United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games

Flag of the United States
IOC code  USA
NOC United States Olympic Committee
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors 522 (339 men and 183 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Ed Burke
Medals
Rank: 1
Gold
83
Silver
61
Bronze
30
Total
174
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906

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.

Team USA won 83 Gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which is as of 2012, the record for most first place finishes in a Summer Olympics by a host nation.

Medalists

US delegation during the opening ceremony for the 1984 Summer Olympics

Gold

Archery

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized Swimming

Volleyball

Wrestling

Dan Gable Head Coach

Silver

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Bronze

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Fencing

Field Hockey

Gymnastics

Judo

Rowing

Shooting

Weightlifting

Wrestling


Results by event

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.

Women's Competition:

Men's Competition:

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat 45.81
  • Quarterfinals 44.75
  • Semifinals 45.17
  • Final 44.27 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 45.55
  • Quarterfinals 44.72
  • Semifinals 44.92
  • Final 44.71 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat 45.42
  • Quarterfinals 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)
  • 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)
  • Final 17.18m (→ 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)
  • Qualifying Round 5.45m
  • Final 5.60m (→ 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)
  • Qualifying Round 20.01 m
  • Final 20.97 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Round 20.55 m
  • Final 20.93 m (→ 4th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Final 66.30 m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final 65.46 m (→ 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)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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 (→ 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 (→ 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 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final Result 6281 points (→ 4th place)
  • Final Result did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

  • Defeated PR China (97-49)
  • Defeated Canada (89-68)
  • Defeated Uruguay (104-68)
  • Defeated France (120-62)
  • Defeated Spain (101-68)
  • Defeated West-Germany (78-67)
  • Defeated Canada (78-59)
  • Defeated Spain (96-65) → Gold Medal

Women's Team Competition

  • Defeated Yugoslavia (83-55)
  • Defeated Australia (81-47)
  • Defeated South Korea (84-47)
  • Defeated PR China (91-55)
  • Defeated Canada (92-61)
  • Defeated South Korea (85-55) → Gold Medal

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight ( 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Heavyweight ( 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented the United States in 1984.

Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Points race
Women's individual road race

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round 752.37
  • Final 754.41 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Preliminary Round 628.47
  • Final 661.32 (→ Bronze Medal)

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Football

  • Did not advance

Head Coach: Alkis Panagoulias

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

  • 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/10th place: Defeated Japan (24:16) → 9th place

Women's Team Competition

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • 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)

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat 50.41
  • Final 49.80 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 50.39
  • Final 50.41 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat 1:49.87
  • Final 1:49.10 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat 1:50.95
  • Final 1:50.18 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat 3:53.44
  • Final 3:51.23 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 3:53.43
  • Final 3:51.49 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat 15:21.04
  • Final 15:05.20 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 15:22.88
  • Final 15:10.59 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat 55.74
  • Final 55.79 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 56.71
  • Final 56.35 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 200m Backstroke

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

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat 1:03.55
  • Final 1:01.65 (→ 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 (→ 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 (→ 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 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 7:18.87
  • Final 7:15.69 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat 3:44.33
  • Final 3:39.30 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat 55.85
  • Final 55.92 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 56.46
  • Final 55.92 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 200m Freestyle

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

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat 4:11.49
  • Final 4:07.10 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 4:15.08
  • Final 4:12.26 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Heat 8:41.86
  • Final 8:24.96 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 8:32.64
  • Final 8:30.73 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 3:43.65
  • Final 3:43.43 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat 4:09.23
  • Final 4:08.34 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat 1:02.94
  • Final 1:02.55 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 1:02.53
  • Final 1:02.63 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:15.40
  • Final 2:13.04 (→ 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 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 2:16.29
  • Final 2:15.17 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat 4:44.42
  • Final 4:39.24 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 4:51.32
  • Final 4:49.41 (→ 4th place)

Synchronized swimming

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

  • Defeated Argentina (3-1)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-1) → Gold Medal

Women's Team Competition

  • Defeated West Germany (3-0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Defeated China (3-1)
  • Defeated Peru (3-0)
  • Lost to China (1-3) → Silver Medal

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Defeated Greece (12-5)
  • Defeated Brazil (10-4)
  • Defeated Spain (10-8)
  • Defeated Netherlands (8-7)
  • Defeated Australia (12-7)
  • Defeated West Germany (8-7)
  • Drew with Yugoslavia (5-5) → Silver Medal

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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