Question
During this event, Władysław Kozakiewicz displayed the obscene bras d'honneur gesture in defiance of the crowd, which Polish officials attributed to "muscle spasm.'" For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event, which was the target of a boycott that resulted in a retaliatory boycott four years later. Lord Killanin unsuccessfully sought to prevent that boycott of this event.
ANSWER: 1980 Summer Olympics [or Moscow Summer Olympics; or Games of the XXII Olympiad; prompt on 1980 Olympics; prompt on Olympics]
[10e] This was the only Eastern Bloc country to attend the 1984 Olympics amid the Soviet-led boycott. Nadia Comăneci won five Olympic gold medals for this country before defecting in the run-up to its 1989 revolution.
ANSWER: Romania [or Socialist Republic of Romania; or Republica Socialistă România; or RSR; or Romanian People’s Republic; or Republica Populară Romînă; or RPR]
[10h] Earlier, the U.S. competed in the 1979 edition of this Soviet sporting event begun in 1928 by Red Sport International. Czechoslovakia hosted a Sokol-inspired mass gymnastics event with the same name every five years.
ANSWER: Spartakiads [or Spartakiade]
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