1980 Winter Olympics - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

37 NOCs participated. United States President Jimmy Carter had already called for the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, leading to a great deal of tension at the Games. Nevertheless, the USSR and its allies participated (though the USSR didn't participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles).

Cyprus made their Olympic debut at the 1980 Winter Olympics. The People's Republic of China and Costa Rica both made their Winter Olympic debut. The Republic of China had boycotted the Games over the IOC's recognition of the PRC as "China", and its request for the Republic of China to compete as "Chinese Taipei".

  • Andorra (3)
  • Argentina (12)
  • Australia (9)
  • Austria (43)
  • Belgium (3)
  • Bolivia (3)
  • Bulgaria (8)
  • Canada (58)
  • China (24)
  • Costa Rica (3)
  • Cyprus (3)
  • Czechoslovakia (41)
  • Finland (53)
  • France (22)
  • East Germany (53)
  • West Germany (80)
  • Great Britain (48)
  • Greece (3)
  • Hungary (3)
  • Iceland (6)
  • Italy (46)
  • Japan (50)
  • South Korea (10)
  • Lebanon (3)
  • Liechtenstein (7)
  • Mongolia (3)
  • Netherlands (29)
  • New Zealand (5)
  • Norway (63)
  • Poland (30)
  • Romania (35)
  • Soviet Union (86)
  • Spain (8)
  • Sweden (61)
  • Switzerland (44)
  • United States (103)
  • Yugoslavia (15)

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