Haven’t watch the Olympics since Nadia performed, no great loss.
In 1980 Carter got the bright idea that not going to the Moscow games would somehow get the Soviets out of Afghanistan, what it actually did was destroy lifelong dreams of many American athletes.
In 1984 the Soviets boycotted the LA games, there were some bright spots but it was still impossible to shake the feeling that any victory was a little hollow if the commies weren't competing.
By 1988 was okay but nothing really stood out and by 1992 the pretense of amateur athletics was abandoned completely with the US "Dream Team" (which was a great basketball team, I just don't think it had anything to do with the spirit of the Olympics).