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{{Infobox Olympic games|1984|Summer|Olympics|
| image       = 1984 Summer Olympics logo.svg
| image_size  = 260
| caption     = 
| host_city   = [[Los Angeles]], United States
| motto       = ''Play a Part in History''
| nations     = 140
| athletes    = 6,800 (5,231 men, 1,569 women)
| events      = 221 in 21 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (29 disciplines)
| opening     = July 28, 1984
| closing     = August 12, 1984
| opened_by   = [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron">{{cite press release |title=Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf|url-status=live |publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2016|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
| closed_by   = [[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC President]] [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]
| cauldron    = [[Rafer Johnson]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron" />
| stadium     = [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
| summer_prev = [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]]
| summer_next = [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul 1988]]
| winter_prev = [[1984 Winter Olympics|Sarajevo 1984]]
| winter_next = [[1988 Winter Olympics|Calgary 1988]]
}}
{{1984 Summer Olympics}}

The '''1984 Summer Olympics''' (officially the '''Games of the XXIII Olympiad''' and commonly known as '''Los Angeles 1984''') were an international [[multi-sport event]] held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in [[Los Angeles]], California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932]]. This was the first of two consecutive Olympic Games to be held in North America, with [[Calgary]], Alberta, Canada, hosting the [[1988 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Olympic Host Cities – Architecture of the Games |url=https://architectureofthegames.net/olympic-host-cities/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |language=en}}</ref>  California was the home state of the incumbent [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] [[Ronald Reagan]], who officially opened the Games. These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the [[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC presidency]] of [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]].

The [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|1984 Games were boycotted]] by fourteen [[Eastern Bloc]] countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany, in response to the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|American-led boycott]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], Soviet Union, in protest of the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]]; [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]] was the only Soviet-aligned state that opted to attend the Games. Albania, Iran, [[Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]] and [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] also chose to boycott the Games, but for unrelated reasons.

Despite the field being depleted in certain sports due to the boycott, 140 [[National Olympic Committee]]s took part in the 1984 Games, a record number at the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=NO BOYCOTT BLUES|url=https://www.olympic.org/los-angeles-1984|website=olympic.org|access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="IOC">{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1984|title=Games of the XXIII Olympiad|publisher=International Olympic Committee| access-date=August 31, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830223138/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1984| archive-date=August 30, 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics|United States]] won the most gold and overall medals, followed by [[Romania at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Romania]] and [[West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics|West Germany]].

The 1984 Summer Olympics are widely considered to be the most financially successful modern Olympics,<ref name="financiallySuccessful">{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/86729520.html?dids=86729520:86729520&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+28%2C+2001&author=ALAN+ABRAHAMSON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=L.A.+the+Best+Site%2C+Bid+Group+Insists%3B+Olympics%3A+Despite+USOC+rejection%2C+officials+say+their+plan+was+in+line+with+IOC%27s+call+for+downsizing+of+Games.&pqatl=google|title=LA the Best Site, Bid Group Insists; Olympics: Despite USOC rejection|date=July 25, 2004|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 17, 2008|first=Alan|last=Abrahamson|archive-date=November 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105125946/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/86729520.html?dids=86729520:86729520&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+28%2C+2001&author=ALAN+ABRAHAMSON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=L.A.+the+Best+Site%2C+Bid+Group+Insists%3B+Olympics%3A+Despite+USOC+rejection%2C+officials+say+their+plan+was+in+line+with+IOC%27s+call+for+downsizing+of+Games.&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> serving as an example on how to run an Olympic Games. As a result of low construction costs, due to the use of existing sport infrastructure, coupled with a reliance on private corporate {{nowrap|funding,<ref name=sphpfol>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8FdWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6520%2C4188033 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=It's official: Sponsors help pay for Olympics |date=April 7, 1984 |page=18}}</ref>}} the 1984 Games generated a profit of over {{US$|250 million|link=yes}}.

On July 18, 2009, a 25th anniversary celebration of the 1984 Games was held at the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]. The celebration included a speech by former Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president [[Peter Ueberroth]], a short re-enactment of the Flying Rocketman sequence, the presentation of more than 35 (mostly South California-based) gold medal winners from 1984 (which was part of Ceremonies producer David Wolper's original 1984 plans) as well as a re-lighting of the Olympic cauldron.

Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics for the third time in [[2028 Summer Olympics|2028]], becoming the third city in the world—following [[London]] and [[Paris]]—to do so.<ref>{{cite news|first=David |last=Wharton |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-la-olympics-approved-20170913-story.html|title=L.A. officially awarded 2028 Olympic Games|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 13, 2017| access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref>

==Host selection==
{{Main|Los Angeles bid for the 1984 Summer Olympics}}
After the [[Munich massacre|terrorist attack]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], the significant financial debts of [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal (1976)]], and various boycotts by National Olympic Committees, few cities by the late 1970s were willing to bid for the Summer Olympics. Only two cities ([[Tehran]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=سند تاریخی: ایران و میزبانی جام جهانی ۹۰ |url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1416397/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-90 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=ورزش سه |language=fa}}</ref> and Los Angeles) made serious bids for the 1984 Summer Games. Tehran submitted its bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics to the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) on 29 August 1975. The selection of the host city was made at the 80th IOC Session in Athens on 18 May 1978, where Los Angeles was chosen as the host city.<ref name="votes">{{cite web |title=Past Olympic host city election results |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |access-date=13 November 2018 |publisher=[[GamesBids]]}}</ref>

Los Angeles had unsuccessfully bid for the two previous Summer Olympic Games (1976 and 1980, which went to [[Montreal]] and [[Moscow]], respectively). The [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|United States Olympic Committee]] (USOC) had submitted at least one bid for every Olympics since [[1944 Summer Olympics|1944]] but had not succeeded since the [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympics in 1932]], the previous time only a single bid had been issued for the Summer Olympics.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ 1984 Summer Olympics<br />bidding results
|-
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" | Votes
|-
| '''[[Los Angeles]]'''
| '''{{USA}}'''
| '''Unanimous'''
|-
| [[Tehran]]
| {{flag|Iran|1964}}
| Did not advance
|}

{{see also|#Financial success of Los Angeles as host city|l1=Financial success of Los Angeles as host city}}

