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
United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics Breaststroke Men's 200m Breaststroke Men's 100m Butterfly Men's 200m Butterfly Men's 200m Individual Medley Men's 400m Individual Medley Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 100m Freestyle Women's 200m Freestyle Women's 400m Freestyle Women's 800m Freestyle Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 100m Backstroke Women's 200m Backstroke Women's 200m Individual Medley Women's 400m Individual Medley United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los