Record Games entries
NZPA-Reuter Los Angeles A total of 142 countries have agreed to attend the Los Angeles Olympic Games, a record attendance in spite of the Soviet-led boycott, Olympic officials said. The previous record was 122 nations at the 1972 Olympics at Munich. Thirteen allies _of Moscow joined the Soviet Union boycotting the Games, citing violations of the Olympic charter and inadequate security for their athletes.
The boycotting countries are Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Cuba. Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, East Germany, Hungary, North Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Poland, the Soviet Union, Vietnam and South Yemen. Following is a list of the 141 countries which have accepted invitations to attend the (Smes (countries area-given with their official Olympic de-
signation):— Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola. Antigua. Argentina. Australia. Austria. Bahamas. Bahrain, Bangladesh. Barbados. Belgium. Belize. Benin. Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana. Brazil, British Virgin Islands. Burma. Cameroun. Canada. Cayman Islands. Central Africa, Chad, Chile, China (Peoples Republic of). Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica. Cyprus. Denmark. Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador. Egypt. El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea. Fiji. Finland. France. Gabon. Gambia, Germany (Federal Republic of). Ghana, Great Britain, Greece. Guatemala, Guinea. Guyana. Haiti. Honduras. Hong Kong, Iceland. India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland. Israel, Italy. Ivory Coast, Jamaica. Japan, Jordan. Kenya. South Korea. Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Li&ria, Libya, Liechtenstein. Luxem-
bourg, Madagascar. Malawi. Malaysia, Mali. Malta, Mauritania' Mauritius. Mexico, Monaco. Morocco, Mozambique. Nepal, the Netherlands. Netherlands Antilles. New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger. Nigeria. Norway, Oman. Pakistan, Panama. Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru. Philippines, Portugal. Puerto Rico. Qatar. Rumania. Rwanda. San Marino. Saudi Arabia. Senegal, Seychelles. Sierra Leone, Singapore. Solomon Islands, Somalia. Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam. Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria. Taipei (Chinese). Tanzania, Thailand. Togo, Tonga. Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey. Uganda. United Arab Emirates, United States. Upper Volta. Uruguay. Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Western Samoa, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia, Zaire. Zambia. Zimbabwe.
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