==Torch relay==
{{main|1984 Summer Olympics torch relay}}
The 1984 Olympic Torch Relay began in New York City and ended in Los Angeles, traversing 33 states and the District of Columbia. Unlike later torch relays, the torch was continuously carried by runners on foot. The route covered more than 9,320&nbsp;mi (15,000&nbsp;km) and involved 3,636 runners. Noted athlete [[O. J. Simpson]] was among the runners, carrying the torch up the [[California Incline]] in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]. Gina Hemphill, a granddaughter of [[Jesse Owens]], carried the torch into the Coliseum, completed a lap around the track, then handed it off to the final runner, [[Rafer Johnson]], winner of the [[decathlon]] at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]. With the torch, he touched off the flame which passed through a specially designed flammable Olympic logo, igniting all five rings. Johnson became the first person of African descent to light the cauldron in Olympic history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-12-02/rafer-johnson-dead?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true|title = Rafer Johnson, the Olympic gold medalist who helped bring the games to L.A., has died|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = December 2, 2020}}</ref> The flame then passed up to the cauldron atop the peristyle and remained aflame for the duration of the Games.
[[File:Olympic Torch Tower of the Los Angeles Coliseum.jpg|thumb|left|The Opening Ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]

==Music==
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[[John Williams]] composed the theme for the Olympiad, "Los Angeles Olympic Theme" later also known as "[[Olympic Fanfare and Theme]]". This piece won a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] for Williams and became one of the most well-known musical themes of the Olympic Games, along with [[Leo Arnaud]]'s "[[Bugler's Dream]]"; the latter is sometimes attached to the beginning of Olympic Fanfare and Theme. Composer [[Bill Conti]] also wrote a song to inspire the weightlifters called "Power". An album, ''The Official Music of the XXIII Olympiad—Los Angeles 1984'', featured those three tracks along with sports themes written for the occasion by popular musical artists including [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]], [[Toto (band)|Toto]], [[Loverboy (band)|Loverboy]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Christopher Cross]], [[Philip Glass]], [[Paul Engemann]] and [[Giorgio Moroder]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/39639/rec/51|title=Official report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984.|publisher=Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee|editor=Richard B. Perelman|year=1984|isbn=0-9614512-0-3|location=Los Angeles|pages=229|oclc=12601151}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Various – The Official Music Of The XXIIIrd Olympiad – Los Angeles 1984 (LP) at Discogs |website=[[Discogs]] |date=December 8, 1984 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Official-Music-Of-The-XXIIIrd-Olympiad-Los-Angeles-1984/release/694895 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201050708/http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Official-Music-Of-The-XXIIIrd-Olympiad-Los-Angeles-1984/release/694895 |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=September 10, 2009  }}</ref> "[[Reach Out (Olympic theme song)|Reach Out]]" was the main soundtrack and is the official theme song of the 1984 Summer Olympics.<ref>[| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1URHDI07M Check out the credit at Music Video]</ref>

The Brazilian composer [[Sérgio Mendes]] also produced a special song for the 1984 Olympic Games, "Olympia," from his 1984 album ''[[Confetti (Sérgio Mendes album)|Confetti]]''. A [[choir]] of approximately one thousand voices was assembled of [[singer (music)|singers]] in the region. All were volunteers from nearby [[Church body|churches]], schools and universities.

[[Etta James]] performed "[[When the Saints Go Marching In]]" at the Opening Ceremony.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/glAu9xxlMJ8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141217134618/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glAu9xxlMJ8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glAu9xxlMJ8&list=PLiFG--hp3gpW60VYhtj8L7nkAe8FjPqH7|title=Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Opening Ceremony Complete|date=September 6, 2014|work=YouTube|trans-title=Go to time stamp 29:40 for Etta James' performance. A previously cited Associated Press story (in which James was credited for singing the national anthem) was an AP reporting error. The national anthem was performed by a choir, and James appeared to perform 'When The Saints Go Marching In' later in the ceremony.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Vicki McClure, along with the International Children's Choir of Long Beach, sang "[[Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)|Reach Out and Touch]]".

Alongside Williams and the house orchestra, 84 pianists performed an abridged version of [[George Gershwin]]'s composition ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]''.

[[Lionel Richie]] performed a special extended 9-minute version of his hit single "[[All Night Long (All Night)|All Night Long]]" at the closing ceremonies.<ref>{{cite news |last=Malone |first=MacKenzie |title=Tuning into the Games, Watching the Olympics is the next best thing to playing |url=https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Tuning-into-the-Games-3720777.php |access-date=April 4, 2014 |newspaper=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |date=July 19, 2012}}</ref>

==Mascot==
{{main|Sam (mascot)}}
The mascot was a [[bald eagle]] named [[Sam the Olympic Eagle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Los Angeles 1984 - The Mascot |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/los-angeles-1984/mascot |website=olympics.com}}</ref>

==Highlights==
[[File:Los Angeles 1984 poster.png|thumb|right|Official poster of the 1984 Summer Olympics]]

===Cultural Olympics<!--[[Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival]] redirects directly here.-->===
The 1984 Summer Olympics was preceded by the 10-week-long adjunct Olympic Arts Festival or the Cultural Olympics, which opened on June 1 and ended on August 12.<ref>{{cite web | title=Olympic Arts Festival, June 1-August 12, 1984: Prelude to the Olympics | website=California Revealed | url=https://californiarevealed.org/do/aa9d1f95-391d-4fb9-918a-432d379ebe90 | access-date=9 March 2025}}</ref> It provided more than 400 performances by 146 theater, dance, and music companies, representing every continent and 18 countries, as well as art exhibitions and films. It was organized by then-[[CalArts]] President [[Robert Fitzpatrick (art executive)|Robert Fitzpatrick]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Rabkin | first=Gerald | title=The Olympic Arts Festival | journal=Performing Arts Journal | publisher=Performing Arts Journal, Inc. | volume=8 | issue=3 | year=1984 | issn=0735-8393 | jstor=3245482 | pages=43–58 | doi=10.2307/3245482 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3245482 | access-date=9 March 2025| url-access=subscription }}</ref> Along with many famous American dance companies, such as the [[Dance Theatre of Harlem]], the festival hosted three international debuts: German choreographer [[Pina Bausch]] and her [[Tanztheater Wuppertal]], Groupe Emile Dubois from France, and the Japanese [[Butoh]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Olympic Arts Festival, June 1-August 12, 1984: Prelude to the Olympics - A Gala Concert  | website=Internet Archive | date=23 October 2016 | url=https://archive.org/details/claphila_000068/page/24/mode/2up | access-date=9 March 2025| quote=Program for Olympic Arts Festival Week at the Hollywood Bowl, which took place July 23–27, 1984.}}</ref>

