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.
Team USA won 83 Gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which is as of 2016, the record for most first-place finishes in a Summer Olympics by a host nation.
Darrell Pace — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Alonzo Babers — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Roger Kingdom — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Edwin Moses — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Sam Graddy, Carl Lewis, Ron Brown, and Calvin Smith — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay, and Sunder Nix — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Al Joyner — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
Evelyn Ashford — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Valerie Brisco-Hooks — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Valerie Brisco-Hooks — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Joan Benoit — Athletics, Women's Marathon
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
Evelyn Ashford, Jeanette Bolden, Alice Brown, and Chandra Cheeseborough — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough, Sherri Howard, and Lillie Leatherwood — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Steve Alford, Patrick Ewing, Vern Fleming, Michael Jordan, Joe Kleine, Jon Koncak, Chris Mullin, Sam Perkins, Alvin Robertson, Wayman Tisdale, Jeff Turner, and Leon Wood — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
Cathy Boswell, Denise Curry, Anne Donovan, Teresa Edwards, Lea Henry, Janice Lawrence, Pamela McGee, Carol Menken-Schaudt, Cheryl Miller, Kim Mulkey, Cindy Noble, and Lynette Woodard — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
Paul Gonzales — Boxing, Men’s Light Flyweight
Steve McCrory — Boxing, Men’s Flyweight
Meldrick Taylor — Boxing, Men’s Featherweight
Pernell Whitaker — Boxing, Men’s Lightweight
Jerry Page — Boxing, Men’s Light Welterweight
Mark Breland — Boxing, Men’s Welterweight
Frank Tate — Boxing, Men’s Light Middleweight
Henry Tillman — Boxing, Men’s Heavyweight
Tyrell Biggs — Boxing, Men’s Super Heavyweight
Mark Gorski — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
Steve Hegg — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
Alexi Grewal — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
Connie Carpenter-Phinney — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Springboard
Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Platform
Terry Rudd Bruce Davidson, Michael Plumb, Karen Stives and Torrance Watkins-Fleischmann — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Joseph Fargis — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Leslie Burr, Joseph Fargis, Conrad Homfeld, and Melanie Smith — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Bart Conner — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Peter Vidmar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
Bart Conner, Timothy Daggett, Mitchell Gaylord, James Hartung, Scott Johnson, and Peter Vidmar — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
Julianne McNamara — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
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
Jonathan McKee and Carl Buchan — Sailing, Flying Dutchman
Robbie Haines, Ed Trevalyan and Rod Davis — Sailing, Soling
William E. Buchan and Steven Erickson — Sailing, Star
Ed Etzel — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle
Matthew Dryke — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
Pat Spurgin — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle
Rowdy Gaines — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
George DiCarlo — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Mike O'Brien — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Rick Carey — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
Rick Carey — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
Steve Lundquist — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Matt Biondi, Chris Cavanaugh, Rowdy Gaines and Mike Heath — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Jeff Float, Geoff Gaberino, Bruce Hayes, David Larson and Mike Heath — Swimming, Men's 100 m 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Rick Carey, Rowdy Gaines, Steve Lundquist and Pablo Morales — Swimming, Men's 100 m 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Nancy Hogshead — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
Carrie Steinseifer — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
Mary Wayte — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
Tiffany Cohen — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
Tiffany Cohen — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
Theresa Andrews — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
Mary T. Meagher — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
Mary T. Meagher — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
Tracy Caulkins — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Tracy Caulkins — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Nancy Hogshead, Jenna Johnson, Carrie Steinseifer and Dara Torres — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Nancy Hogshead and Mary T. Meagher — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Tracie Ruiz — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Solo
