Switzerland at the 1984 Summer Olympics Switzerland at the 1984 Summer Olympics Switzerland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 129 competitors, 102 men and 27 women, took part in 91 events in 18 sports. In Switzerland's third appearance in Olympic archery, two women and one man competed. Women's Competition: Men's Competition: Men's 400 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's High Jump Men's Long Jump Men's Pole Vault Men's Shot Put Men's Decathlon Women's 3,000 metres Women's Marathon Women's Javelin Throw Women's Heptathlon Twelve cyclists represented Switzerland in 1984. Five fencers, all men, represented Switzerland in 1984 Three male modern pentathletes
Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were held at Lake Casitas. Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present. However, this boycott gave an opportunity to Romania, which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games, going on to dominate in women's sports, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events. Both Canada (gold) and USA (silver) had beaten the reigning (boycotting)