United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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| United States at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: | USA | |||
| NOC: | United States Olympic Committee external link |
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| 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||
| Flag bearer | Edward Burke | |||
| Medals Rank: 1 |
Gold 83 |
Silver 61 |
Bronze 30 |
Total 174 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
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.
These Olympic Games were quite unique for the United States because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home state of their president, Ronald Reagan, who himself opened The Games, [1] becoming the first American president to open an Olympic games held in the U.S. (However, it wouldn't be until the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City when an American president opened a Winter Olympics held in the U.S.)
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[edit] Medals
The United States finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 83 gold and 174 total medals.
[edit] 
Gold
- Darrell Pace — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Alonzo Babers — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Roger Kingdom — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Edwin Moses — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Sam Graddy, Carl Lewis, Ron Brown, and Calvin Smith — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
- Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay, and Sunder Nix — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
- Mike Tully — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Al Joyner — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Evelyn Ashford — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Valerie Brisco-Hooks — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
- Valerie Brisco-Hooks — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
- Joan Benoit — Athletics, Women's Marathon
- Benita Fitzgerald-Brown — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Evelyn Ashford, Jeanette Bolden, Alice Brown, and Chandra Cheeseborough — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
- Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough, Sherri Howard, and Lillie Leatherwood — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay
- Steve Alford, Patrick Ewing, Vern Fleming, Michael Jordan, Joseph Kleine, Jon Koncak, Chris Mullin, Samuel Perkins, Alvin Robertson, Wayman Tisdale, Jeffrey Turner, and Leon Wood — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
- Cathy Boswell, Denise Curry, Anne Donovan, Teresa Edwards, Lea Henry, Janice Lawrence, Pamela McGee, Carol Menken-Schaudt, Cheryl Miller, Kim Mulkey, Cindy Noble, and Lynette Woodard — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
- Dusty Dvorak, Dave Saunders, Steven Salmons, Paul Sunderland, Rich Duwelius, Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Marc Waldie, Chris Marlowe, Aldis Berzins, Patrick Powers and Karch Kiraly — Volleyball, Men's team competition
- David Schultz — Freestyle wrestling, Men's welterweight
- Paul Gonzales — Boxing, Men’s Light Flyweight
- Steve McCrory — Boxing, Men’s Flyweight
- Meldrick Taylor — Boxing, Men’s Featherweight
- Pernell Whitaker — Boxing, Men’s Lightweight
- Jerry Page — Boxing, Men’s Light Welterweight
- Mark Breland — Boxing, Men’s Welterweight
- Frank Tate — Boxing, Men’s Light Middleweight
- Henry Tillman — Boxing, Men’s Heavyweight
- Tyrell Biggs — Boxing, Men’s Super Heavyweight
- Mark Gorski — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
- Steve Hegg — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
- Alexi Grewal — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Connie Carpenter-Phinney — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
- Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Platform
- Bruce Davidson, Michael Plumb, Karen Stives and Torrance Watkins-Fleischmann — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
- Joe Fargis — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Leslie Burr, Joe Fargis, Conrad Homfeld, and Melanie Smith — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Bart Conner — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Peter Vidmar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
- Bart Conner, Timothy Daggett, Mitchell Gaylord, James Hartung, Scott Johnson, and Peter Vidmar — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
- Julianne McNamara — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
- Paul Enquist and Bradley Lewis — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Betsy Beard, Carol Bower, Jeanne Flanagan, Carie Graves, Kathryn Keeler, Harriet Metcalf, Kristine Norelius, Shyril O'Steen, and Kristen Thorsness — Rowing, Women's Eights
- Ed Etzel — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle
- Matthew Dryke — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
- Pat Spurgin — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle
- Rowdy Gaines — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- George DiCarlo — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Mike O'Brien — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Rick Carey — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Rick Carey — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Steve Lundquist — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Matt Biondi, Chris Cavanaugh, Rowdy Gaines, and Mike Heath — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Jeffrey Float, Geoffrey Gaberino, Bruce Hayes, David Larson and Mike Heath — Swimming, Men's 100 m 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Rick Carey, Rowdy Gaines, Steve Lundquist and Pablo Morales — Swimming, Men's 100 m 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Nancy Hogshead — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Carrie Steinseifer — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Mary Wayte — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Tiffany Cohen — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Tiffany Cohen — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Theresa Andrews — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Mary T Meagher — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Mary T Meagher — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Tracey Caulkins — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Tracey Caulkins — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Nancy Hogshead, Jenna Johnson, Carrie Steinseifer, and Dara Torres — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Theresa Andrews, Tracey Caulkins, Nancy Hogshead, and Mary T Meagher — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