===General===
* This was the first edition in which new rules of coexistence within the [[Olympic Village]] were implemented and it was decided that from this edition onwards all athletes would have to stay in the same place, as opposed to being divided by gender and sometimes even political blocs which was the case previously.<ref>"[https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/161899/olympic-summer-games-villages-from-paris-1924-to-rio-2016-international-olympic-committee-olympic-st Olympic Summer Games Villages from Paris 1924 to Tokyo 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429041930/https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/161899/olympic-summer-games-villages-from-paris-1924-to-rio-2016-international-olympic-committee-olympic-st |date=2023-04-29 }}." The Olympic Studies Centre. 2022 June 20.</ref>
* Also for the first time in history, the International Olympic Committee authorized the formal segments of the [[1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] to be interspersed with the cultural segments. The start of the event featured the arrival of Bill Suitor by means of the [[Bell Rocket Belt]] (also known as a Jet Pack).
* The [[United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics|United States]] topped the medal count for the first time since [[1968 Summer Olympics medal table|1968]], winning a record 83 gold medals and surpassing the [[Soviet Union at the Olympics|Soviet Union]]'s total of 81 golds at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-gold-medals-won-at-a-single-summer-olympic-games-country Most gold medals won at a single Summer Olympic Games - Country]</ref>
* As a result of an [[Nagoya Resolution]] signed in 1979, and the designating the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] (Taiwan) as [[Chinese Taipei]], the [[China|People's Republic of China]] returned to the Summer Olympics for the first time since [[1952 Summer Olympics|Helsinki 1952]]. The [[Military anthem of China]] was played for both teams during the opening ceremony.
* Local Los Angeles artist [[Rodolfo Escalera]] was commissioned to create nine paintings depicting the Summer Games that would later be turned into collectible plates and presented as "The Official Gift of the 1984 Olympics". LAOOC also designed [[Ernie Barnes]] as "Sports Artist of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games" and  Barnes was commissioned to create five Olympic-themed paintings and serve as an official Olympic spokesman to encourage inner-city youth.

===Track and field===
* [[Carl Lewis]] of the United States, making his first of four appearances at the Olympics, equaled the 1936 performance of [[Jesse Owens]] by winning four gold medals, in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay and long jump.
* [[Edwin Moses]] of the United States won the gold medal in the 400m hurdles 8 years after winning in 1976.
* [[Joaquim Cruz]] of Brazil won the 800 meter run with a time of 1:43.00 to set an Olympic record.
* [[Nawal El Moutawakel]] of Morocco became the first female Olympic champion of a Muslim nation—and the first of her country—in the 400 m hurdles.
* [[Carlos Lopes]], from Portugal, won the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]] at the age of 37, with a time of 2:09:21, an Olympic record that stood for 24 years. It was the first gold medal ever for Portugal. Gold medal favorite, World Record holder and the then World Champion, [[Robert de Castella]] from [[Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Australia]], finished in 5th place, 1:48 behind Lopes.
* A [[marathon (sport)|marathon]] for women was held for the first time at the Olympics (won by [[Joan Benoit]] of the U.S.). The event was also remembered for Swiss runner [[Gabriela Andersen-Schiess]], who – suffering from heat exhaustion – entered the stadium for the final lap in a state of almost total exhaustion, barely able to walk but eventually completing the race, collapsing at the finishing line and being immediately treated by medical personnel.
* [[Daley Thompson]] of Great Britain apparently missed a new world record in winning his second consecutive gold medal in the [[decathlon]]; the next year, his score was retroactively raised to 8847, giving him the record.
* [[Sebastian Coe]] of Great Britain became the first man to win consecutive gold medals in the [[1500m]].
* [[Maricica Puică]] of Romania won the 3000 meters, known for the [[Mary Decker]] vs. [[Zola Budd]] rivalry. World champion and heavy favorite Decker fell after a controversial collision with Budd. However, Puică had the best annual time at the distance, easily run away from silver medalist [[Wendy Sly]] of Great Britain and appeared to have more to give if it had been necessary. Puică was injured during the very first Track and Field World Championships in [[Helsinki]] the year before, in which Decker had won both the 1500 meters and the 3000 meters.<ref>Sky Documentary "Mary Decker vs Zola Budd", aired on Danish [[DR2]], 2.August 2018, 23:30 CEST</ref>

===Other sports===
*At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Chinese shooter [[Xu Haifeng]] won the men's 50-meter pistol gold medal, becoming the first athlete from the [[People's Republic of China]] to win an Olympic gold medal.
* [[Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Archer]] [[Neroli Fairhall]] from New Zealand was the first [[paraplegia|paraplegic]] Olympian at any Olympic Games, coming 35th in the Women's individual event.
* [[Synchronized swimming]] and [[rhythmic gymnastics]] debuted in Los Angeles as Olympic events, as did [[wind surfing]].
* [[Li Ning]] from the People's Republic of China won 6 medals in gymnastics, 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze, earning him the nickname "Prince of Gymnasts" in China. Li would later light the Olympic Cauldron at the [[2008 Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-li-ning/li-ning-prince-of-gymnasts-and-businessman-idUSSP4750620080808|title=Li Ning, "Prince of Gymnasts" and businessman|author=Nick Mulvenney|date=August 8, 2008|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
* [[Steve Redgrave]] of Great Britain won his first title in [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] of the record five he would go on to win in five Olympic competitions.
* [[Victor Davis]] of Canada set a new world record in winning the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke in swimming.
* [[Mary Lou Retton]] of the United States became the first gymnast outside Eastern Europe to win the gymnastics all-around competition.
* In men's gymnastics, the American team won the gold medal.
* [[France national football team|France]] won the Olympic [[association football]] (soccer) tournament, defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final. Olympic football was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]. This interest eventually led to the U.S. hosting the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]].
* The Soviet-led boycott affected weightlifting more than any other sport: 94 of the world's top 100 ranked lifters were absent, as were 29 of the 30 medalists from the recent world championships. All 10 of the defending world champions in the 10 weight categories were absent. The success of the Eastern Bloc countries might be explained by state-run doping programs that had been developed there.<ref name="NYT1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/sports/olympics/soviet-doping-plan-russia-rio-games.html|title=The Soviet Doping Plan: Document Reveals Illicit Approach to '84 Olympics|date=August 13, 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 13, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* Future [[1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team|Dream Team]] members [[Michael Jordan]], [[Patrick Ewing]], and [[Chris Mullin (basketball)|Chris Mullin]] were on the team that won the gold medal in [[basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|basketball]]. The [[1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team|1984 U.S. men's Olympic basketball team]] was coached by [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana Hoosiers]] head coach [[Bob Knight|Bobby Knight]].
* [[Connie Carpenter-Phinney]] of the United States became the first woman to win an Olympic cycling event when she won the [[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race|women's individual road race]].
* In the judo open division, four-time world champion [[Yasuhiro Yamashita]] of Japan tore a right calf muscle in the preliminary match against [[Arthur Schnabel]]. This put Yamashita at a huge disadvantage since he executed his throws by pivoting on his right leg. Though he managed to win the match with an [[Okuri-Eri-Jime]], the injury caused him to visibly limp during the semi-final match against [[Laurent Del Colombo]]. Yamashita was thrown with an [[Osoto Gari]] only 30 seconds into the match, but managed to return an Osoto Gari and won the match with a [[Yoko-Shiho-Gatame]] (side four-quarter hold). He played the final match against [[Mohamed Ali Rashwan]] of Egypt. Yamashita won the final and the gold medal despite his injury. The match witnessed a remarkable fair play act from Rashwan who did not aim for Yamashita's right leg. Rashwan was even given an award from the International Fairplay Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairplayinternational.org/winners_item.php?id=156|title=International Fairplay Committee - Mohamed Ali Rashwan |access-date=21 January 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071010143658/http://www.fairplayinternational.org/winners_item.php?id=156 |archive-date=10 October 2007}}</ref>

