1984 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Host city	Los Angeles, United States
Motto	Play a Part in History
Nations	140
Athletes	6,829 (5,263 men, 1,566 women)
Events	221 in 21 sports (29 disciplines)
Opening	July 28
Closing	August 12
Opened by	President Ronald Reagan
Cauldron	Rafer Johnson
Stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Summer
Winter

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California, United States from July 28 to August 12.

Countries in the 1984 Olympic Games

Boycotting countries

Countries that boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics are shaded blue

Fifteen countries took part in the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics:^[2]Listed in the chronological order of their withdrawal, not by alphabetical or any geographical order.

All the Asian countries above also boycotted at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Five other countries also boycotted the games, citing political reasons, but were not part of the Soviet-led boycott:

Further to this, Kampuchea was largely unrecognized, and in any case would not have been allowed to compete.

1984 Summer Olympics Media

The Opening Ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Forum hosted the basketball events
Olympische Sommerspiele 1984 — Anzahl der Athleten
Newspaper vending machine announcing the 1984 Olympics.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 International Olympic Committee (9 October 2014). "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad". Press release. https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
↑ "1984 Olympics". infoplease.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2006.

Other websites

IOC page for the 1984 Summer Olympics

Olympic Games

Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games

Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018
Winter Games: 2012, 2016
Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014

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[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 1.0 ^1.1 International Olympic Committee (9 October 2014). "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad". Press release. https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[info-please-list-2] "1984 Olympics". infoplease.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2006.

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