Hong Kong at the 1984 Summer Olympics Hong Kong at the 1984 Summer Olympics Hong Kong competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The territory returned to the Olympic Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 47 competitors, 36 men and 11 women, took part in 47 events in 10 sports. Women's Individual Competition: Men's Individual Competition: Men's High Jump Women's Marathon Four cyclists represented Hong Kong in 1984. Men's 3m Springboard Five fencers, all men, represented Hong Kong in 1984. Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 100m Breaststroke Men's 200m Breaststroke Men's 100m Butterfly Men's 200m
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