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.

Boycotting countries[change | change source]

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.

Four 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.

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
↑ "1984 Olympics". infoplease.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2006.

Other websites[change | change source]

IOC page for the 1984 Summer Olympics

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[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. 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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v t e Olympic Games
Participating nations IOC NOCs Country codes Pierre de Coubertin medal
Summer Games	1896 Athens 1900 Paris 1904 St. Louis 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1916^† 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1940^‡ 1944^‡ 1948 London 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo^§ 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane
Winter Games	1924 Chamonix 1928 St. Moritz 1932 Lake Placid 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940^‡ 1944^‡ 1948 St. Moritz 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1992 Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina 2030
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1984 Summer Olympics

Boycotting countries[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

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