United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games

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NOC United States Olympic Committee
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors 522 in 25 sports
Flag bearer Ed Burke
Medals
Rank: 1		 Gold
83		 Silver
61		 Bronze
30		 Total
174
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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]

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.

However, it was not until the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that an American president opened a Winter Olympics in the United States.

Contents

[edit] Medalists

US delegation during the opening ceremony for the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Gold medal.svg Gold

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Diving

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Synchronized Swimming

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Silver medal.svg Silver

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Diving

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Judo

[edit] Modern pentathlon

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shooting

  • Ruby Fox — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Wrestling

  • Barry Davis — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Bantamweight
  • Andrew Rein — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Lightweight
  • Greg Gibson — Greco-Roman wrestling, Men's Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze medal.svg Bronze

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Canoeing

  • Greg Barton — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Diving

[edit] Fencing

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Judo

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.

Women's Competition:

Men's Competition:

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat — 45.81
  • Qaurterfinals — 44.75
  • Semifinals — 45.17
  • Final — 44.27 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 45.55
  • Qaurterfinals — 44.72
  • Semifinals — 44.92
  • Final — 44.71 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 45.42
  • Qaurterfinals — 45.31
  • Semifinals — 45.51
  • Final — 44.75 (→ 5th place)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:52.56
  • Semifinals — 13:41.73
  • Final — 13:23.56 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 13:44.97
  • Semifinals — 13:46.02 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 13:46.16
  • Semifinals — 13:46.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:19.94
  • Final — 28:34.59 (→ 15th place)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:37.58 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat — 29:09.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — 2.31m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — 2.29m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 8.30m
  • Final — 8.54m (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 8.02m
  • Final — 8.16m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 7.89m
  • Final — 7.63m (→ 11th place)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Final — 17.26m (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Final — 17.18m (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Final — 16.75m (→ 6th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 85.96m
  • Final — 78.40m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 79.34m
  • Final — 78.10m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualification — 75.50m (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying Round — 5.45m
  • Final — 5.65m (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Round — 5.45m
  • Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Round — 5.30m
  • Final — 5.40m (→ 6th place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying Round — 20.69 m
  • Final — 21.09 m (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Round — 20.01 m
  • Final — 20.97 m (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Round — 20.55 m
  • Final — 20.93 m (→ 4th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Final — 66.30 m (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Final — 65.46 m (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Final — 64.98 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 71.38 m
  • Final — 75.60 m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 71.18 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 67.52 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8130 points (→ 6th place)
  • Final Result — 8091 points (→ 7th place)
  • Final Result — 7862 points (→ 12th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:25:42 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 1:30:20 (→ 23rd place)
  • Final — 1:35:12 (→ 33rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3:59:46 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 4:22:51 (→ 14th place)
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:06.65
  • Final — 4:08.32 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat — 4:11.86 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 4:13.35 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8.44.38
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Heat — 8:43.97
  • Final — 8:42.78 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 8:58.64
  • Final — 8:51.53 (→ 8th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:24:52 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Final — 2:47:33 (→ 36th place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 55.97
  • Semifinal — 55.97
  • Final — 55.20 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 56.89
  • Semifinal — 56.19 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 59.77 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.36 m
  • Final — 6.78 m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 6.76 m
  • Final — 6.77 m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 6.55 m
  • Final — 6.43 m (→ 9th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.97m (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.91m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 56.24m
  • Final — 64.86m (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Qualification — 53.76m
  • Final — 54.84m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 53.34m
  • Final — 50.16m (→ 12th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Final — 17.23 m (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 17.00 m (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 16.06 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 61.38m
  • Final — 62.06m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 59.00m
  • Final — 58.38m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 55.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6385 points (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Final Result — 6281 points (→ 4th place)
  • Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated PR China (97-49)
  • Defeated Canada (89-68)
  • Defeated Uruguay (104-68)
  • Defeated France (120-62)
  • Defeated Spain (101-68)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated West-Germany (78-67)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Canada (78-59)
  • Final
  • Defeated Spain (96-65) → Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (83-55)
  • Defeated Australia (81-47)
  • Defeated South Korea (84-47)
  • Defeated PR China (91-55)
  • Defeated Canada (92-61)
  • Final
  • Defeated South Korea (85-55) → Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Virgil Hill → Med 2.png Silver Medal
    1. First Round – Defeated Edward Neblett (Barbados), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round – Defeated Brian Schumacher (Great Britain), on points (5:0)
    3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Damir Škaro (Yugoslavia), on points (4:1)
    4. Semifinals – Defeated Mohamed Zaoui (Algeria), on points (5:0)
    5. Final – Lost to Shin Joon-Sup (South Korea), on points (2:3)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Road Race

