LOS ANGELES 1984
The Games of the XXIII Summer Olympiad. July 28 - August 12, 1984. Los Angeles, USA.
Archery Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized Swimming Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Medal Count
Men’s individual
1.Darrell Pace (USA)
Women’s individual
1.Seo Hyang-soon (South Korea)
MEN
100 m
1.Carl Lewis (USA)
2.Sam Graddy (USA)
3.Ben Johnson (Canada)
6.Ray Stewart (Jamaica)
7.Donovan Reid (Great Britain)
200 m
1.Carl Lewis (USA)
2.Kirk Baptiste (USA)
3.Thomas Jefferson (USA)
400 m
1.Alonzo Babers (USA)
2.Gabriel Tiacoh (Ivory Coast)
3.Antonio McKay (USA)
800 m
Heat 5
2.Steve Ovett (Great Britain) (qualified for Quarterfinals)
Quarterfinal 3
1.Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) (qualified for Semifinals)
2.Steve Ovett (Great Britain) (qualified for Semifinals)
3.Johnny Gray (USA) (qualified for Semifinals)
4.William Wuycke (Venezuela) (qualified for Semifinals)
5.Abdi Bile (Somalia)
6.Owen Hamilton (Jamaica)
7.Pat Scammel (Australia)
Semifinal 1
1.Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) (qualified for Final)
2.Edwin Koech (Kenya) (qualified for Final)
3.Earl Jones (USA) (qualified for Final)
1.Joaquim Cruz (Brazil)
2.Sebastian Coe (Great Britain)
3.Earl Jones (USA)
6.Edwin Koech (Kenya)
7.Johnny Gray (USA)
8.Steve Ovett (Great Britain)
NQF (7 in Semifinal 1).William Wuycke (Venezuela)
1500 m
Quarterfinal 2
2.Sebastien Coe (Great Britain) (qualified for Semifinals)
Quarterfinal 4
1.Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) (qualified for Semifinals)
2.Steve Scott (USA) (qualified for Semifinals)
5.Alex Gonzalez (France)
1.Sebastien Coe (Great Britain)
2.Steve Cram (Great Britain)
3.Jose Manuel Abascal (Spain)
10.Steve Scott (USA)
NQF (DNS in Semifinal 2).Joaquim Cruz (Brazil)
5000 m
Quarterfinal 2
3.Don Clary (USA) (qualified for Semifinals)
4.Said Aouita (Morocco) (qualified for Semifinals)
6.Christoph Herle (West Germany) (qualified for Semifinals)
7.Paul Williams (Canada)
1.Said Aouita (Morocco)
14.David Moorcfort (Great Britain)
NQF (12 in Semifinal 2).Don Clary (USA)
NQF (DNS in Semifinal 2).Christoph Herle (West Germany)
10000 m
1.Alberto Cova (Italy)
110 m hurdles
1.Roger Kingdom (USA)
400 m hurdles
Quarterfinal 1
1.Edwin Moses (USA) (qualified for Semifinals)
2.Antonio Dias Ferreira (Brazil) (qualified for Semifinals)
3.Michel Zimmermann (Belgium) (qualified for Semifinals)
1.Edwin Moses (USA)
7.Michel Zimmermann (Belgium)
NQF (8 in Semifinal 1).Antonio Dias Ferreira (Brazil)
3000 m steeplechase
1.Julius Korir (Kenya)
2.Joseph Mahmoud (France)
3.Brian Diemer (USA)
4 x 100 m
Semifinal 1
1.USA (Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) (qualified for Final)
2.Italy (Pietro Mennea) (qualified for Final)
6.Indonesia (Ernawan Witarsa)
Final
1.USA (Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis)
3.Canada (Sterling Hinds)
1.USA (Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis)
2.Jamaica (Al Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart)
3.Canada (Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds)
4.Italy (Pietro Mennea)
4 x 400 m
Semifinal 1
1.USA (Willie Smith, Antonio McKay) (qualified for Final)
2.Great Britain (Todd Bennett) (qualified for Final)
1.USA (Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay, Willie Smith (ran in Semifinal))
2.Great Britain (Todd Bennett)
Marathon
1.Carlos Lopez (Portugal)
20 km walk
2.Raul Gonzalez (Mexico)
50 km walk
1.Raul Gonzalez (Mexico)
2.Bo Gustafsson (Sweden)
Long jump
1.Carl Lewis (USA)
2.Gary Honey (Australia)
3.Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy)
Triple jump
1.Al Joyner (USA)
High jump
1.Dietmar Mogenburg (West Germany)
2.Patrik Sjoberg (Sweden)
Shot put
1.Alessandro Andrei (Italy)
Hammer throw
1.Juha Tiainen (Finland)
Javelin throw
1.Arto Harkonen (Finland)
Decathlon
1.Daley Thompson (Great Britain)
2.Jurgen Hingsen (West Germany)
WOMEN
100 m
1.Evelyn Ashford (USA)
2.Alice Brown (USA)
200 m
1.Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)
2.Florence Griffith (USA)
400 m
1.Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)
800 m: 1.Doina Melinte (Romania)
3000 m: 1.Maricica Puica (Romania)
1500 m
1.Gabriella Dorio (Italy)
100 m hurdles
1.Benita Fitzgerald (USA)
2.Shirley Strong (Great Britain)
400 m hurdles
NQF (7 in Semifinal 2).Ruth Kyalisima (Uganda)
4 x 100 m
1.USA (Alice Brown, Evelyn Ashford)
4 x 400 m
1.USA (Valerie Brisco-Hooks)
Marathon
1.Joan Benoit (USA)
2.Grete Waitz (Norway)
3.Rosa Mota (Portugal)
Long jump
1.Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (Romania)
High jump
1.Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany)
2.Sara Simeoni (Italy)
Shot put
1.Claudia Losch (West Germany)
Javelin throw
1.Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain)
2.Tiina Lillak (Finland)
Heptathlon
1.Glynis Nunn (Australia)
2.Jackie Joyner (USA)
3.Sabine Everts (West Germany)
Men
Final
USA - Spain 96:65
(Patrick Ewing - Juan Antonio Corbalan)
1.USA (Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan)
Michael Jordan (USA)
2.Spain
3.Yugoslavia (Drazen Petrovic, Rajko Zizic)
Women
1.USA (Cheryl Miller)
Cheryl Miller (USA)
48 kg: 1.Paul Gonzalez (USA)
57 kg: 1.Meldrick Taylor (USA)
60 kg: 1.Pernell Whitaker (USA)
91 kg: 1.Henry Tillman (USA)
51 kg
1.Steve McCrory (USA)
2.Redzep Redzepovski (Yugoslavia)
63.5 kg
1.Jerry Page (USA)
3-4.Mirko Puzovic (Yugoslavia)
67 kg
Final
Mark Breland (USA) - An Young-Su (South Korea) 5:0
1.Mark Breland (USA)
2.An Young-Su (South Korea)
71 kg
Final
Frank Tate (USA) - Shawn O’Sullivan (Canada) 5:0
1.Frank Tate (USA)
2.Shawn O’Sullivan (Canada)
81 kg
1.Anton Josipovic (Yugoslavia)
91+ kg
1.Tyrell Biggs (USA)
3-4.Aziz Salihu (Yugoslavia)
MEN
C-2 500 m
1.Matija Ljubek / Mirko Nisovic (Yugoslavia)
2.Ivan Patzaichin / Toma Simionov (Romania)
3.Enrique Miguez / Narcisco Suarez (Spain)
C-2 1000 m
1.Ivan Patzaichin / Toma Simionov (Romania)
2.Matija Ljubek / Mirko Nisovic (Yugoslavia)
K-1 500 m
1.Ian Ferguson (New Zealand)
K-1 1000 m
2.Milan Janic (Yugoslavia)
3.Greg Barton (USA)
K-2 500 m: 1.Ian Ferguson / Paul MacDonald (New Zealand)
K-4 1000 m: 1.New Zealand (Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald)
WOMEN
K-1 500 m
1.Agneta Andersson (Sweden)
K-2 500 m
1.Agneta Andersson / Anna Olsson (Sweden)
K-4 500 m
1.Romania (Agafia Constantin, Nastasia Ionescu, Tecla Marinescu, Maria Stefan)
2.Sweden (Agneta Andersson, Anna Olsson)
ROAD
Women’s road race
1.Connie Carpenter (USA)
TRACK
Sprint
1.Mark Gorski (USA)
2.Nelson Vails (USA)
1000 m time trial
1.Fredy Schmidtke (West Germany)
MEN
3 m springboard
1.Greg Louganis (USA)
10 m platform
1.Greg Louganis (USA)
WOMEN
