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[3] [4] The former record was the largest overall medal haul for the nation since the 1904 edition; the latter record was the highest gold medal tally at a single Games in Olympic history and the most for a host nation. [5] [a] It marked the first time the United States led the medal count in both gold and overall medals since 1968. [7]
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
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
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries. Women's marathon, women's 3000 meters, and women's 400 meters hurdles debuted at these Games.
The 1984 Summer Olympics are widely considered to be the most financially successful modern Olympics, [5] serving as an example on how to run an Olympic Games. As a result of low construction costs, due to the use of existing sport infrastructure, coupled with a reliance on private corporate funding, [ 6 ] the 1984 Games generated a profit of ...
Defending gold medal winner Allan Wells of Great Britain was the only finalist from the Moscow Games to return. The American team was strong, led by 1983 World Championship winner Carl Lewis , who was attempting to match Jesse Owens 's 1936 quadruple (100, 200, 4x100, and long jump).
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.
(YouTube — tommytempo1 (up to three videos on the race); an Italian-language video on the last 500 metres of the race (Grandi vittori)) - YouTube; The Big Olympic Book / Suuri olympiakirja, Helsinki, Finland, 1984 (Juoksija-lehti / The Runner Magazine); The Big Olympic Work / Suuri olympiateos, Helsinki, Finland, 1984.)