

Other incidents
In addition to the six Games where boycotts were organized, NOCs have threatened to boycott other events in the past.

2020
In March 2020, the Canadian Olympic Committee stated that it would boycott the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo if it was not postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.