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
Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Baden-Baden, West Germany (Germany since October 1990), the IOC selected Seoul to host the 1988 Summer Olympics. Venues for the Seoul Sports Complex were constructed between 1973 and 1984. Except for Mongchon Tosong and the Tongillo Road Course, all of the other venues were completed or renovated by the summer of 1986. Many of the venues would play host to the Asian Games in 1986 which would serve as test events for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The men's marathon course was run in hot weather along a route lined with 36,000 police personnel. At the Han River Regatta Course/