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United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was the nineteenth time that Team USA participated, having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part in 217 events in 25 sports.[1]

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These Olympic Games were unique for the United States in that the host state was California, the home state of the country's president, Ronald Reagan, who himself opened the Games,[2] becoming the first American president to open a Summer Olympics, and also any Olympic games in the United States. Reagan was governor of the state from 1967 to 1975. It was not until the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that an American president opened a Winter Olympics in the United States.

The United States topped the medal count for the first time since 1968, winning a record 83 gold medals and surpassing the Soviet Union’s total of 80 golds at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

US delegation during the opening ceremony for the 1984 Summer Olympics

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

Archery

The United States returned to archery competition with a dominant men's team that earned the top two spots. Their women were not as successful against the newly powerful Asian teams from Korea, China, and Japan, but still managed to place an archer in the top eight.

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Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Men
Road and track events
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  • - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.
Field events
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Combined event – Decathlon
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Women
Road and track events
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  • - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.
Field events
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Combined event – Heptathlon
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Basketball

Summary
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Men's tournament

Roster
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Preliminary round
Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals
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July 29, 1984
United States  9749  China
Scoring by half: 50–29, 47–20

July 31, 1984
United States  8968  Canada
Scoring by half: 43–28, 46–40

August 1, 1984
United States  10468  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 58–37, 46–31

August 3, 1984
United States  12062  France
Scoring by half: 57–25, 63–37

August 4, 1984
United States  10168  Spain
Scoring by half: 46–41, 55–27
Quarterfinal
August 6, 1984
United States  7867  West Germany
Semifinal
August 8, 1984
United States  7859  Canada
Gold medal game
August 10, 1984
Spain  6596  United States

Women's tournament

Roster
Preliminary round
Competed for the gold medal
Competed for the bronze medal
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July 30, 1984
Yugoslavia  5583  United States
Scoring by half: 29–43, 26–40

July 31, 1984
Australia  4181  United States
Scoring by half: 28–51, 19–30

August 2, 1984
United States  8447  South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–20, 44–27

August 3, 1984
China  5591  United States
Scoring by half: 26–38, 29–53

August 5, 1984
Canada  6192  United States
Scoring by half: 31–41, 30–51
Gold medal game
August 7, 1984
United States  8555  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–27, 43–28

Boxing

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Canoeing

Men
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Women
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Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage

Cycling

Twenty cyclists represented the United States in 1984.

Road

Men
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Women
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Track

Points race
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Pursuit
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Sprint
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Time trial
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Diving

Men
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Women
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Equestrian

Dressage
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Eventing
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Jumping
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Fencing

Twenty fencers represented the United States in 1984.

Men
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Women
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Field hockey

Summary
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Men's tournament

Roster
Preliminary round
Group A
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Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
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9th-12th place classification
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11th place match
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Women's tournament

Roster
Round robin
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Source: FIH
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Football

Summary
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Roster

Head coach: Greece Alketas Panagoulias

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Group stage Group D

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Source: FIFA
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Attendance: 78.000
Referee: Quiniou (FRA)

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Attendance: 63.624
Referee: Al-Salmi (KUW)

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Attendance: 54.973
Referee: Romero (ARG)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
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Individual finals
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Women
Team
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Individual finals
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Rhythmic

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Handball

Summary
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Men's tournament

Roster
Preliminary Round
Group B
  • Lost to West Germany (19:21)
  • Lost to Denmark (16:19)
  • Lost to Sweden (18:21)
  • Lost to Spain (16:17)
  • Drew with South Korea (22:22)
9th place final
  • Defeated Japan (24:16)

Women's tournament

Roster
  • Head coach: Klement Capilar

Judo

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Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented the United States in 1984. They won the silver medal in the team event.

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Rowing

United States rowing results and competitors:[4]

Men
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Women
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  • - Race not run, times from heats were used to rank boats.
    Qualification legend: FA = Final A (medal); FB = Final B (non-medal); SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

Sailing

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Shooting

Men
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Women
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Open
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Swimming

Men
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Women
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* - Athlete swam in the heat but not the final.
Note: Times in the first round ranked across all heats.
Qualification legend: FA – Advance to medal final; FB – Advance to non-medal final

Synchronized swimming

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Volleyball

Summary
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Men's tournament

Roster
  • Defeated Argentina (3-1)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Final
  • Defeated Brazil (3-1)

Women's tournament

Roster
  • Defeated West Germany (3-0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Defeated China (3-1)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Peru (3-0)
  • Final
  • Lost to China (1-3)

Water polo

Summary
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Roster
  • Defeated Greece (12-5)
  • Defeated Brazil (10-4)
  • Defeated Spain (10-8)
  • Final Round (Group D)
  • Defeated Netherlands (8-7)
  • Defeated Australia (12-7)
  • Defeated West Germany (8-7)
  • Drew with Yugoslavia (5-5)

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

Key:

  • TO – Victory by fall.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Technical superiority – a margin of victory of at least 12 points.
  • SP - Technical superiority - a margin of victory between 8 and 11 points, the loser with technical points.
  • SO - Technical superiority - a margin of victory between 8 and 11 points, the loser without technical points.
  • DC - Judges' decision, no technical points scored by either wrestler
  • DQ - Decision by forfeit
  • PA - Decision by injury
  • PZ - Loser disqualified for passivity, no technical points scored by either wrestler.
  • P1 - Loser disqualified for passivity, winner leading by 7 points or less.
  • Q – Qualify to gold medal bout
  • q – Qualify to bronze medal bout
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See also


References

  1. "United States at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  2. "1984 USA Men's Olympic Games Roster & Results Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine." usabasketball.com. Retrieved on August 18, 2012.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

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