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Silver
- Richard McKinney — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- Sam Graddy — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Kirk Baptiste — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Greg Foster — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Danny Harris — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Mike Conley — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Michael Carter — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Mac Wilkins — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Alice Brown — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
- Chandra Cheeseborough — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
- Kim Gallagher — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Judi Brown — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles
- Leslie Deniz — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
- Virgil Hill — Boxing, Men’s Middleweight
- Nelson Vails — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
- Rebecca Twigg — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
- Brent Emery, David Grylls, Steve Hegg, Patrick McDonough, athlete, and Leonard Nitz — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit
- Bruce Kimball — Diving, Men's Platform
- Kelly McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Michelle Mitchell — Diving, Women's Platform
- Karen Stives — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
- Conrad Homfeld — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Peter Vidmar — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual
- Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
- Julianne McNamara — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
- Pamela Bileck, Michelle Dusserre, Kathy Johnson, Julianne McNamara, Mary Lou Retton, and Tracee Talavera — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
- Robert Berland — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
- Dean Glenesk, Robert Losey, and Michael Storm — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- David Clark, Alan Forney, Jonathan Smith and Philip Stekl — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- Michael Bach, Edward Ives, Thomas Kiefer, Gregory Springer and John Stillings — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Earl Borchelt, Charles Clapp, Thomas Darling, Bruce Ibbetson, Robert Jaugstetter, Walter Lubsen, Christopher Penny, Andrew Sudduth, and John Terwilliger — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Charlotte Geer — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
- Virginia Gilder, Joan Lind, Anne Marden, Kelly Rickon, and Lisa Rohde — Rowing, Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls
- Ruby Fox — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol
- Mike Heath — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
- John Mykkanen — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- George DiCarlo — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- David Wilson — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Pablo Morales — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Pablo Morales — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Sippy Woodhead — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Michele Richardson — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Betsy Mitchell — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Amy White — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Susan Rapp — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Jenna Johnson — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Nancy Hogshead — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Paula Weishoff, Susan Woodstra, Rita Crockett, Laura Flachmeier, Carolyn Becker, Flora Hyman, Rose Magers, Julie Vollertsen, Debbie Green, Kimberly Ruddins, Jeanne Beauprey and Linda Chisholm — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
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Bronze
- Thomas Jefferson — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Antonio McKay — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Earl Jones — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Brian Diemer — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
- Earl Bell — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Dave Laut — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- John Powell — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Kim Turner — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Joni Huntley — Athletics, Women's High
- Evander Holyfield — Boxing, Men’s Light Heavyweight
- Greg Barton — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles
- Leonard Nitz — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
- Ron Kiefel, Clarence Knickman, Davis Phinney, and Andrew Weaver — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
- Ronald Merriott — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Christine Seufert — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Janna Wyland — Diving, Women's Platform
- Beth Anders, Beth Beglin, Regina Buggy, Gwen Cheeseman (gk), Sheryl Johnson, Christine Larson-Mason, Kathleen McGahey, Anita Miller, Leslie Milne, Charlene Morett, Diane Moyer, Marcella Place, Karen Shelton, Brenda Stauffer, Julie Staver, and Judy Strong — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition
- Peter Westbrook — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Competition
- Mitchell Gaylord — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Timothy Daggett — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
- Mitchell Gaylord — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
- Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