==Venues==
{{Main|Venues of the 1984 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:GreatWesternForum.jpg|thumb|The Forum hosted the basketball events]]

===Venues in the city of Los Angeles ===
* [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] – opening/closing ceremonies, athletics
* [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]] – boxing
* [[Dodger Stadium]] – baseball
* [[Pauley Pavilion]], [[University of California, Los Angeles]] – gymnastics
* [[Eagle's Nest Arena]], [[California State University, Los Angeles]] – judo
* [[McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium|Olympic Swim Stadium]], [[University of Southern California]] – swimming, diving, synchronized swimming
* Olympic Village (athlete housing), [[University of Southern California]]
* [[Los Angeles Tennis Center]], [[University of California, Los Angeles]] – tennis
* Athletes Village, [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
* [[Gersten Pavilion|Albert Gersten Pavilion]], [[Loyola Marymount University]], [[Westchester, California|Westchester]], California – weightlifting
* Streets of Los Angeles – athletics (marathon)

===Venues in Southern California===
* [[El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California]] – archery
* [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum]], [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], California – basketball and team handball finals
* [[Lake Casitas]], [[Ventura County, California|Ventura County]], California – canoeing, rowing
* [[Olympic Velodrome (Carson, California)|Olympic Velodrome]], [[California State University, Dominguez Hills]], [[Carson, California|Carson]], California – cycling (track)
* [[Mission Viejo]], [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], California – cycling (individual road race)
* [[Santa Anita Park]], [[Arcadia, California]] – equestrian
* [[Fairbanks Ranch Country Club]], [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]], California – equestrian sports (eventing endurance)
* [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center|Long Beach Convention Center]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], California – fencing
* [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], California – football (final)
* [[Titan Gym]]nasium, [[California State University, Fullerton]], [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]], California – handball
* [[Weingart Stadium]], [[East Los Angeles College]], [[Monterey Park, California|Monterey Park]], California – field hockey
* [[Coto de Caza]], [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], California – modern pentathlon (fencing, riding, running, shooting)
* Olympic Shooting Range, [[Prado Regional Park|Prado Recreational Area]], [[Chino, California|Chino]], California – shooting
* [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center|Long Beach Arena]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], California – volleyball
* [[Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool]], [[Pepperdine University]], [[Malibu, California|Malibu]], California – water polo
* [[Anaheim Convention Center]], [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], California – wrestling
* [[Long Beach Shoreline Marina]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], California – sailing
* [[California State Route 91|Artesia Freeway]] – cycling (road team time trial)
* [[Heritage Park Aquatic Center]], [[Irvine, California|Irvine]], California – modern pentathlon (swimming)
* [[Santa Monica College]], [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], California – athletics (marathon start)
* [[Santa Monica, California]] – athletics (marathon)

===Other venues===
* [[Harvard Stadium]], [[Harvard University]], [[Boston]], Massachusetts – football preliminaries
* [[Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium]], [[United States Naval Academy]], [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]], Maryland – football preliminaries
* [[Stanford Stadium]], [[Stanford University]], [[Stanford, California|Stanford]], California – football preliminaries <!-- Stanford is NOT in Palo Alto -->

==Sports==
The 1984 Summer Olympic program featured 221 events in the following 21 sports:
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* Aquatics
** {{GamesSport|Diving|Events=4|Format=d}}
** {{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=29|Format=d}}
** {{GamesSport|Synchronized swimming|Events=2|Format=d}}
** {{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=1|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Archery|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=41|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Basketball|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=12|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Canoeing|Events=12|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
** Road <small>(3)</small>
** Track <small>(5)</small>
* {{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}}
** Dressage <small>(2)</small>
** Eventing <small>(2)</small>
** Show jumping <small>(2)</small>
* {{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=8|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Format=d}}
** Artistic <small>(14)</small>
** Rhythmic <small>(1)</small>
* {{GamesSport|Handball|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Judo|Events=8|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=14|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=7|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=11|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Volleyball|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=10|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
** Freestyle <small>(10)</small>
** Greco-Roman <small>(10)</small>
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===Demonstration sports===
* {{GamesSport|Baseball|Events=16|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Tennis|Events=4|Format=d}}

==Calendar==
:''All times are in [[Pacific Daylight Time]] ([[UTC-7]]); the other two cities, [[Boston]] and [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] use [[Eastern Daylight Time]] ([[UTC-4]])''
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| bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center| &nbsp;●&nbsp; || Opening ceremony
| bgcolor=#3399ff align=center| &nbsp; &nbsp; || Event competitions
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center| &nbsp;●&nbsp; || Event finals
| bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center| &nbsp;●&nbsp; || Closing ceremony
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!colspan=4|July
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|●]]<br/>[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw|●]] <br/> [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|●]] <br/>[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|●]]</span>
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|●]]<br/>[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon|●]]<br/>[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|●]]<br/>[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|●]]<br/>[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|●]]<br/>[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|●]] [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|●]]
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Basketball]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Women's Tournament|●]]
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|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|●]] [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres|●]] [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres|●]]<br/>[[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|●]] [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|●]] [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres|●]]</span>
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| align="left" | [[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|●]] [[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1 km time trial|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|●]]<br/>[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|●]] [[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's points race|●]]</span>
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|●]]
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | [[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Team dressage|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping|●]]
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Fencing]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's foil|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's foil|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's épée|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée|●]]
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|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|●]]
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|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Football]]
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|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's floor|●]] [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's vault|●]] [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars|●]]<br/>[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar|●]] [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's rings|●]] [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse|●]]</span>
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Women's Tournament|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Men's Tournament|●]]
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|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Judo]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 65 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 71 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 78 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 86 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 95 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's +95 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's open category|●]]
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|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Modern pentathlon]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Individual competition|●]] [[Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Team competition|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls|●]]<br/>[[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's eight|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair|●]]<br/>[[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|●]] [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|●]]</span>
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| align="left" | [[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|●]] [[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre running target|●]]<br/>[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Trap|●]] [[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|●]] [[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Skeet|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|●]]<br/>[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|●]]<br/>[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|●]]<br/>[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke|●]]</span>
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|●]]<br/>[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|●]]<br/>[[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke|●]] [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|●]]</span>
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's duet|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's solo|●]]
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Volleyball]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's volleyball|●]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|●]]
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| align="left" | [[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Water polo]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|●]]
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| align="left" | [[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg|●]]
|
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg|●]]
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg|●]]
|
|
|
|
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]]
|
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| bgcolor=#3399ff |
| bgcolor=#3399ff |
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg|●]]<br/>[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg|●]]<br/>[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg|●]]<br/>[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg|●]]</span>
|
|
|
| bgcolor=#3399ff |
| bgcolor=#3399ff |
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg|●]]<br/>[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg|●]]<br/>[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle +100 kg|●]]</span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg|●]]<br/>[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg|●]] [[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg|●]]</span>
|
|-
! Total gold medals !! !! 9 !! 8 !! 13 !! 10 !! 12 !! 16 !! 24 !! 21 !! 10 !! 5 !! 14 !! 11 !! 20 !! 43 !! 4
|-
| Ceremonies ||bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center|[[1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|●]]|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center|[[1984 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|●]]
|-
!rowspan=2|Date
!28th<br/>Sat!!29th<br/>Sun!!30th<br/>Mon!!31st<br/>Tue!!1st<br/>Wed!!2nd<br/>Thu!!3rd<br/>Fri!!4th<br/>Sat!!5th<br/>Sun!!6th<br/>Mon!!7th<br/>Tue!!8th<br/>Wed!!9th<br/>Thu!!10th<br/>Fri!!11th<br/>Sat!!12th<br/>Sun
|-
!colspan=4|July
!colspan=12|August
|}

