African boycott over New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa

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Olympic boycott political protest sporting boycott

The African boycott over New Zealand’s rugby tour of apartheid South Africa was a major political protest in which numerous African nations withdrew from the 1976 Montreal Olympics to condemn continued sporting links with the apartheid regime.

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African boycott over New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic boycott ⓘ political protest ⓘ sporting boycott ⓘ
appliesToEvent	1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ surface form: 1976 Summer Olympics athletics competitions 1976 Summer Olympics team sports tournaments ⓘ
countryInvolved	Ghana ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ
hasCause	New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa ⓘ surface form: New Zealand national rugby union team tour of South Africa in 1976 New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa ⓘ continued sporting links with apartheid South Africa ⓘ
hasEffect	heightened debate over sporting contacts with South Africa ⓘ increased international attention to apartheid in sport ⓘ pressure on international sports bodies to isolate apartheid South Africa ⓘ reduced participation of African athletes in Montreal 1976 ⓘ withdrawal of many African teams from the 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
location	1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ Canada ⓘ Montreal ⓘ
mainOrganisingBody	Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ⓘ surface form: African National Olympic Committees Organization of African Unity ⓘ surface form: Organisation of African Unity
motivatedBy	opposition to racial segregation in sport ⓘ solidarity with black South Africans under apartheid ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries	around 28 ⓘ more than 20 ⓘ
opposed	New Zealand’s sporting contacts with apartheid South Africa ⓘ apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
opposedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ surface form: International Olympic Committee leadership New Zealand Olympic Committee ⓘ
participant	Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ⓘ surface form: African National Olympic Committees African nations ⓘ International Olympic Committee ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Organization of African Unity ⓘ surface form: Organisation of African Unity South Africa ⓘ
partOf	global anti-apartheid movement ⓘ international sports boycott of apartheid South Africa ⓘ
pointInTime	1976 ⓘ
reason	condemnation of apartheid regime ⓘ demand for exclusion of New Zealand from the 1976 Olympics ⓘ protest against New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	Commonwealth sporting sanctions against South Africa ⓘ Gleneagles Agreement ⓘ New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ surface form: South African national rugby union team
startTime	July 1976 ⓘ
triggeredBy	refusal of International Olympic Committee to ban New Zealand from the 1976 Olympics ⓘ

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