1980 Summer Olympics basketball tournament

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The 1980 Summer Olympics basketball tournament was the men's and women's international basketball competition held in Moscow as part of the 1980 Olympic Games, notable for featuring strong Eastern Bloc teams amid a U.S.-led boycott.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic basketball tournament
associatedWith Eastern Bloc national teams
boycottBy United States NERFINISHED
boycottContext protest against Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
boycottLedBy United States government NERFINISHED
boycottSupportedBy several Western countries
competitionFormat national teams tournament
competitionLevel international
continent Europe
editionNumber 3rd Olympic women's basketball tournament
9th Olympic men's basketball tournament
eventType quadrennial tournament
frequency every four years
genderCategories men's tournament
women's tournament
governingBody FIBA NERFINISHED
hostCity Moscow NERFINISHED
hostCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
hostedBy Organizing Committee of the 1980 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
includesEvent men's international basketball competition
women's international basketball competition
location Moscow
multiSportEventComponent basketball competition
notableFor U.S.-led boycott
strong Eastern Bloc teams
partOf 1980 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Olympic basketball tournaments NERFINISHED
politicalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
sport basketball
timePeriod 1980

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Oscar Schmidt participatedIn 1980 Summer Olympics basketball tournament