Candy Costie and Tracie Ruiz — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Duet
Dusty Dvorak, Dave Saunders, Steven Salmons, Paul Sunderland, Rich Duwelius, Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Marc Waldie, Chris Marlowe, Aldis Berzins, Patrick Powers and Karch Kiraly — Volleyball, Men's team competition
Bobby Weaver — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Light Flyweight
Randy Lewis — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Featherweight
David Schultz — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Welterweight
Mark Schultz — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Middleweight
Ed Banach — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Light Heavyweight
Lou Banach — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Heavyweight
Bruce Baumgartner — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Super Heavyweight
Steve Fraser — Greco-Roman wrestling, Men's Light Heavyweight
Jeff Blatnick — Greco-Roman wrestling, Men's Super Heavyweight
Dan Gable Head Coach
Tyler Yates 155 kg Gold Medalist
Richard McKinney — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
Sam Graddy — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Kirk Baptiste — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Greg Foster — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Danny Harris — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Mike Tully — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Mike Conley — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
Michael Carter — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Mac Wilkins — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Alice Brown — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Chandra Cheeseborough — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Kim Gallagher — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Judi Brown — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles
Leslie Deniz — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
Virgil Hill — Boxing, Men’s Middleweight
Nelson Vails — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
Rebecca Twigg — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
Brent Emery, David Grylls, Steve Hegg, Patrick McDonough, and Leonard Nitz — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit
Bruce Kimball — Diving, Men's Platform
Kelly McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
Michele Mitchell — Diving, Women's Platform
Karen Stives — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Conrad Homfeld — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Peter Vidmar — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual
Mitchell Gaylord — Gymnastics, Men's Vault
Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
Julianne McNamara — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
Pamela Bileck, Michelle Dusserre, Kathy Johnson, Julianne McNamara, Mary Lou Retton, and Tracee Talavera — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Robert Berland — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
Dean Glenesk, Robert Losey, and Michael Storm — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
David Clark, Alan Forney, Jonathan Smith and Phillip Stekl — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Michael Bach, Edwards Ives, Thomas Kiefer, Gregory Springer and John Stillings — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Chip Lubsen, Andrew Sudduth, John Terwilliger, Christopher Penny, Tom Darling, Fred Borchelt, Charles Clapp, Bruce Ibbetson and Bob Jaugstetter — 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
Steve Benjamin and Hans Steinfeld — Sailing, 470
John Bertrand — Sailing, Finn
Scott Steele — Sailing, Sailboard
Randy Smyth and Jay Glaser — Sailing, Tornado
Ruby Fox — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol
Mike Heath — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
John Mykkanen — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
George DiCarlo — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Dave Wilson — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
Pablo Morales — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
Pablo Morales — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Cynthia Woodhead — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
Michelle 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
Paula Weishoff, Susan Woodstra, Rita Crockett, Laura Flachmeier, Carolyn Becker, Flora Hyman, Rose Magers, Julie Vollertsen, Debbie Green, Kimberly Ruddins, Jeanne Beauprey and Linda Chisholm — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
Craig Wilson, Kevin Robertson, Gary Figueroa, Peter Campbell, Doug Burke, Joseph Vargas, Jon Svendsen, John Siman, Andrew McDonald, Terry Schroeder, Jody Campbell, Timothy Shaw, and Christopher Dorst — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
Mario Martinez — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
Barry Davis — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Bantamweight
Andrew Rein — Freestyle wrestling, Men's Lightweight
