United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics


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. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part in 217 events in 25 sports.
These Olympic Games were unique for the United States in that the host state was California, the home state of the country's president, Ronald Reagan, who himself opened the Games, becoming the first American president to open a Summer Olympics, and also any Olympic games in the United States. Reagan was governor of the state from 1967 to 1975. It was not until the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that an American president opened a Winter Olympics in the United States.
The United States topped the medal count for the first time since 1968, winning a record 83 gold medals and surpassing the Soviet Union’s total of 80 golds at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDate
CyclingMen's road race
CyclingWomen's road race
SwimmingMen's 100 meter breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 400 meter individual medley
ShootingMen's 50 meter rifle prone

Geoff Gaberino*
Bruce Hayes
Mike Heath
David Larson
Richard Saeger*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter freestyle

Timothy Daggett
Mitchell Gaylord
James Hartung
Scott Johnson
Peter Vidmar		GymnasticsMen's team all-around
ShootingWomen's 10 meter air rifle
SwimmingMen's 100 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 meter backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 400 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter backstroke

Jenna Johnson
Carrie Steinseifer
Jill Sterkel*
Dara Torres
Mary Wayte*		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay
CyclingIndividual pursuit
WrestlingGreco-Roman 90 kg
SwimmingMen's 400 meter freestyle

Chris Cavanaugh
Rowdy Gaines
Mike Heath
Tom Jager*
Robin Leamy*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter butterfly
WrestlingGreco-Roman +100 kg
CyclingSprint

Torrance Fleischmann
Michael Plumb
Karen Stives		EquestrianTeam eventing
GymnasticsWomen's individual all-around
SwimmingMen's 100 meter backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 800 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter individual medley

Tracy Caulkins
Nancy Hogshead
Jenna Johnson*
Mary T. Meagher
Betsy Mitchell*
Susan Rapp*
Carrie Steinseifer*		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 meter medley relay
AthleticsMen's 100 meters
AthleticsMen's triple jump
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
GymnasticsMen's parallel bars

Carol Bower
Jeanne Flanagan
Carie Graves
Kathryn Keeler
Harriet Metcalf
Kristine Norelius
Shyril O'Steen
Kristen Thorsness		RowingWomen's eight
ShootingSkeet
SwimmingMen's 1500 meter freestyle

Rowdy Gaines
Mike Heath*
Tom Jager*
Steve Lundquist
Pablo Morales
Richard Schroeder*
Dave Wilson*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 meter medley relay
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter butterfly
AthleticsMen's 400 meter hurdles
AthleticsWomen's 100 meters
AthleticsWomen's marathon
GymnasticsWomen's uneven bars

Bradley Lewis		RowingMen's double sculls
AthleticsMen's 110 meter hurdles
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's 400 meters

BasketballWomen's tournament

Joseph Fargis
Conrad Homfeld
Melanie Smith		EquestrianTeam jumping
AthleticsMen's 200 meters
AthleticsMen's 400 meters
DivingMen's 3 meter springboard

Jonathan McKee		SailingFlying Dutchman

Steven Erickson		SailingStar

Robbie Haines
Ed Trevelyan		SailingSoling
AthleticsWomen's 200 meters

Tracie Ruiz		Synchronized swimmingDuet
WrestlingFreestyle 48 kg
WrestlingFreestyle 62 kg
WrestlingFreestyle 90 kg
AthleticsWomen's 100 meter hurdles

BasketballMen's tournament
WrestlingFreestyle 74 kg
WrestlingFreestyle +100 kg
ArcheryMen's individual

Sam Graddy
Carl Lewis
Calvin Smith		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 meter relay

Alonzo Babers
Walter McCoy*
Antonio McKay
Sunder Nix
Willie Smith*		AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 meter relay

Jeanette Bolden
Alice Brown
Chandra Cheeseborough		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 meter relay

Chandra Cheeseborough
Diane Dixon*
Denean Howard*
Sherri Howard
Lillie Leatherwood		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 meter relay
BoxingLight flyweight
BoxingFlyweight
BoxingFeatherweight
BoxingLightweight
BoxingLight welterweight
BoxingWelterweight
BoxingLight middleweight
BoxingHeavyweight
BoxingSuper heavyweight