3 m springboard
1.Sylvie Bernier (Canada)
2.Kelly McCormick (USA)
10 m platform
1.Zhou Jihong (China)
2.Michele Mitchell (USA)
3.Wendy Wyland (USA)
Individual dressage
1.Reiner Klimke (West Germany)
Team dressage
1.West Germany (Reiner Klimke, Uwe Sauer, Hubert Krug)
2.Switzerland (Christine Stuckelberger)
3.Sweden
Individual eventing
1.Mark Todd (New Zealand)
2.Karen Stives (USA)
Team eventing
1.USA (Michael Plumb, Karen Stives, Bruce Davidson)
3.West Germany (Claus Erhorn)
Individual jumping
1.Joseph Fargis (USA)
2.Conrad Homfeld (USA)
Team jumping
1.USA (Joseph Fargis, Conrad Homfeld, Leslie Howard, Melanie Smith)
MEN
Individual epee
1.Philippe Boisse (France)
Team epee
2.France (Philippe Boisse)
Individual foil
2.Matthias Behr (West Germany)
3.Stefano Cerioni (Italy)
Team foil
1.Italy (Stefano Cerioni)
2.West Germany (Matthias Behr)
Individual sabre
1.Jean-Francois Lamour (France)
Team sabre
2.France (Jean-Francois Lamour)
WOMEN
Team foil
2.Romania
Men
1.Pakistan
Women
1.Netherlands
Final
France - Brazil 2:0
(Albert Rust, William Ayache, Michel Bibard, Dominique Bijotat, Francois Brisson, Philippe Jeannol, Guy Lacombe, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Jean-Philippe Rohr, Daniel Xuereb, Jean-Louis Zanon - Gilmar, Ronaldo Silva, Pinga, Mauro Galvao, Ademir, Andre Luis, Dunga, Kita, Gilmar Popoca, Silvinho, Tonho)
1.France ((Albert Rust, William Ayache, Michel Bibard, Dominique Bijotat, Francois Brisson, Philippe Jeannol, Guy Lacombe, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Jean-Philippe Rohr, Daniel Xuereb, Jean-Louis Zanon)
2.Brazil (Gilmar, Ronaldo Silva, Pinga, Mauro Galvao, Ademir, Andre Luis, Dunga, Kita, Gilmar Popoca, Silvinho, Tonho)
3.Yugoslavia (Tomislav Ivkovic, Srecko Katanec, Dragan Stojkovic)
13-16.Saudi Arabia
MEN
Team all-around
1.USA (Mitchell Gaylord, Peter Vidmar)
2.China (Li Ning)
Individual all-around
1.Koji Gushiken (Japan)
2.Peter Vidmar (USA)
Floor exercise
1.Li Ning (China)
Horizontal bar
3.Koji Gushiken (Japan)
Parallel bars
3.Mitchell Gaylord (USA)
Pommel horse
1-2.Li Ning (China),
Peter Vidmar (USA)
Rings
1-2.Koji Gushiken (Japan), Li Ning (China)
3.Mitchell Gaylord (USA)
Vault
2-5.Mitchell Gaylord (USA), Koji Gushiken (Japan), Li Ning (China)
WOMEN
Team all-around
1.Romania (Ecaterina Szabo)
2.USA (Julianne McNamara, Mary Lou Retton)
Individual all-around
1.Mary Lou Retton (USA)
2.Ecaterina Szabo (Romania)
Balance beam
1-2.Ecaterina Szabo (Romania)
Floor exercise
1.Ecaterina Szabo (Romania)
2.Julianne McNamara (USA)
3.Mary Lou Retton (USA)
Uneven bars
1-2.Ma Yanhong (China), Julianne McNamara (USA)
3.Mary Lou Retton (USA)
Vault
1.Ecaterina Szabo (Romania)
2.Mary Lou Retton (USA)
RHYTHMIC
Individual all-around
1.Lori Fung (Canada)
2.Doina Staiculescu (Romania)
Men
1.Yugoslavia
9.USA
Women
1.Yugoslavia
78 kg
1.Frank Wieneke (West Germany)
3-4.Mircea Fratica (Romania)
95+ kg
Final
Hitoshi Saito (Japan) def. Angelo Parisi (France)
1.Hitoshi Saito (Japan)
2.Angelo Parisi (France)
Open
1.Yasuhiro Yamashita (Japan)
3-4.Mihai Cioc (Romania)
MEN
Single sculls
1.Pertti Karppinen (Finland)
Double sculls
3.Zoran Pancic / Milorad Stanulov (Yugoslavia)
Quadruple sculls (coxless)
1.West Germany
(NOTE: The image suggests coxed eights rather than quadruple sculls, but the inscription still depicts West German victory in quadruple sculls).
