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 Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were held at Lake Casitas. Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present. However, this boycott gave an opportunity to Romania, which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games, going on to dominate in women's sports, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events. Both Canada (gold) and USA (silver) had beaten the reigning (boycotting)