Several teams who had qualified to compete were absent as a result of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, including the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, and North Korea.
sˈɛvɹəl tˈiːmz hˌuː hæd kwˈɔlᵻfˌaɪd tə kəmpˈiːt wɜːɹ ˈæbsənt æz ɐ ɹɪzˈʌlt ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ sˈʌmɚɹ əlˈɪmpɪks bˈɔɪkɑːt, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðə sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən, bʌlɡˈɛɹiə, kjˈuːbə, tʃˌɛkəsləvˈækiə, ˈiːst dʒˈɜːməni, hˈʌŋɡɚɹi, ænd nˈɔːɹθ kɚɹˈiːə.