United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was the nineteenth time that "Team USA" participated, having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part in 217 events in 25 sports. These Olympic Games were unique for the United States in that the host state was California, the home state of the country's president, Ronald Reagan, who himself opened the Games, becoming the first American president to open a Summer Olympics, and also any Olympic games in the
1984 Winter Olympics state are the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing and 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and the 2022 Winter Olympics which will be held in Beijing. All of these have been in China. The Sarajevo games have also been the only Olympics so far to be hosted by a city with mainly Muslim population. During the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, numerous newspapers drew attention to the Games neglected venues as it was the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Winter Olympics. The host city for the XIV Winter Olympics was announced on 18 May 1978 during an 80th