The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">USSR</a> announces a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics_boycott" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1984 Summer Olympics boycott">boycott upon the</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1984 Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics at Los Angeles</a>, later joined by 14 other countries.<sup about="#mwt82" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"NYT9May1984"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-NYT9May1984-14"}}' id="cite_ref-NYT9May1984_14-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_8#cite_note-NYT9May1984-14" id="mwATU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATY">[14]</span></a></sup>