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Goodwill Games

first edition, Moscow: 1986
editions held: 5
medal nations: 62
latest · Brisbane: 2001

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The Goodwill Games was an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. In 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, an act reciprocated when the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries (with the exception of Romania) boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Like the Olympics, the Goodwill Games were held every four years (with the exception of the final Games), and had a summer and winter component. The Summer Goodwill Games occurred five times, between 1986 and 2001, while the Winter Goodwill Games occurred only once, in 2000. They were cancelled by Time Warner, which had bought ownership of them in 1996, due to low television ratings after the 2001 games in Brisbane.

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Editions

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All-time medal table

62 nations

#	Nation				Total
1	United States of America USA	76	57	63	196
2	Soviet Union URS	31	41	33	105
3	Russia RUS	25	31	24	80
4	Cuba CUB	10	11	6	27
5	Kenya KEN	10	10	14	34
6	Great Britain & NI GBR	6	3	3	12
7	Jamaica JAM	5	10	9	24
8	Australia AUS	4	5	5	14
9	Germany DR (1949-89) GDR	3	4	4	11
10	Romania ROU	3	4	3	10
11	Ethiopia ETH	3	4	0	7
12	Poland POL	3	3	2	8
13	Bulgaria BUL	3	2	4	9
14	Czech Republic CZE	3	1	1	5
15	Morocco MAR	3	1	1	5
16	Mexico MEX	3	1	0	4
17	Mozambique MOZ	3	0	0	3
18	China PR CHN	2	3	2	7
19	Ukraine UKR	2	2	5	9
20	Canada CAN	2	2	2	6
21	Republic of South Africa RSA	2	1	0	3
22	Algeria ALG	2	0	0	2
23	Bahamas BAH	1	5	0	6
24	Sweden SWE	1	2	0	3
25	Brazil BRA	1	1	2	4
26	Germany GER	1	1	2	4
27	Portugal POR	1	1	2	4
28	Nigeria NGR	1	1	0	2
29	Trinidad & Tobago TTO	1	1	0	2
30	Japan JPN	1	0	2	3
31	Belarus BLR	1	0	1	2
32	Norway NOR	1	0	1	2
33	World Selection WSE	1	0	1	2
34	Dominican Republic DOM	1	0	0	1
35	Slovenia SLO	1	0	0	1
36	France FRA	0	1	1	2
37	Ireland IRL	0	1	1	2
38	Latvia LAT	0	1	1	2
39	Burundi BDI	0	1	0	1
40	Estonia EST	0	1	0	1
41	Israel ISR	0	1	0	1
42	Lithuania LTU	0	1	0	1
43	Namibia NAM	0	1	0	1
44	Somalia SOM	0	1	0	1
45	Zambia ZAM	0	1	0	1
46	Spain ESP	0	0	2	2
47	Finland FIN	0	0	2	2
48	Hungary HUN	0	0	2	2
49	Saudi Arabia KSA	0	0	2	2
50	Austria AUT	0	0	1	1
51	Ivory Coast CIV	0	0	1	1
52	Cameroon CMR	0	0	1	1
53	Denmark DEN	0	0	1	1
54	Ecuador ECU	0	0	1	1
55	Ghana GHA	0	0	1	1
56	Greece GRE	0	0	1	1
57	Iceland ISL	0	0	1	1
58	Kazakhstan KAZ	0	0	1	1
59	Moldova MDA	0	0	1	1
60	Senegal SEN	0	0	1	1
61	Syria SYR	0	0	1	1
62	Uzbekistan UZB	0	0	1	1