List of boycotts


This is a list of boycotts.

Past

Sporting

Certain countries have declined to participate in international sporting events to protest the host nation's policies or actions.
EventParticipantsHost nationCauseMain articleReferences
1936 Summer OlympicsAthletes from 22 nationsNazi GermanyGerman fascismPeople's Olympiad
1938 FIFA World CupVarious South American nationsFranceSelection of a second successive World Cup in Europe
1956 Summer OlympicsEgypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, ChinaAustraliaThe Suez Crisis; the presence of the Soviet Union after the Hungarian Revolution; the presence of Taiwan
1976 Summer OlympicsVarious African nationsCanadaParticipation of New Zealand, which had sporting contact with apartheid South AfricaSporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era
1980 Summer OlympicsUnited States
Various nations		Soviet UnionSoviet–Afghan War1980 Summer Olympics boycott
1984 Summer OlympicsWarsaw Pact states
Cuba		United States1980 Summer Olympics boycott1984 Summer Olympics boycott
Friendship Games
1986 Commonwealth Games32 Afro-Asian nationsScotlandThe Thatcher Government's attitude towards sporting links with South AfricaSporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era
1988 Summer OlympicsNorth Korea
Albania, Cuba, Madagascar, Seychelles		South KoreaState of war between North and South Korea, Korean conflict

Ongoing