==Medal count==
{{Main|1984 Summer Olympics medal table}}
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1984 Games.
;Key
{{Color box|#ffffff|{{double dagger}}|border=darkgray}} Changes in medal standings ([[1984 Summer Olympics medal table#Changes in medal standings|see here]])
{{:1984 Summer Olympics medal table}}

==Participating National Olympic Committees==
[[File:1984 Summer Olympic games countries.png|thumb|Participating states]]
[[File:1984 Summer olympics team numbers.gif|thumb|Number of athletes]]
Athletes from 140 states competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Eighteen states made their Olympic debut: [[Bahrain]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[British Virgin Islands]], [[Djibouti]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[The Gambia]], [[Grenada]], [[Mauritania]], [[Mauritius]], [[Yemen Arab Republic|North Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Rwanda]], [[Western Samoa]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tonga]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]. [[Zaire]] had previously competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] as ''[[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo-Kinshasa]]''. The [[People's Republic of China]] made its first appearance in a Summer Olympics since [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], while for the first time the [[Republic of China]] team participated under the politically contrived name of ''[[Chinese Taipei]]''.

The [[Soviet Union]] led the [[Warsaw Pact]] members and other Communist countries in a boycott of the Los Angeles Olympics, in retaliation for the U.S.-led boycott of the [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow Olympics]] four years earlier (over the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979]]). The pretexts for the 1984 Soviet-led boycott were concerns over security, "chauvinistic sentiments" and "an anti-Soviet hysteria ... being whipped up" in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/09/world/moscow-will-keep-its-team-los-angeles-olympics-tass-cites-peril-us-denies-it.html|last=Burns|first=John F.|title=Moscow will keep its team from Los Angeles Olympics; Tass cites peril, U.S. denies it; Protests are issue|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 9, 1984}}</ref> However, a handful of communist countries disregarded the boycott and attended the Games anyway, among them [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] (host of the [[1984 Winter Olympics]]), the [[People's Republic of China]], and [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]] (the only Warsaw Pact country that had opted to ignore the Soviet demands). The Romanian team received a particularly warm reception from the United States; when the Romanian athletes entered during the opening ceremonies, they were greeted by a standing ovation from the spectators, who were mostly U.S. citizens. This would turn out to be Romania's most successful Olympic Games – they won 53 medals, including 20 golds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yake |first1=D. Byron |title='84 Olympics: Gala trumpets in Games |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QHAuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tdoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4162%2C4820549 |access-date=2020-08-28 |work=[[Beaver County Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |date=July 29, 1984 |page=A1, A10 |quote=The Romanians, the only Eastern bloc nation to defy the Soviet boycott, were greeted with a standing ovation.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Leavy |first1=Jane |title=Romania: No Boycott, A Winning Presence |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1984/07/23/romania-no-boycott-a-winning-presence/4931ede6-05ba-4a61-b50b-1470bdb7a9de/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=23 July 1984}}</ref>

