Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sweden competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. 174 competitors, 131 men and 43 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports. Göran Bjerendal, a veteran of the 1980 Summer Olympics, became the second Swedish archer to place in the top eight and the first since 1972. Women's Individual Competition: Men's Individual Competition: Men's 400 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 50 km Walk Men's High Jump Men's Triple Jump Men's Javelin Throw Men's Shot Put Men's Discus Throw Men's Pole Vault Women's 1,500 metres Women's 3,000 metres Women's
Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics two-time Olympic champions from East Germany in the men's 8 twice at the Lucerne pre-olympic regatta. Steve Redgrave won his first of five consecutive gold medals. Elisabeta Oleniuc, later known as Elisabeta Lipă, also won her first gold medal. Twenty years later she won her fifth gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The quadruple sculls events, as in 1976 and 1980, were again held without coxswain for men and with coxswain for women. Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were