Coxless pairs
2.Fernando Climent / Luis Maria Lasurtegui (Spain)
Coxed pairs
2.Romania (Dimitrie Popescu)
Coxed fours
1.Great Britain (Steve Redgrave)
WOMEN
Single sculls
1.Valeria Racila (Romania)
Double sculls
1.Mariora Popescu / Elisabeta Oleniuc (Romania)
Coxless pairs
1.Rodica Arba / Elena Horvat (Romania)
Coxed fours
1.Romania (Olga Bularda)
MEN
Windglider
1.Stephan van den Berg (Netherlands)
OPEN
Finn
1.Russell Coutts (New Zealand)
470
1.Luis Doreste / Roberto Molina (Spain)
2.Steve Benjamin / Chris Steinfeld (USA)
3.Thierry Peponnet / Luc Pillot (France)
Flying Dutchman
1.Jonathan McKee / William Carl Buchan (USA)
Soling
1.USA
MEN
50 m free pistol
2.Ragnar Skanaker (Sweden)
25 m rapid fire pistol
2.Corneliu Ion (Romania)
50 m rifle three positions
3.Alister Allan (Great Britain)
MEN
200 m freestyle
1.Michael Gross (West Germany)
100 m breaststroke
2.Victor Davis (Canada)
200 m breaststroke
1.Victor Davis (Canada)
100 m butterfly
1.Michael Gross (West Germany)
200 m butterfly
2.Michael Gross (West Germany)
4 x 100 m freestyle
1.USA (Matt Biondi)
4 x 200 m freestyle
2.West Germany (Michael Gross)
4 x 100 m medley
2.Canada (Victor Davis)
WOMEN
100 m backstroke
1.Theresa Andrews (USA)
200 m individual medley: 1.Tracy Caulkins (USA)
400 m individual medley: 1.Tracy Caulkins (USA)
4 x 100 m medley: 1.USA (Tracy Caulkins)
Solo
1.Tracie Ruiz (USA)
Duet
1.Candy Costie / Tracie Ruiz (USA)
Men
1.USA (Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Karch Kiraly)
Karch Kiraly (USA)
Women
1.China
2.USA
Final Round
USA - West Germany 8:7
(Jon Svendsen - Armando Fernandez)
1.Yugoslavia
2.USA (Jon Svendsen)
3.West Germany (Armando Fernandez)
52 kg
1.Zeng Guoquiang (China)
56 kg
1.Wu Shude (China)
2.Lai Runming (China)
3.Masahiro Kotaka (Japan)
60 kg
1.Chen Weiqiang (China)
75 kg
1.Karl-Heinz Radschinsky (West Germany)
82.5 kg: 1.Petre Becheru (Romania)
90 kg: 1.Nicu Vlad (Romania)
100 kg
1.Rolf Milser (West Germany)
110+ kg
3.Manfred Nerlinger (West Germany)
FREESTYLE
52 kg
52 kg: 1.Saban Trstena (Yugoslavia)
74 kg: 3.Saban Sejdi (Yugoslavia)
100 kg
Gold medal match
Lou Banach (USA) def. Joseph Atiyeh (Syria)
1.Lou Banach (USA)
2.Joseph Atiyeh (Syria)
3.Vasile Puscasu (Romania)
GRECO-ROMAN
48 kg
1.Vincenzo Maenza (Italy)
52 kg
1.Atsuji Miyahara (Japan)
57 kg
1.Pasquale Passarelli (West Germany)
68 kg: 1.Vlado Lisjak (Yugoslavia)
100+ kg: 2.Refik Memisevic (Yugoslavia)
82 kg
1.Ion Draica (Romania)
100 kg
1.Vasile Andrei (Romania)
3.Jozef Tertei (Yugoslavia)
1.USA (83-61-30)
2.ROMANIA (20-16-17)
3.WEST GERMANY (17-19-23)
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