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Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse $1: 1988 Summer Olympics dollar [10] The torches of Lady Liberty and the Olympics merging into one flame US Olympic Committee logo Ag 90%, Cu 10% Authorized: 10,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 191,368 D Proof: 1,359,366 S 1988 $5: 1988 Summer Olympics half ...
A ten-dollar gold coin (a.k.a. Eagle) was released in 1984. This coin features male and female Olympic torch runners. Of the 2,000,000 coins authorized by Public Law 97-220, a total of 497,478 proof coins were minted at the four mints (a majority at the West Point Mint), and a further 75,886 uncirculated coins were minted at West Point. [4]
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On August 13, 1984, the IOC stripped Finnish long-distance runner Martti Vainio of his silver medal in the men's 10,000 m race after failing an anti-doping test. As a result, bronze medalist Mike McLeod of Great Britain was awarded silver, and Kenyan runner Michael Musyoki , who placed fourth in the competition, was awarded bronze.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl, two venues previously used for the 1932 Summer Olympics, were used for the 1984 Games. Between the 1932 and the 1984 Summer Olympics, the expansion of professional sports teams assisted in the growth of the facilities that would be used for the 1984 events. Only two new permanent venues were ...
A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the decades, a firm ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details: Evelyn Ashford United States 10.97 OR: Alice Brown United States 11.13 Merlene Ottey Jamaica 11.16 200 metres details: Valerie Brisco-Hooks
A jersey that was worn and signed by His Airness when he was a member of the Dream Team during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was sold at auction on Sunday night for the eye-popping price ...