1984 Summer Olympics experience of executive producer and writer Jesse Stern. Pop punk band Bowling for Soup references the games in the song "I Can't Stand LA". During a section showing appreciation for the city, the song states, "thank you for hair metal and the '84 Olympics." Jilly Cooper's novel Riders has a storyline set at the show jumping event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In Seinfeld's episode "The Gymnast ", Jerry dates a woman who was in 1984 Olympics and won a Silver medal for Romania. The 1984 Games were covered by the following broadcasters: People 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer
Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification The men's qualification for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows: <br> <br> <br> The European Qualifiers for the 1984 Summer Olympics tournament took place in 4 groups between 23 March 1983 and 22 April 1984. France, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia gained qualification to the Olympic tournament. However, Czechoslovakia was replaced by Italy, East Germany was replaced by Norway and Soviet