In the table below, the number of athletes representing each state is shown in parentheses.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics|National Olympic Committees]]
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=16em}}
* {{flagIOC|ALG|1984 Summer|33 athletes}}
* {{flagIOC|AND|1984 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|ANT|1984 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1984 Summer|81}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1984 Summer|242}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1984 Summer|103}}
* {{flagIOC|BAH|1984 Summer|22}}
* {{flagIOC|BRN|1984 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|BAN|1984 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BAR|1984 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1984 Summer|63}}
* {{flagIOC|BIZ|1984 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|BEN|1984 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|BER|1984 Summer|12}}
* {{flagIOC|BHU|1984 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|BOL|1984 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|BOT|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1984 Summer|147}}
* {{flagIOC|IVB|1984 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|BIR|1984 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|CMR|1984 Summer|46}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer|408}}
* {{flagIOC|CAY|1984 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|CAF|1984 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|CHA|1984 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|CHI|1984 Summer|52}}
* {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer|215}}
* {{flagIOC|COL|1984 Summer|39}}
* {{flagIOC|CGO|1984 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|CRC|1984 Summer|28}}
* {{flagIOC|CYP|1984 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1984 Summer|60}}
* {{flagIOC|DJI|1984 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|DOM|1984 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|ECU|1984 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|EGY|1984 Summer|114}}
* {{flagIOC|ESA|1984 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|GEQ|1984 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|FIJ|1984 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1984 Summer|86}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer|238}}
* {{flagIOC|GAB|1984 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|GAM|1984 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer|391}}
* {{flagIOC|GHA|1984 Summer|21}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer|337}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1984 Summer|63}}
* {{flagIOC|GRN|1984 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|GUA|1984 Summer|24}}
* {{flagIOC|GUI|1984 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|GUY|1984 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|HAI|1984 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|HON|1984 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|HKG|1984 Summer|47}}
* {{flagIOC|ISL|1984 Summer|30}}
* {{flagIOC|IND|1984 Summer|48}}
* {{flagIOC|INA|1984 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|IRQ|1984 Summer|23}}
* {{flagIOC|IRL|1984 Summer|42}}
* {{flagIOC|ISR|1984 Summer|32}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Summer|268}}
* {{flagIOC|CIV|1984 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|JAM|1984 Summer|45}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer|226}}
* {{flagIOC|JOR|1984 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|KEN|1984 Summer|61}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer|175}}
* {{flagIOC|KUW|1984 Summer|23}}
* {{flagIOC|LIB|1984 Summer|22}}
* {{flagIOC|LES|1984 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|LBR|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|LIE|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|LUX|1984 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|MAD|1984 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|MAW|1984 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|MAS|1984 Summer|21}}
* {{flagIOC|MLI|1984 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|MLT|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|MTN|1984 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|MRI|1984 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|MEX|1984 Summer|99}}
* {{flagIOC|MON|1984 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|MAR|1984 Summer|34}}
* {{flagIOC|MOZ|1984 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|NEP|1984 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1984 Summer|136}}
* {{flagIOC|AHO|1984 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|1984 Summer|130}}
* {{flagIOC|NCA|1984 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|NIG|1984 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|NGR|1984 Summer|32}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1984 Summer|103}}
* {{flagIOC|OMA|1984 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|PAK|1984 Summer|31}}
* {{flagIOC|PAN|1984 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|PNG|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|PAR|1984 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIOC|PER|1984 Summer|35}}
* {{flagIOC|PHI|1984 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|POR|1984 Summer|38}}
* {{flagIOC|PUR|1984 Summer|51}}
* {{flagIOC|QAT|1984 Summer|24}}
* {{flagIOC|ROM|1984 Summer|124}}
* {{flagIOC|RWA|1984 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|SMR|1984 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|KSA|1984 Summer|37}}
* {{flagIOC|SEN|1984 Summer|24}}
* {{flagIOC|SEY|1984 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|SLE|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|SIN|1984 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|SOL|1984 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|SOM|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Summer|179}}
* {{flagIOC|SRI|1984 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|SUD|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|SUR|1984 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|SWZ|1984 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1984 Summer|174}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer|129}}
* {{flagIOC|SYR|1984 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|TPE|1984 Summer|38}}
* {{flagIOC|TAN|1984 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|THA|1984 Summer|35}}
* {{flagIOC|TOG|1984 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|TGA|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|TRI|1984 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|TUN|1984 Summer|23}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|1984 Summer|46}}
* {{flagIOC|UGA|1984 Summer|26}}
* {{flagIOC|UAE|1984 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer|522}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIOC|URU|1984 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|VEN|1984 Summer|26}}
* {{flagIOC|ISV|1984 Summer|29}}
* {{flagIOC|WSM|1984 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|YAR|1984 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|YUG|1984 Summer|139}}
* {{flagIOC|ZAI|1984 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|ZAM|1984 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|ZIM|1984 Summer|15}}
{{div col end}}
|}

=== Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees ===
{{sticky table start}}
{| class="wikitable sticky-table-head sortable" style="border:0;"
|-
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
|-
| ALG || {{flagIOC|ALG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 33
|-
| AND || {{flagIOC|AND|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| ANT || {{flagIOC|ANT|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 14
|-
| ARG || {{flagIOC|ARG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 81
|-
| AUS || {{flagIOC|AUS|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 242
|-
| AUT || {{flagIOC|AUT|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 103
|-
| BAH || {{flagIOC|BAH|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 22
|-
| BRN || {{flagIOC|BRN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| BAN || {{flagIOC|BAN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| BAR || {{flagIOC|BAR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| BEL || {{flagIOC|BEL|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 63
|-
| BIZ || {{flagIOC|BIZ|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| BEN || {{flagIOC|BEN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| BER || {{flagIOC|BER|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| BHU || {{flagIOC|BHU|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| BOL || {{flagIOC|BOL|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| BOT || {{flagIOC|BOT|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| BRA || {{flagIOC|BRA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 147
|-
| IVB || {{flagIOC|IVB|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| BIR || {{flagIOC|BIR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| CMR || {{flagIOC|CMR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 46
|-
| CAN || {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 408
|-
| CAY || {{flagIOC|CAY|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| CAF || {{flagIOC|CAF|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| CHA || {{flagIOC|CHA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| CHI || {{flagIOC|CHI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 52
|-
| CHN || {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 215
|-
| COL || {{flagIOC|COL|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 39
|-
| CGO || {{flagIOC|CGO|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| CRC || {{flagIOC|CRC|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 28
|-
| CYP || {{flagIOC|CYP|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| DEN || {{flagIOC|DEN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 60
|-
| DJI || {{flagIOC|DJI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| DOM || {{flagIOC|DOM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| ECU || {{flagIOC|ECU|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| EGY || {{flagIOC|EGY|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 114
|-
| ESA || {{flagIOC|ESA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| GEQ || {{flagIOC|GEQ|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| FIJ || {{flagIOC|FIJ|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 14
|-
| FIN || {{flagIOC|FIN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 86
|-
| FRA || {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 238
|-
| GAB || {{flagIOC|GAB|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| GAM || {{flagIOC|GAM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| FRG || {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 391
|-
| GHA || {{flagIOC|GHA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 21
|-
| GBR || {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 337
|-
| GRE || {{flagIOC|GRE|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 63
|-
| GRN || {{flagIOC|GRN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| GUA || {{flagIOC|GUA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 24
|-
| GUI || {{flagIOC|GUI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| GUY || {{flagIOC|GUY|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| HAI || {{flagIOC|HAI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| HON || {{flagIOC|HON|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| HKG || {{flagIOC|HKG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 47
|-
| ISL || {{flagIOC|ISL|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 30
|-
| IND || {{flagIOC|IND|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 48
|-
| INA || {{flagIOC|INA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| IRQ || {{flagIOC|IRQ|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| IRL || {{flagIOC|IRL|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 42
|-
| ISR || {{flagIOC|ISR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 32
|-
| ITA || {{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 268
|-
| CIV || {{flagIOC|CIV|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 15
|-
| JAM || {{flagIOC|JAM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 45
|-
| JPN || {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 226
|-
| JOR || {{flagIOC|JOR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| KEN || {{flagIOC|KEN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 61
|-
| KOR || {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 175
|-
| KUW || {{flagIOC|KUW|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| LIB || {{flagIOC|LIB|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 22
|-
| LES || {{flagIOC|LES|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| LBR || {{flagIOC|LBR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| LIE || {{flagIOC|LIE|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| LUX || {{flagIOC|LUX|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| MAD || {{flagIOC|MAD|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| MAW || {{flagIOC|MAW|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 15
|-
| MAS || {{flagIOC|MAS|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 21
|-
| MLI || {{flagIOC|MLI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| MLT || {{flagIOC|MLT|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| MTN || {{flagIOC|MTN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| MRI || {{flagIOC|MRI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| MEX || {{flagIOC|MEX|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 99
|-
| MON || {{flagIOC|MON|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| MAR || {{flagIOC|MAR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 34
|-
| MOZ || {{flagIOC|MOZ|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| NEP || {{flagIOC|NEP|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| HOL || {{flagIOC|NED|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 136
|-
| AHO || {{flagIOC|AHO|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| NZL || {{flagIOC|NZL|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 130
|-
| NCA || {{flagIOC|NCA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| NIG || {{flagIOC|NIG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| NGR || {{flagIOC|NGR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 32
|-
| NOR || {{flagIOC|NOR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 103
|-
| OMA || {{flagIOC|OMA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| PAK || {{flagIOC|PAK|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 31
|-
| PAN || {{flagIOC|PAN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| NGU || {{flagIOC|PNG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| PAR || {{flagIOC|PAR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 14
|-
| PER || {{flagIOC|PER|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 35
|-
| PHI || {{flagIOC|PHI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| POR || {{flagIOC|POR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 38
|-
| PUR || {{flagIOC|PUR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 51
|-
| QAT || {{flagIOC|QAT|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 24
|-
| ROM || {{flagIOC|ROM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 124
|-
| RWA || {{flagIOC|RWA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| SMR || {{flagIOC|SMR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| SAU || {{flagIOC|KSA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 37
|-
| SEN || {{flagIOC|SEN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 24
|-
| SEY || {{flagIOC|SEY|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| SLE || {{flagIOC|SLE|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| SIN || {{flagIOC|SIN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| SOL || {{flagIOC|SOL|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| SOM || {{flagIOC|SOM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| ESP || {{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 179
|-
| SRI || {{flagIOC|SRI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| SUD || {{flagIOC|SUD|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| SUR || {{flagIOC|SUR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| SWZ || {{flagIOC|SWZ|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| SWE || {{flagIOC|SWE|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 174
|-
| SUI || {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 129
|-
| SYR || {{flagIOC|SYR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| TPE || {{flagIOC|TPE|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 38
|-
| TAN || {{flagIOC|TAN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|-
| THA || {{flagIOC|THA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 35
|-
| TOG || {{flagIOC|TOG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| TON || {{flagIOC|TGA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| TRI || {{flagIOC|TRI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| TUN || {{flagIOC|TUN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| TUR || {{flagIOC|TUR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 46
|-
| UGA || {{flagIOC|UGA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 26
|-
| UAE || {{flagIOC|UAE|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| USA || {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 522
|-
| URU || {{flagIOC|URU|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|-
| VEN || {{flagIOC|VEN|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 26
|-
| ISV || {{flagIOC|ISV|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 29
|-
| WSM || {{flagIOC|WSM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| YAR || {{flagIOC|YAR|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| YUG || {{flagIOC|YUG|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 139
|-
| ZAI || {{flagIOC|ZAI|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| ZAM || {{flagIOC|ZAM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| ZIM || {{flagIOC|ZIM|1984 Summer}} ||align=center| 15
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2; style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''Total''' ||style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''6,800'''
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==Boycotting countries==
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Fifteen countries took part in the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics:<ref name="info-please-list">{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0114812.html|title=1984 Olympics|work=infoplease.com|access-date=June 11, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618175049/http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0114812.html|archive-date=June 18, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|Afghanistan|1980}} [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
* {{flagdeco|Angola}} [[People's Republic of Angola|Angola]]
* {{flagdeco|Bulgaria|1971}} [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]
* {{flagdeco|Cuba}} [[Cuba]]
* {{flagdeco|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]]
* {{flagdeco|East Germany}} [[East Germany]]
* {{flagdeco|Ethiopia|1975}} [[Derg|Ethiopia]]
* {{flagdeco|Hungary}} [[Hungarian People's Republic|Hungary]]
* {{flagdeco|Laos}} [[Laos]]
* {{flagdeco|Mongolia|1945}} [[Mongolian People's Republic|Mongolia]]
* {{flagdeco|North Korea|1948}} [[North Korea]]
* {{flagdeco|Poland}} [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]]
* {{flagdeco|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
* {{flagdeco|South Yemen}} [[South Yemen]]
* {{flagdeco|Vietnam}} [[Vietnam]]