Greg Gibson — Greco-Roman wrestling, Men's Heavyweight
Thomas Jefferson — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Antonio McKay — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Earl Jones — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Brian Diemer — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
Earl Bell — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Dave Laut — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
John Powell — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Kim Turner — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
Joni Huntley — Athletics, Women's High
Evander Holyfield — Boxing, Men’s Light Heavyweight
Greg Barton — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles
Leonard Nitz — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
Ron Kiefel, Clarence Knickman, Davis Phinney, and Andrew Weaver — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
Ronald Merriott — Diving, Men's Springboard
Christine Seufert — Diving, Women's Springboard
Wendy Wyland — Diving, Women's Platform
Peter Westbrook — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Competition
Beth Anders, Beth Beglin, Regina Buggy, Gwen Cheeseman (gk), Sheryl Johnson, Christine Larson-Mason, Kathleen McGahey, Anita Miller, Leslie Milne, Charlene Morett, Diane Moyer, Marcella Place, Karen Shelton, Brenda Stauffer, Julie Staver, and Judy Strong — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition
Mitchell Gaylord — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Timothy Daggett — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
Mitchell Gaylord — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
Kathy Johnson — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Edward Liddie — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
Robert Espeseth, Douglas Herland and Kevin Still — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Daniel Carlisle — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Wanda Jewell — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
Guy Carlton — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
James Martinez — Greco-Roman wrestling, Men's Lightweight
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 (→ Gold Medal and Olympic Record)
Richard McKinney — 2564 points (→ Silver Medal)
Glenn Meyers — 2488 points (→ 12th place)
Men's 400 metres
Alonzo Babers
Heat — 45.81
Quarterfinals — 44.75
Semifinals — 45.17
Final — 44.27 (→ Gold Medal)
Antonio McKay
Heat — 45.55
Quarterfinals — 44.72
Semifinals — 44.92
Final — 44.71 (→ Bronze Medal)
Sunder Nix
Heat — 45.42
Quarterfinals — 45.31
Semifinals — 45.51
Final — 44.75 (→ 5th place)
Men's 5,000 metres
Doug Padilla
Heat — 13:52.56
Semifinals — 13:41.73
Final — 13:23.56 (→ 7th place)
Don Clary
Heat — 13:44.97
Semifinals — 13:46.02 (→ did not advance)
Steve Lacy
Heat — 13:46.16
Semifinals — 13:46.65 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Pat Porter
Qualifying Heat — 28:19.94
Final — 28:34.59 (→ 15th place)
Craig Virgin
Qualifying Heat — 28:37.58 (→ did not advance)
Paul Cummings
Qualifying Heat — 29:09.82 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Pete Pfitzinger — 2:13:53 (→ 11th place)
Alberto Salazar — 2:14:19 (→ 15th place)
John Tuttle — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
Dwight Stones
Qualification — 2.24m
Final — 2.31m (→ 4th place)
Doug Nordquist
Qualification — 2.24m
Final — 2.29m (→ 5th place)
Milton Goode
Qualification — 2.24m
Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
Carl Lewis
Qualification — 8.30m
Final — 8.54m (→ Gold Medal)
Larry Myricks
Qualification — 8.02m
Final — 8.16m (→ 4th place)
Mike McRae
Qualification — 7.89m
Final — 7.63m (→ 11th place)
Men's Triple Jump
Al Joyner
Final — 17.26m (→ Gold Medal)
Mike Conley
Final — 17.18m (→ Silver Medal)
Willie Banks
Final — 16.75m (→ 6th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
Tom Petranoff
Qualification — 85.96m
Final — 78.40m (→ 10th place)
Duncan Atwood
Qualification — 79.34m
Final — 78.10m (→ 11th place)
Steve Roller
Qualification — 75.50m (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Mike Tully
Qualifying Round — 5.45m
Final — 5.65m (→ Silver Medal)
Earl Bell
Qualifying Round — 5.45m
Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze Medal)
Doug Lytle
Qualifying Round — 5.30m
Final — 5.40m (→ 6th place)
Men's Shot Put
Mike Carter
Qualifying Round — 20.69 m
Final — 21.09 m (→ Silver Medal)
Dave Laut
Qualifying Round — 20.01 m
Final — 20.97 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Augie Wolf
Qualifying Round — 20.55 m
Final — 20.93 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Discus Throw
Mac Wilkins
Final — 66.30 m (→ Silver Medal)
John Powell
Final — 65.46 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Art Burns
Final — 64.98 m (→ 5th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Bill Green
Qualification — 71.38 m
Final — 75.60 m (→ 5th place)
Jud Logan
Qualification — 71.18 m (→ did not advance)
Ed Burke
Qualification — 67.52 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
John Crist
Final Result — 8130 points (→ 6th place)
Jim Wooding
Final Result — 8091 points (→ 7th place)
Tim Bright
Final Result — 7862 points (→ 12th place)
