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How many athletes competed for New Zealand at the boycott-marred 1980 Moscow Olympics?
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Five, under the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, Geoff Walker, and Chris MacDonald in canoeing/kayaking.
Brian Newth in modern pentathlon.
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Has NZ boycotted the Olympics?
New Zealand joined the United States and other countries in boycotting the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. There were four New Zealand athletes, kayakers Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, and Geoff Walker, and modern pentathlete Brian Newth, that competed as independents under the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.
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