[[Albania]], [[Iran]], [[Libya]] and [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] (changed to [[History of Burkina Faso#Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]] following August 4)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Genova |first=James |title=Making New People Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, 1983-1987 |publisher=[[Michigan State University Press]] |date=November 2022 |isbn=9781609177096 |location=East Lansing, Michigan |publication-date=November 2022 |pages=87}}</ref> also missed the Los Angeles Olympics, citing political reasons, but these countries were not a part of the Soviet-led boycott. Albania, Iran and Upper Volta were the only three countries to boycott both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Games.
* {{flagdeco|Albania|1946}} [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albania]]
* {{flagdeco|Iran}} [[Iran]]
* {{flagdeco|Libya|1977}} [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]]
* {{flagdeco|Upper Volta|1977}}/{{flagdeco|Burkina Faso|1977}} [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]/[[History of Burkina Faso#Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]]

===Soviet doping plan===
A document obtained in 2016 by the [[New York Times]] revealed the Soviet Union's plans for a statewide [[Doping at the Olympic Games|doping system]] in track and field in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Dated prior to the country's decision to boycott the Games, the document detailed existing steroids operations of the program, along with suggestions for further enhancements.<ref name=ruiz>{{cite news |last=Ruiz |first=Rebecca R. |date=13 August 2016 |title=The Soviet Doping Plan: Document Reveals Illicit Approach to '84 Olympics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/sports/olympics/soviet-doping-plan-russia-rio-games.html?_r=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819003345/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/sports/olympics/soviet-doping-plan-russia-rio-games.html?_r=0|archive-date=August 19, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

==Financial success of Los Angeles as host city==
[[File:1984-Newspaper-Vending-Machine.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Newspaper vending machine announcing the 1984 Olympics.]]
Following the news of the massive financial losses of the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], the only two cities to express a genuine interest in hosting the 1984 Games were Los Angeles and [[New York City|New York]]. Given that only one city per country is allowed to bid for any one Games, the [[United States Olympic Committee|USOC]] vote for the American bid city was effectively the deciding vote for the 1984 Olympics host city. In this case, the Los Angeles bid received 55 votes compared with New York's 39 votes – this is the closest that the city of New York has ever come to being selected to host the Olympic Games, coming closer in 1984 than they did in their [[New York City bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 bid]] (when they lost to London).<ref name="LA84">{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Books/No_Olympics_No_Problem.pdf|title=No Olympics, No Problem: New York City's Political Regime after the Bid for the 2012 Games|author=Andrew H. Levin|date=April 27, 2007|page=27|access-date=July 24, 2009|archive-date=June 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601141412/http://la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Books/No_Olympics_No_Problem.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ambitious construction projects for the two previous Summer Olympics, Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980, had burdened organizers with substantial debts as expenses greatly exceeded revenues. Furthermore, the 1976 and 1980 Olympics were entirely government-funded. Unlike Montreal and Moscow, Los Angeles 1984 was privately funded, with strict controls imposed on expenditure; rather than constructing new venues with overly ambitious designs, the organizers chose instead to utilize existing venues and facilities wherever possible. The main example of this was the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], which was also the Olympic Stadium for the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Let Boston 2024 pay for the Olympics|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/09/private-group-wants-olympics-boston-let-them-pay-for/Lhszp3SJirPrwAsrfpWz5J/story.html|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=July 28, 2015|url-access=registration}}</ref> The only two new venues constructed specifically for the 1984 Summer Olympics were secured with the backing of corporate sponsors: the Olympic Velodrome was largely funded by the [[7-Eleven]] corporation and the Olympic Swim Stadium by [[McDonald's]].

