![The 1980 US basketball teams didn't get to play in the Summer Olympics that year either. But it wasn't a pandemic that kept them away — it was a boycott. – Chicago The 1980 US basketball teams didn't get to play in the Summer Olympics that year either. But it wasn't a pandemic that kept them away — it was a boycott. – Chicago](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2020/04/15/HBCRC7KZVNEW5IHWKIAYMHY5SY.jpg)
The 1980 US basketball teams didn't get to play in the Summer Olympics that year either. But it wasn't a pandemic that kept them away — it was a boycott. – Chicago
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Yugoslavia vs Brasil, 1980, Moscow Olympic Games. Drazen Dalipagic with the ball, Cosic and Slavnic. | Olympic sports, Olympic hero, Basketball teams
![The 1980 US basketball teams didn't get to play in the Summer Olympics that year either. But it wasn't a pandemic that kept them away — it was a boycott. – Chicago The 1980 US basketball teams didn't get to play in the Summer Olympics that year either. But it wasn't a pandemic that kept them away — it was a boycott. – Chicago](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2020/04/15/QQDI2X3X7NGCXA7CC4DKHZI75Y.jpg)
The 1980 US basketball teams didn't get to play in the Summer Olympics that year either. But it wasn't a pandemic that kept them away — it was a boycott. – Chicago
![Basketball, Summer Olympics, in Moscow (V) Serie, Circa 1980 Editorial Image - Image of olympics, post: 134970055 Basketball, Summer Olympics, in Moscow (V) Serie, Circa 1980 Editorial Image - Image of olympics, post: 134970055](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/basketball-summer-olympics-moscow-v-serie-circa-moscow-russia-november-stamp-printed-bulgaria-shows-basketball-summer-134970055.jpg)
Basketball, Summer Olympics, in Moscow (V) Serie, Circa 1980 Editorial Image - Image of olympics, post: 134970055
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Basketball Game at the Olympics in Los Angeles Editorial Photography - Image of postage, letter: 105358477
![TIL that since the introduction of basketball ball to the Olympics, the US has won 80% of men's gold medals. The only year they didn't win any medal was the boycotted 1980 TIL that since the introduction of basketball ball to the Olympics, the US has won 80% of men's gold medals. The only year they didn't win any medal was the boycotted 1980](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-that-since-the-introduction-of-basketball-ball-to-the-v0-clatMPy-3vD935r91oej78GhvxTFyfX2IlamF1MtAyA.jpg?auto=webp&s=30c847c443bca57b3ef659dc840b7c646dbbf3a0)