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North Korea, still officially at war with South Korea, and its allies, Albania, Cuba, Madagascar and Seychelles boycotted the games.

For differing reasons, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, and Albania ( who declared an Olympic-record fourth consecutive boycott ) did not participate in the Games.

However, the much larger boycotts seen in the previous three Summer Olympics were avoided, resulting in the largest ever number of participating nations to that date.