1984 Summer Olympics

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.

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[1]
Cauldron	Rafer Johnson[1]
Stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Summer
← Moscow 1980 Seoul 1988 →
Winter
← Sarajevo 1984 Calgary 1988 →

Countries in the 1984 Olympic Games

Boycotting countries

Countries that boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics are shaded blue

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.

•  Soviet Union
• Bulgaria
•  East Germany
• Mongolia
•  Vietnam
•  Laos
• Czechoslovakia
• Afghanistan
• Hungary
• Poland
•  Cuba
•  South Yemen
• Ethiopia
•  North Korea
• Angola

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:

• Albania
•  Iran
• / Upper Volta/Burkina Faso
• Libya

Further to this, Kampuchea was largely unrecognized, and in any case would not have been allowed to compete.

References

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.
2. "1984 Olympics". infoplease.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2006.

Other websites

• IOC page for the 1984 Summer Olympics