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Title:USSR-Australia-USA: Soviet Walk-Out Of 1984 Olympic Games Provokes Worldwide Reactions
Date:8th May 1984
Summary:The USSR announced on May 8 that it was withdrawing from the '84 Olympic Games. An announcement by the USSR National Olympic Committee said 'extremist organisations and groupings of all sorts' were aiming to create unbearable conditions for the Soviet delegation. The Soviet decision meant the Los Angeles Games were the 4th Olympics since 1956 to be hit by a major withdrawal.
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Location:USSR CCCP RUSSIA MOSCOW MOSKVA
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