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
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors
Flag bearer Edward Burke
Medals
Rank: 1		 Gold
83		 Silver
61		 Bronze
30		 Total
174
Olympic history (summary)
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These Olympic Games were 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.)

Contents

[edit] Medals

The United States finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 83 gold, 61 silver and 30 bronze medals, a total of 174 medals.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Diving

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Rowing
  • 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

[edit] Sailing
  • Jonathan McKee and Carl Buchan — Sailing, Flying Dutchman
  • Robbie Haines, Ed Trevalyan and Rod Davis — Sailing, Soling
  • Bill Buchan and Steven Erickson — Sailing, Star

[edit] Shooting
  • Ed Etzel — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle
  • Matthew Dryke — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
  • Pat Spurgin — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Synchronized Swimming

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Diving

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Judo

[edit] Modern pentathlon

[edit] Rowing
  • 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

[edit] Sailing
  • Steve Benjamin and Hans Steinfeld — Sailing, 470
  • John Bertrand — Sailing, Finn
  • Scott Steele — Sailing, Sailboard
  • Randy Smyth and Jay Glaser — Sailing, Tornado

[edit] Shooting
  • Ruby Fox — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol

[edit] Swimming
  • 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

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Weightlifting
  • Mario Martinez — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight

[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] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Boxing

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

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Diving
  • Ronald Merriott — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Christine Seufert — Diving, Women's Springboard
  • Janna Wyland — Diving, Women's Platform

[edit] Fencing

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Judo

[edit] Rowing
  • Robert Espeseth, Douglas Herland and Kevin Still — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

[edit] Shooting
  • Daniel Carlisle — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
  • Wanda Jewell — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

[edit] Weightlifting
  • Guy Carlton — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight

[edit] Wrestling
  • James Martinez — Greco-Roman wrestling, Men's Lightweight

[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 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal and Olympic Record)
  • Richard McKinney — 2564 points (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Glenn Meyers — 2488 points (→ 12th place)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Pat Porter
  • 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)
  • Doug Nordquist
  • 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 (→ Image:Med_1.png 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 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Final — 17.18m (→ Image:Med_2.png 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)
  • Steve Roller
  • Qualification — 75.50m (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying Round — 5.45m
  • Final — 5.65m (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Round — 5.45m
  • Final — 5.60m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Doug Lytle
  • Qualifying Round — 5.30m
  • Final — 5.40m (→ 6th place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Final — 21.09m (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Final — 20.97m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Augie Wolf
  • Final — 20.93m (→ 4th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Final — 66.30m (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Final — 65.46m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Final — 64.98m (→ 5th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

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

Men's Decathlon

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

Men's 20km Walk

  • Marco Evoniuk
  • Final — 1:25:42 (→ 7th place)
  • Jim Heiring
  • Final — 1:30:20 (→ 23rd place)
  • Daniel O'Connor
  • Final — 1:35:12 (→ 33rd place)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:06.65
  • Final — 4:08.32 (→ 8th place)
  • Missy Kane
  • Heat — 4:11.86 (→ did not advance)
  • Diana Richburg
  • 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 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Julie Brown
  • Final — 2:47:33 (→ 36th place)
  • Julie Isphording
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 55.97
  • Semifinal — 55.97
  • Final — 55.20 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Shariella Barksdale
  • Heat — 56.89
  • Semifinal — 56.19 (→ did not advance)
  • Angela Wright-Scott
  • Heat — 59.77 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.97m (→ Image: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 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Laura De Snoo
  • Qualification — 53.76m
  • Final — 54.84m (→ 10th place)
  • Lorna Griffin
  • Qualification — 53.34m
  • Final — 50.16m (→ 12th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

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

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6385 points (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Cindy Greiner
  • Final Result — 6281 points (→ 4th place)
  • Jodi Anderson
  • Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Basketball

[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) → Image: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) → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Steve McCrory → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Tad Joseph (GRN), walk-over
    2. Second Round — Defeated Fausto Garcia (MEX), RSC-1
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Peter Ayesu (MLW), 5:0
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Eyüp Can (TUR), 5:0
    5. Final — Defeated Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 4:1

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Robert Shannon
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Sammy Mwangi (Kenya), 5-0
    3. Third Round — Lost to Moon Sung-Kil (South Korea), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Virgil Hill → Image: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)

  • Henry Tillman → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Defeated Marvin Perez (BOL), RSC-1
    3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Tevita Taufoou (TNG), RSC-2
    4. Semifinals – Defeated Angelo Musone (ITA), 5:0
    5. Final – Defeated Willie DeWit (CAN), 5:0

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Connie Carpenter-Phinney — 2:11:14 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Rebecca Twigg — 2:11:14 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Janelle Parks — 2:13:28 (→ 10th place)
  • Kristin Inga Thompson — 2:13:28 (→ 21st place)

[edit] Field Hockey

[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
  • 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


  • 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)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Did not advance
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Alkis Panagoulias

[edit] Handball

[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
  • James Buehning
  • Robert Djokcvich
  • Tim Dykstra
  • Craig Gilbert
  • Steven Goss
  • William Kessler
  • Stephen Kirk
  • Peter Lash
  • Michael Lenard
  • Joseph McVein
  • Gregory Morava
  • Rod Oshita
  • Thomas Schneeberger
  • Joe Story

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • Pamela Boyd
  • Reita Clanton
  • Theresa Contos
  • Sandra de la Riva
  • Mary Dwight
  • Carmen Forest
  • Melinda Hale
  • Leora Jones
  • Carol Lindsey
  • Cynthia Stinger
  • Penelope Stone
  • Janice Trombly
  • Sherry Winn
  • Head Coach: Klement Capilar

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 50.41
  • Final — 49.80 (→ Image: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 (→ image: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 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • John Mykkanen
  • Heat — 3:53.43
  • Final — 3:51.49 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:21.04
  • Final — 15:05.20 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 15:22.88
  • Final — 15:10.59 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 55.74
  • Final — 55.79 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 56.71
  • Final — 56.35 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:58.99
  • Final — 2:00.23 (→ Image: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 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • John Moffet
  • Heat — 1:02.16
  • Final — 1:03.29 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

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

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 53.78
  • Final — 53.23 (→ image: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 (→ Image: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 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:18.87
  • Final — 7:15.69 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:44.33
  • Final — 3:39.30 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 55.85
  • Final — 55.92 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 56.46
  • Final — 55.92 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:00.69
  • Final — 1:59.23 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Cynthia Woodhead
  • Heat — 2:00.85
  • Final — 1:59.50 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:11.49
  • Final — 4:07.10 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Kimberly Linehan
  • Heat — 4:15.08
  • Final — 4:12.26 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:41.86
  • Final — 8:24.96 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Michele Richardson
  • Heat — 8:32.64
  • Final — 8:30.73 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:43.65
  • Final — 3:43.43 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:09.23
  • Final — 4:08.34 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.94
  • Final — 1:02.55 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Betsy Mitchell
  • Heat — 1:02.53
  • Final — 1:02.63 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Amy White
  • Heat — 2:15.40
  • Final — 2:13.04 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Tori Trees
  • Heat — 2:16.23
  • Final — 2:15.73 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:14.47
  • Final — 2:12.64 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:16.29
  • Final — 2:15.17 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:44.42
  • Final — 4:39.24 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Susan Heon
  • Heat — 4:51.32
  • Final — 4:49.41 (→ 4th place)

[edit] Volleyball

[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) → Image: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) → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Water Polo

[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) → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster