The Games of the XXIII Olympiad

The 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, in the United States of America is officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad. This was an international multi-sporting event.  The official mascot of the Los Angeles Games was Sam the Olympic Eagle. The logo of the games featured five blue, white and red stars arranged horizontally and struck through with alternating streaks; it was named "Stars in Motion."

The 1984 Olympics were held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. This is an outdoor sports stadium in Downtown Los Angeles, California at Exposition Park. The stadium is located next to the Los Angeles Sports Arena. There were 6,797 competitors participating from 140 countries.

There were 221 events in 23 sports in the twenty-third Summer Games in 1984. Medals were awarded for archery, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, swimming, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling and yachting.

The United States won 174 medals in total with 83 gold medals, 61 silver medals, and 30 Bronze medals. The Games were officially opened by President Ronald Reagan. The athletes uttered Olympic oath led by Edwin Moses. Judges took Olympic oath led by Sharon Weber. In the stadium, the Olympic Flame was lit by Rafer Johnson.

Neroli Fairhall paralyzed from the waist down from a 1969 automobile accident placed 35th when she broke ground for disabled competitors at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in archery.

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