Switzerland at the 1984 Summer Olympics Switzerland at the 1984 Summer Olympics Switzerland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 129 competitors, 102 men and 27 women, took part in 91 events in 18 sports. In Switzerland's third appearance in Olympic archery, two women and one man competed. Women's Competition: Men's Competition: Men's 400 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's High Jump Men's Long Jump Men's Pole Vault Men's Shot Put Men's Decathlon Women's 3,000 metres Women's Marathon Women's Javelin Throw Women's Heptathlon Twelve cyclists represented Switzerland in 1984. Five fencers, all men, represented Switzerland in 1984 Three male modern pentathletes
Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics For the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a total of forty-three sports venues were used. Barcelona's first bid for the Summer Olympics was the 1924 Games, losing to Paris. The city tried again in 1936, losing to Berlin. The city subsequently planned to host the People's Olympiad in that year, as a protest against holding the Olympics in Nazi Germany, but were forced to cancel the event because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Following their success of hosting the Mediterranean Games in 1955, Barcelona would try again to host the Summer