Men's 20 km 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)
Men's 50 km Walk
Carl Schueler
Final — 3:59:46 (→ 6th place)
Vince O'Sullivan
Final — 4:22:51 (→ 14th place)
Marco Evoniuk
Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 1,500 metres
Ruth Wysocki
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
Mary Decker
Heat — 8.44.38
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Cindy Bremser
Heat — 8:43.97
Final — 8:42.78 (→ 4th place)
Joan Hansen
Heat — 8:58.64
Final — 8:51.53 (→ 8th place)
Women's Marathon
Joan Benoit
Final — 2:24:52 (→ Gold Medal)
Julie Brown
Final — 2:47:33 (→ 36th place)
Julie Isphording
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Judi Brown
Heat — 55.97
Semifinal — 55.97
Final — 55.20 (→ Silver Medal)
Sharrieffa Barksdale
Heat — 56.89
Semifinal — 56.19 (→ did not advance)
Angela Wright-Scott
Heat — 59.77 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
Angela Thacker
Qualification — 6.36 m
Final — 6.78 m (→ 4th place)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Qualification — 6.76 m
Final — 6.77 m (→ 5th place)
Carol Lewis
Qualification — 6.55 m
Final — 6.43 m (→ 9th place)
Women's High Jump
Joni Huntley
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.97m (→ Bronze Medal)
Louise Ritter
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.91m (→ 8th place)
Pam Spencer
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Leslie Deniz
Qualification — 56.24m
Final — 64.86m (→ 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 Shot Put
Carol Cady
Final — 17.23 m (→ 7th place)
Lorna Griffin
Final — 17.00 m (→ 9th place)
Ramona Pagel
Final — 16.06 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Karin Smith
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
Jackie Joyner
Final Result — 6385 points (→ Silver Medal)
Cindy Greiner
Final Result — 6281 points (→ 4th place)
Jodi Anderson
Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
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) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Steve Alford
Patrick Ewing
Vern Fleming
Michael Jordan
Joe Kleine
Jon Koncak
Chris Mullin
Sam Perkins
Alvin Robertson
Wayman Tisdale
Jeff Turner
Leon Wood
Head Coach: Bob Knight
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) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Cathy Boswell
Denise Curry
Anne Donovan
Teresa Edwards
Lea Henry
Janice Lawrence
Pamela McGee
Carol Menken-Schaudt
Cheryl Miller
Kim Mulkey
Cindy Noble
Lynette Woodard
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Paul Gonzales → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR), 5:0
- Second Round — Defeated William Bagonza (UGA), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated John Lyon (GBR), 4:1
- Semifinals — Defeated Marcelino Bolivar (VEN), 5:0
- Final — Defeated Salvatore Todisco (ITA), walk-over
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Steve McCrory → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Tad Joseph (GRN), walk-over
- Second Round — Defeated Fausto Garcia (MEX), RSC-1
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Peter Ayesu (MLW), 5:0
- Semifinals — Defeated Eyüp Can (TUR), 5:0
- Final — Defeated Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 4:1
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Robert Shannon
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Sammy Mwangi (KEN), 5-0
- Third Round — Lost to Moon Sung-Kil (KOR), referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Virgil Hill → Silver Medal
- First Round – Defeated Edward Neblett (BAR), referee stopped contest in second round
- Second Round – Defeated Brian Schumacher (GBR), on points (5:0)
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Damir Škaro (YUG), on points (4:1)
- Semifinals – Defeated Mohamed Zaoui (ALG), on points (5:0)
- Final – Lost to Shin Joon-Sup (KOR), on points (2:3)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Henry Tillman → Gold Medal
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Defeated Marvin Perez (BOL), RSC-1
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Tevita Taufoou (TNG), RSC-2
- Semifinals – Defeated Angelo Musone (ITA), 5:0
- Final – Defeated Willie DeWit (CAN), 5:0
Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented the United States in 1984.
Men's individual road race
Alexi Grewal — 4:59:57 (→ Gold Medal)
Davis Phinney — +1:19 (→ 5th place)
Thurlow Rogers — +1:19 (→ 6th place)
Ron Kiefel — +1:43 (→ 9th place)
Team time trial
Ron Kiefel
Clarence Knickman
Davis Phinney
Andrew Weaver
Sprint
Mark Gorski
Nelson Vails
1000m time trial
Rory O'Reilly
Individual pursuit
Steve Hegg
Leonard Nitz
Team pursuit
David Grylls
Steve Hegg
Pat McDonough
Leonard Nitz
Brent Emery
Points race
Mark Whitehead
Danny Van Haute
Women's individual road race
Connie Carpenter-Phinney — 2:11:14 (→ Gold Medal)
Rebecca Twigg — 2:11:14 (→ Silver Medal)
Janelle Parks — 2:13:28 (→ 10th place)
Inga Thompson — 2:13:28 (→ 21st place)
Men's 3m Springboard
Greg Louganis
Preliminary Round — 752.37
Final — 754.41 (→ Gold Medal)
Ronald Merriott
Preliminary Round — 628.47
Final — 661.32 (→ Bronze Medal)
Twenty fencers, fifteen men and five women, represented the United States in 1984.