- Kathy Johnson — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Edward Liddie — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
- Robert Espeseth, Douglas Herland and Kevin Still — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- Daniel Carlisle — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
- Wanda Jewell — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
- Craig Wilson, Kevin Robertson, Gary Figueroa, Peter Campbell, Douglas Burke, Joseph Vargas, Jon Svendsen, John Siman, Andrew McDonald, Terry Schroeder, Jody Campbell, Timothy Shaw, and Christopher Dorst — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
[edit] Results by event
[edit] 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:
- Katrina King — 2508 points (→ 7th place)
- Ruth Rowe — 2477 points (→ 12th place)
- Benita Edds — 2366 points (→ 34th place)
Men's Competition:
- Darrell Pace — 2616 points (→ Gold Meda and Olympic Record)
- Richard McKinney — 2564 points (→ Silver Medal)
- Glenn Meyers — 2488 points (→ 12th place)
[edit] Athletics
- Pete Pfitzinger — 2:13:53 (→ 11th place)
- Alberto Salazar — 2:14:19 (→ 15th place)
- John Tuttle — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Paul Gonzales → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR), 5:0
- Second Round — Defeated William Bagonza (UGA), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated John Lyon (GBR), 4:1
- Semifinals — Defeated Marcelino Bolivar (VEN), 5:0
- Final — Defeated Salvatore Todisco (ITA), walk-over
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Steve McCrory → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Tad Joseph (GRN), walk-over
- Second Round — Defeated Fausto Garcia (MEX), RSC-1
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Peter Ayesu (MLW), 5:0
- Semifinals — Defeated Eyüp Can (TUR), 5:0
- Final — Defeated Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 4:1
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Robert Shannon
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Sammy Mwangi (Kenya), 5-0
- Third Round — Lost to Moon Sung-Kil (South Korea), referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Virgil Hill → Silver Medal
- First Round – Defeated Edward Neblett (Barbados), referee stopped contest in second round
- Second Round – Defeated Brian Schumacher (Great Britain), on points (5:0)
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Damir Škaro (Yugoslavia), on points (4:1)
- Semifinals – Defeated Mohamed Zaoui (Algeria), on points (5:0)
- Final – Lost to Shin Joon-Sup (South Korea), on points (2:3)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
- Henry Tillman → Gold Medal
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Defeated Marvin Perez (BOL), RSC-1
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Tevita Taufoou (TNG), RSC-2
- Semifinals – Defeated Angelo Musone (ITA), 5:0
- Final – Defeated Willie DeWit (CAN), 5:0
[edit] Field Hockey
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- United States – India 1-5
- United States – West Germany 0-4
- United States – Malaysia 1-4
- United States – Spain 1-3
- United States – Australia 1-2
- Classification Matches
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- 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
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- Mohammed Barakat
- Ken Barrett
- Rawle Cox
- Trevor Fernandez
- Scott Gregg
- Manzar Iqbal
- Michael Kraus
- Randy Lipscher
- David McMichael
- Gary Newton
- Michael Newton
- Brian Spencer
- Morgan Stebbins
- Robert Stiles
- Andrew Stone
- Nigel Traverso
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
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- United States – Canada 4-1
- United States – The Netherlands 1-2
- United States – New Zealand 2-0
- United States – Australia 1-1
- United States – West Germany 1-1
- 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] Football (soccer)
- Preliminary Round (Group D)
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- United States – Costa Rica 3-0
- United States – Italy 0-1
- United States – Egypt 1-1
- Quarterfinals
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- Did not advance
- Team Roster
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- ( 1.) David Brcic (gk)
- ( 2.) Bruce Savage
- ( 3.) Gregg Thompson
- ( 4.) Jeff Durgan
- ( 5.) Kazbek Tambi
- ( 6.) Angelo DiBernardo
- ( 7.) Erhardt Kapp
- ( 8.) Chico Borja
- ( 9.) Steve Moyers
- (10.) Rick Davis
- (11.) Hugo Perez
- (12.) Kevin Crow
- (13.) Jean Willrich
- (14.) Mike Fox
- (15.) Jamie Swanner (gk)
- (16.) Jeff Hooker
- (17.) Amr Aly
Head Coach: Alkis Panagoulias
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
→ Gold Medal
- Team Roster
Head Coach: Doug Beal
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated Argentina (3-1)
- Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Lost to Brazil (0-3)
- Semi Finals
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- Defeated Canada (3-0)
- Final
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- Defeated Brazil (3-1) → Gold Medal
- Defeated Brazil (3-1) →
- Team Roster
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated West Germany (3-0)
- Defeated Brazil (3-2)
- Defeated China (3-1)
- Semi Finals
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- Defeated Peru (3-0)
- Final
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- Lost to China (1-3) → Silver Medal
- Lost to China (1-3) →
- Team Roster
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- Paula Weishoff
- Susan Woodstra
- Rita Crockett
- Laura Flachmeier
- Carolyn Becker
- Flo Hyman
- Rose Magers
- Julie Vollertsen
- Debbie Green
- Kimberly Ruddins
- Jeanne Beauprey
- Linda Chisholm
Head Coach: Arie Selinger
[edit] Water Polo
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated Greece (12-5)
- Defeated Brazil (10-4)
- Defeated Spain (10-8)
- Final Round (Group D)
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- Defeated Netherlands (8-7)
- Defeated Australia (12-7)
- Defeated West Germany (8-7)
- Drew with Yugoslavia (5-5) → Silver Medal
- Team Roster
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- Craig Wilson
- Kevin Robertson
- Gary Figueroa
- Peter Campbell
- Douglas Burke
- Joseph Vargas
- Jon Svendsen
- John Siman
- Andrew McDonald
- Terry Schroeder
- Jody Campbell
- Timothy Shaw
- Christopher Dorst