VolleyballMen's tournament
WrestlingFreestyle 82 kg
WrestlingFreestyle 100 kg
DivingMen's 10 meter platform
EquestrianIndividual jumping
Synchronized swimmingSolo
CyclingWomen's road race
ShootingWomen's 25 meter pistol
SwimmingMen's 200 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 meter butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter backstroke

Michelle Dusserre
Kathy Johnson
Julianne McNamara
Mary Lou Retton
Tracee Talavera		GymnasticsWomen's team all-around

Greg Losey
Michael Storm		Modern pentathlonTeam
GymnasticsMen's individual all-around
SwimmingMen's 400 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter butterfly

David Grylls
Steve Hegg
Patrick McDonough
Leonard Nitz		CyclingTeam pursuit
CyclingSprint
EquestrianIndividual eventing
SwimmingMen's 100 meter backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 800 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter individual medley
WrestlingGreco-Roman 100 kg
AthleticsMen's 100 meters
AthleticsMen's triple jump
GymnasticsMen's vault
RowingWomen's single sculls

Joan Lind
Anne Marden
Kelly Rickon
Lisa Rohde		RowingWomen's quadruple sculls
SwimmingMen's 1500 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 meter individual medley
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter backstroke
AthleticsMen's 400 meter hurdles
AthleticsWomen's 100 meters
GymnasticsWomen's vault
GymnasticsWomen's floor

Alan Forney
Jonathan Smith
Phillip Stekl		RowingMen's coxless four

Edward Ives
Thomas Kiefer
Gregory Springer
John Stillings		RowingMen's coxed four

Charles Clapp
Tom Darling
Bruce Ibbetson
Bob Jaugstetter
Chip Lubsen
Chris Penny
Andrew Sudduth
John Terwilliger		RowingMen's eight
AthleticsMen's 110 meter hurdles
AthleticsWomen's 400 meters
AthleticsWomen's 800 meters
DivingWomen's 3 meter springboard
AthleticsWomen's heptathlon
AthleticsMen's 200 meters
AthleticsMen's pole vault
AthleticsWomen's 400 meter hurdles
JudoMen's –86 kg
SailingWindglider
SailingFinn

Hans Steinfeld		Sailing470

Randy Smyth		SailingTornado
Weightlifting+110 kg
AthleticsWomen's 200 meters

VolleyballWomen's tournament
AthleticsMen's discus throw
DivingWomen's 10 meter platform

Water poloMen's tournament
ArcheryMen's individual
AthleticsMen's shot put
AthleticsWomen's discus throw
BoxingMiddleweight
WrestlingFreestyle 57 kg
WrestlingFreestyle 68 kg
DivingMen's 10 meter platform
EquestrianIndividual jumping
ShootingTrap
CyclingIndividual pursuit
ShootingWomen's 50 meter rifle three positions
WrestlingGreco-Roman 68 kg
FencingMen's sabre
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
GymnasticsMen's rings
GymnasticsMen's parallel bars
JudoMen's –60 kg

Clarence Knickman
David Phinney
Andrew Weaver		CyclingMen's team time trial
GymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
GymnasticsWomen's balance beam
GymnasticsWomen's floor

Douglas Herland
Kevin Still		RowingMen's coxed pair
AthleticsMen's 800 meters
AthleticsMen's 300 meter steeplechase
DivingWomen's 3 meter springboard
Weightlifting–110 kg
AthleticsMen's 200 meters
AthleticsMen's 400 meters
AthleticsMen's pole vault
DivingMen's 3 meter springboard
AthleticsMen's discus throw
AthleticsWomen's 100 meter hurdles
AthleticsWomen's high jump
DivingWomen's 10 meter platform

Field hockeyWomen's tournament
AthleticsMen's shot put
BoxingLight heavyweight
CanoeingMen's K-1 1000 meters

* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

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.