Men's foil
Peter Lewison
Greg Massialas
Mike McCahey
Men's team foil
Mike Marx, Greg Massialas, Peter Lewison, Mark Smith, Mike McCahey
Men's épée
Stephen Trevor
Robert Marx
Lee Shelley
Men's team épée
Robert Marx, John Moreau, Peter Schifrin, Lee Shelley, Stephen Trevor
Men's sabre
Peter Westbrook
Steve Mormando
Michael Lofton
Men's team sabre
Peter Westbrook, Steve Mormando, Phillip Reilly, Joel Glucksman, Michael Lofton
Women's foil
Debra Waples
Vincent Bradford
Jana Angelakis
Women's team foil
Vincent Bradford, Sharon Monplaisir, Susan Badders, Debra Waples, Jana Angelakis
Preliminary Round (Group D)
United States – Costa Rica 3-0
United States – Italy 0-1
United States – Egypt 1-1
Quarterfinals
Did not advance
Team Roster
(01.) David Brcic (GK)
(02.) Bruce Savage
(03.) Gregg Thompson
(04.) Jeff Durgan
(05.) Kazbek Tambi
(06.) Angelo DiBernardo
(07.) Erhardt Kapp
(08.) Chico Borja
(09.) Steve Moyers
(10.) Rick Davis
(11.) Hugo Perez
(12.) Kevin Crow
(13.) Jean Willrich
(14.) Mike Fox
(15.) Jamie Swanner (Gk)
(16.) Jeff Hooker
(17.) Amr Aly
Head Coach: Alkis Panagoulias
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
Bob Djokovich
Tim Dykstra
Craig Gilbert
Steven Goss
William Kessler
Stephen Kirk
Peter Lash
Michael Lenard
Joseph McVein
Gregory Morava
Rod Oshita
Thomas Schneeberger
Joe Story
Head Coach: Javier Garcia
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
Preliminary Round (Group A)
United States – India 1-5
United States – West Germany 0-4
United States – Malaysia 1-4
United States – Spain 1-3
United States – Australia 1-2
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
Round Robin
United States – Canada 4-1
United States – The Netherlands 1-2
United States – New Zealand 2-0
United States – Australia 1-1
United States – West Germany 1-1
Team Roster
Gwen Cheeseman (gk)
Beth Anders
Kathleen McGahey
Anita Miller
Regina Buggy
Christine Larson-Mason
Beth Beglin
Marcella Place
Julie Staver
Diane Moyer
Sheryl Johnson
Charlene Morett
Karen Shelton
Brenda Stauffer
Leslie Milne
Judy Strong
Three male modern pentathletes represented the United States in 1984. They won a silver medal in the team event.
Individual
Mike Storm
Greg Losey
Dean Glenesk
Team
Mike Storm
Greg Losey
Dean Glenesk
United States rowing results and competitors:
- Men's single sculls – 4th place: John Biglow
- Men's double sculls – 1st place (gold medal): Bradley Lewis, Paul Enquist
- Men's coxless pair – 6th place: Dave De Ruff, John Strotbeck Jr.
- Men's coxed pair – 3rd place (bronze medal): Kevin Still, Robert Espeseth Jr., Doug Herland
- Men's quadruple sculls – 7th place: Curtis Fleming, Greg Montesi, Ridgely Johnson, Bruce Beall
- Men's coxless four – 2nd place (silver medal): David Clark, Jon Smith, Otto Stekl, Alan Forney
- Men's coxed four – 2nd place (silver medal): Tom Kiefer, Gregory Springer, Michael Bach, Edward Ives, John Stillings
- Men's coxed eight – 2nd place (silver medal): Chip Lubsen, Andrew Sudduth, John Terwilliger, Chris Penny, Tom Darling, Fred Borchelt, Charles Clapp, Bruce Ibbetson, Bob Jaugstetter
- Women's single sculls – 2nd place (silver medal): Carlie Geer
- Women's double sculls – 6th place: Cathy Thaxton-Tippett, Judy Geer
- Women's coxless pair – 5th place: Barbara Kirch, Chari Towne
- Women's coxed four – 4th place: Abby Peck, Patricia Spratlen, Jan Harville, Liz Miles, Valerie McClain-Ward
- Women's coxed quadruple sculls – 2nd place (silver medal): Anne Marden, Lisa Rohde, Joan Lind, Ginny Gilder, Kelly Rickon
- Women's coxed eight – 1st place (gold medal): Jeanne Flanagan, Holly Metcalf, Carol Bower, Carie Graves, Shyril O'Steen, Kristine Norelius, Kristen Thorsness, Kathy Keeler, Betsy Beard
Men's 100m Freestyle
Rowdy Gaines
Heat — 50.41
Final — 49.80 (→ Gold Medal)
Mike Heath
Heat — 50.39
Final — 50.41 (→ 4th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Mike Heath
Heat — 1:49.87
Final — 1:49.10 (→ Silver Medal)
Jeff Float
Heat — 1:50.95
Final — 1:50.18 (→ 4th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
George DiCarlo
Heat — 3:53.44
Final — 3:51.23 (→ Gold Medal)
John Mykkanen
Heat — 3:53.43
Final — 3:51.49 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Mike O'Brien
Heat — 15:21.04
Final — 15:05.20 (→ Gold Medal)
George DiCarlo
Heat — 15:22.88