Women's Individual Road Race

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 752.37
  • Final — 754.41 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Preliminary Round — 628.47
  • Final — 661.32 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

[edit] Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Twenty fencers, fifteen men and five women, represented the United States in 1984.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  • Preliminary Round (Group D)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Did not advance
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Alkis Panagoulias

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • 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)
  • Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated Japan (24:16) → 9th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster

[edit] Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th-12th place: United States – Kenya 0-0 (Kenya wins after penalty strokes, 5-6)
  • 11th-12th place: United States – Malaysia 3-3 (Malaysia wins after penalty strokes, 8-9)
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Round Robin
  • After The Netherlands defeated Australia (2-0) in the final match of the round-robin tournament, Australia and the United States were left tied for third place with identical records: two wins, two losses, one draw, and nine goals scored and seven goals conceded. Following the Holland-Australia match, the United States players came down from the stands and competed with the Australians in a penalty shoot-out to decide the bronze medal. The United States women won the shootout (10-5) to claim the USA women's first Olympic medal in field hockey.
  • Team Roster

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 50.41
  • Final — 49.80 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 50.39
  • Final — 50.41 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:49.87
  • Final — 1:49.10 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 1:50.95
  • Final — 1:50.18 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:53.44
  • Final — 3:51.23 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 3:53.43
  • Final — 3:51.49 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:21.04
  • Final — 15:05.20 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 15:22.88
  • Final — 15:10.59 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 55.74
  • Final — 55.79 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 56.71
  • Final — 56.35 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:58.99
  • Final — 2:00.23 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:04.51
  • B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:03.55
  • Final — 1:01.65 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 1:02.16
  • Final — 1:03.29 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:19.23
  • Final — 2:18.03 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 53.78
  • Final — 53.23 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:59.19
  • Final — 1:57.75 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 2:00.28
  • Final — 2:01.03 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:04.32
  • Final — 2:03.05 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 2:06.10
  • Final — 2:04.91 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:23.82
  • Final — 4:21.46 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 4:22.55
  • Final — 4:23.28 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:20.14
  • Final — 3:19.03 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:18.87
  • Final — 7:15.69 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:44.33
  • Final — 3:39.30 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 55.85
  • Final — 55.92 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 56.46
  • Final — 55.92 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:00.69
  • Final — 1:59.23 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:00.85
  • Final — 1:59.50 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:11.49
  • Final — 4:07.10 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 4:15.08
  • Final — 4:12.26 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:41.86
  • Final — 8:24.96 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 8:32.64
  • Final — 8:30.73 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:43.65
  • Final — 3:43.43 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:09.23
  • Final — 4:08.34 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.94
  • Final — 1:02.55 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 1:02.53
  • Final — 1:02.63 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:15.40
  • Final — 2:13.04 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 2:16.23
  • Final — 2:15.73 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:14.47
  • Final — 2:12.64 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:16.29
  • Final — 2:15.17 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:44.42
  • Final — 4:39.24 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 4:51.32
  • Final — 4:49.41 (→ 4th place)

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • 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) → Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • 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) → Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • 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) → Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

[edit] References

  1. ^ "United States at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1984/. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  2. ^ 1984 LA Opening Ceremonies - Lighting of the Cauldron on YouTube
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