Athletics

;Men
;;Road and track events
;;Field events
;;Combined event – Decathlon
AthleteEventPointsRank
Tim BrightResult11.226.7513.802.0048.8714.5241.745.4053.664:49.27786212
Tim BrightPoints7527677168578579017191143681469786212
John CristResult11.336.9814.052.0648.4515.0146.184.8061.884:23.7881306
John CristPoints726816731909877847803100578463281306
Jim WoodingResult11.047.0113.901.9747.6214.5747.384.6057.204:28.3180917
Jim WoodingPoints79582272283191789682595772660080917

;Women
;;Road and track events
;;Field events
;;Combined event – Heptathlon

Basketball

;Summary

Men's Tournament

;Roster
NamePositionHeightWeightAgeHome TownTeam/School
Steve AlfordGuard6-116319New Castle, INIndiana
Patrick EwingCenter7-024821Cambridge, MAGeorgetown
Vern FlemingGuard6-518423Long Island City, NYGeorgia
Michael JordanGuard6-619921Wilmington, NCNorth Carolina
Joe KleineForward6-1126922Slater, MOArkansas
Jon KoncakCenter7-025021Kansas City, MOSouthern Methodist
Chris MullinGuard6-621120Brooklyn, NYSt. John's
Sam PerkinsForward6-923323Latham, NYNorth Carolina
Alvin RobertsonGuard6-419321Barberton, OHArkansas
Wayman TisdaleForward6-925920Tulsa, OKOklahoma
Jeff TurnerForward6-922922Brandon, FLVanderbilt
Leon WoodGuard6-319022Santa Monica, CACal State Fullerton

;Preliminary round
;;Group B
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Women's Tournament

;Roster
;Preliminary round
Competed for the gold medal
Competed for the bronze medal

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;Gold medal game

Boxing

Canoeing

;Men
;Women
Key: QF - Qualified to medal final; SF - Qualified to semifinal; R - Qualified to repechage

Cycling

Twenty cyclists represented the United States in 1984.

Road

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Alexi GrewalRoad race4:59:57
Ron KiefelRoad race5:01:479
Davis PhinneyRoad race5:01:165
Thurlow RogersRoad race5:01:166
Ron Kiefel
Clarence Knickman
Davis Phinney
Andrew Weaver		Team time trial2:02:57

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Connie CarpenterRoad race2:11:14
Janelle ParksRoad race2:13:2810
Inga ThompsonRoad race2:13:2821
Rebecca TwiggRoad race2:11:14

Track

;Points race
;Pursuit
;Sprint
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Rory O'Reilly1 km time trial1:07.398

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

;Dressage
;Eventing
;Jumping

Fencing

Twenty fencers represented the United States in 1984.
;Men
;Women

Field hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Preliminary round
;;Group A
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;9th-12th place classification
;11th place match

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Round robin
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Football

;Summary
;Roster
Head coach: Alketas Panagoulias
;Group stage - Group D
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Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;;Team
;;Individual finals
;Women
;;Team
;;Individual finals

Rhythmic

Handball

;Summary

Men's Tournament

;Roster
;Preliminary Round
;;Group B
;9th place final

Women's Tournament

;Roster

Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented the United States in 1984. They won the silver medal in the team event.

Rowing

United States rowing results and competitors:
;Men
;Women
Qualification legend: FA = Final A ; FB = Final B ; SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

Sailing

Shooting

;Men
AthleteEventScoreRank
Allyn Johnson25 m rapid fire pistol586=20
John McNally25 m rapid fire pistol581=26
Erich Buljung50 m pistol5589
Don Nygord50 m pistol554=14
Todd Bensley50 m running target57213
Randy Stewart50 m running target5759
Glenn Dubis10 m air rifle579=15
John Rost10 m air rifle5836
Donald Durbin50 m rifle prone592=13
Edward Etzel50 m rifle prone599
Glenn Dubis50 m rifle three positions11516
Edward Etzel50 m rifle three positions1142=15

;Women
;Open

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Note: Times in the first round ranked across all heats.

Qualification legend: FA - Advance to medal final; FB - Advance to non-medal final

Synchronized swimming

Volleyball

;Summary

Men's Tournament

;Roster
;Roster
;Summary
;Roster

Wrestling