Final — 15:10.59 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Rick Carey
Heat — 55.74
Final — 55.79 (→ Gold Medal)
David Wilson
Heat — 56.71
Final — 56.35 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Rick Carey
Heat — 1:58.99
Final — 2:00.23 (→ Gold Medal)
Jesse Vassallo
Heat — 2:04.51
B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Steve Lundquist
Heat — 1:03.55
Final — 1:01.65 (→ 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
Pablo Morales
Heat — 53.78
Final — 53.23 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Pablo Morales
Heat — 1:59.19
Final — 1:57.75 (→ 4th place)
Patrick Kennedy
Heat — 2:00.28
Final — 2:01.03 (→ 8th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Pablo Morales
Heat — 2:04.32
Final — 2:03.05 (→ Silver Medal)
Steve Lundquist
Heat — 2:06.10
Final — 2:04.91 (→ 5th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Jesse Vassallo
Heat — 4:23.82
Final — 4:21.46 (→ 4th place)
Jeff Kostoff
Heat — 4:22.55
Final — 4:23.28 (→ 6th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Matt Biondi, Chris Cavanaugh, Tom Jager and Robin Leamy)
Heat — 3:20.14
Chris Cavanaugh, Mike Heath, Matt Biondi and Rowdy Gaines
Final — 3:19.03 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Geoff Gaberino, David Larson, Bruce Hayes and Richard Saeger
Heat — 7:18.87
Mike Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float and Bruce Hayes
Final — 7:15.69 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
David Wilson, Richard Schroeder, Mike Heath and Tom Jager
Heat — 3:44.33
Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Pablo Morales and Rowdy Gaines
Final — 3:39.30 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Nancy Hogshead
Heat — 55.85
Final — 55.92 (→ Gold Medal)
Carrie Steinseifer
Heat — 56.46
Final — 55.92 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Mary Wayte
Heat — 2:00.69
Final — 1:59.23 (→ Gold Medal)
Cynthia Woodhead
Heat — 2:00.85
Final — 1:59.50 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 400m Freestyle
Tiffany Cohen
Heat — 4:11.49
Final — 4:07.10 (→ Gold Medal)
Kim Linehan
Heat — 4:15.08
Final — 4:12.26 (→ 4th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
Tiffany Cohen
Heat — 8:41.86
Final — 8:24.96 (→ Gold Medal)
Michelle Richardson
Heat — 8:32.64
Final — 8:30.73 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Dara Torres, Jill Sterkel, Jenna Johnson and Mary Wayte
Heat — 3:43.65
Jenna Johnson, Carrie Steinseifer, Dara Torres and Nancy Hogshead
Final — 3:43.43 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Betsy Mitchell, Susan Rapp, Jenna Johnson, and Carrie Steinseifer
Heat — 4:09.23
Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher and Nancy Hogshead
Final — 4:08.34 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Theresa Andrews
Heat — 1:02.94
Final — 1:02.55 (→ Gold Medal)
Betsy Mitchell
Heat — 1:02.53
Final — 1:02.63 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 200m Backstroke
Amy White
Heat — 2:15.40
Final — 2:13.04 (→ Silver Medal)
Tori Trees
Heat — 2:16.23
Final — 2:15.73 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Tracy Caulkins
Heat — 2:14.47
Final — 2:12.64 (→ Gold Medal)
Nancy Hogshead
Heat — 2:16.29
Final — 2:15.17 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Tracy Caulkins
Heat — 4:44.42
Final — 4:39.24 (→ Gold Medal)
Sue Heon
Heat — 4:51.32
Final — 4:49.41 (→ 4th place)
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) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Aldis Berzins
Craig Buck
Rich Duwelius
Dusty Dvorak
Karch Kiraly
Chris Marlowe
Pat Powers
Steven Salmons
Dave Saunders
Paul Sunderland
Steve Timmons
Marc Waldie
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) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
Paula Weishoff
Susan Woodstra
Rita Crockett
Laura Flachmeier
Carolyn Becker
Flo Hyman
Rose Magers
Julie Vollertsen
Debbie Green
Kimberly Ruddins
Jeanne Beauprey
Linda Chisholm
Head Coach: Arie Selinger
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) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
Craig Wilson
Kevin Robertson
Gary Figueroa
Peter Campbell
Doug Burke
Joseph Vargas
Jon Svendsen
John Siman
Andrew McDonald
Terry Schroeder
Jody Campbell
Timothy Shaw
Christopher Dorst