In addition to corporate support, the Olympic committee also used the income from the exclusive television rights, and for the first time these contracts would prove to be a significant source of revenue. Adjusted for inflation, the Los Angeles Games secured twice the amount of income received by the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow Summer Olympics]] and four times that of the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal Summer Olympics]].<ref>Shoval, Noam. "A New Phase in the Competition For The Olympic Gold: The London and New York Bids For The 2012 Games." Journal of Urban Affairs 24.5 (2002): 583–99.</ref><ref name="LA84" />

The low level of interest among potential host cities for the 1984 Games had been viewed as a major threat to the future of the Olympic Games. However, after the financial success of the Los Angeles Games, cities began to show a renewed interest in bidding to become host again. The Los Angeles and Montreal Games are seen as examples of best and worst practice when organizing the Olympics and serve as valuable lessons to prospective host cities.

Following the success of the 1984 Games, the Los Angeles OCOG, led by [[Peter Ueberroth]], used the profits to create the [[LA84 Foundation]] for promoting youth sports in Southern California, educating coaches and maintaining a sports library.

==In popular culture==
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The games were the subject of the 1983–84 United States [[Los Angeles XXIII Olympiad commemorative coins|commemorative coin series]].

American fast food chain [[McDonald's]] ran a [[McDonald's 1984 Olympics promotion|promotion]] titled "When the U.S. Wins, You Win" where customers scratched off a ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it. If the U.S. won a medal in that event, then they would be given a free menu item: a [[Big Mac]] for a gold medal, an order of [[french fries]] for a silver medal, and a [[Coca-Cola]] for a bronze medal. The promotion became more popular than expected due to the Soviet boycott which led to the U.S. winning far more Olympic medals than expected.<ref name="wins-you-win">{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B13FA3F5C0C738DDDA10894DC484D81&n=Top/News/Business/Companies/McDonald's%20Corporation | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 10, 1984 | access-date=April 20, 2010 | title=Advertising; Big Mac's Olympic Giveaway | first=Pamela G. | last=Hollie}}</ref> This promotion was parodied in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Lisa's First Word]]", where [[Krusty the Clown|Krusty Burger]] runs a similar offer. The promotion was intended to be rigged so that prizes would only be offered in events dominated by the [[Eastern Bloc]], but the Soviet-led boycott causes Krusty to personally lose $44 million. He vehemently promises "to spit in every fiftieth burger," to which [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] retorts "I like those odds!" [[Chief Wiggum]] also exclaims that he could kiss [[Carl Lewis]], who won four gold medals at the Games.

On ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', Tim McGee has an obsession with jet packs, stemming from having attended the 1984 Olympic ceremony as a child and having Bill Suitor fly over his head in his jet pack.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Ignition|series=NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service | series-link=NCIS (TV series)| network=CBS| airdate=January 5, 2010 | season=7|number=11| minutes=43}}</ref> This storyline is based on the real experience of executive producer and writer Jesse Stern.<ref>{{Cite video|people=Stern, Jesse| title=The Future is Now: NCIS meets the jet pack| medium=NCIS: The Seventh Season (Disc 3 special features)| publisher=CBS Studios}}</ref>

Pop-punk band [[Bowling for Soup]] references the games in the song "[[Sorry for Partyin'|I Can't Stand LA]]". During a section showing appreciation for the city, the song states, "thank you for hair metal and the '84 Olympics."

[[Jilly Cooper]]'s novel Riders has a storyline set at the show jumping event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

In the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "The Gymnast", Jerry dates a woman who competed in the 1984 Olympics and won a silver medal for Romania.

In ''[[American Horror Story: 1984]]'', the characters watch it together on the TV in the girls cabin.

In the same week that the Games began, British pop star [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] released a single called "[[Like to Get to Know You Well]]" which eventually made number 4 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] in the United States. On the sleeve, the record was "dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games".

==See also==
{{Portal|1980s|United States|Los Angeles}}
{{IOC seealso|games=1984 Summer Olympics }}
* [[Use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games#1984 Los Angeles|Use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games — 1984 Los Angeles]]
* [[16 Days of Glory]] – official film

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* Dyreson, Mark. "Global television and the transformation of the Olympics: The 1984 Los Angeles Games." ''International Journal of the History of Sport'' 32.1 (2015): 172–184.
* Edelman, Robert Simon. "The Russians are not coming! The Soviet withdrawal from the games of the XXIII Olympiad." ''International Journal of the History of Sport'' 32.1 (2015): 9-36. 
* {{cite book|first=Bill|last=Henry|title=An Approved History of the Olympic Games|year=1984|publisher=Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games |isbn=0-88284-243-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/approvedhistoryo00henr}}
* Llewellyn, Matthew, John Gleaves, and Wayne Wilson. "The Historical Legacy of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games." ''International Journal of the History of Sport'' 32#1   (2015) : 1–8.
* Llewellyn, Matthew, John Gleaves, and Wayne Wilson, eds. ''The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Assessing the 30-Year Legacy'' (Routledge, 2017).
* {{cite book|title=Whitakers Olympic Almanack|year=2004|isbn=0-7136-6724-9|last1=Greenberg|first1=Stan|publisher=A. & C. Black }}

==External links==
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* {{IOC games|games=1984 Summer Olympics }}
* [http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1984/ore203/ORE203h.pdf ''Olympic Review'' 1984 – Official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625185007/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1984/ore203/ORE203h.pdf |date=June 25, 2008 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070614173124if_/http://www.la84foundation.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v1.pdf Official Report Vol. 1]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070614173125if_/http://www.la84foundation.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v2.pdf Official Report Vol. 2]
* {{YouTube|cbbVk3AGVhE|Video of President Reagan declaring games open, and torch-lighting by Rafer Johnson}}
* [https://olympics.com/ioc/news/-no-regrets-for-egyptian-judoka-who-prized-fair-play-above-olympic-gold-at-la-1984 Egyptian judoka refused to attack his opponent's clearly injured right leg]

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