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
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)