Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics Portugal at the 1984 Summer Olympics Portugal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. A delegation of thirty eight competitors participated in eleven sports, bringing home a total of three medals – a feat only repeated 20 years later, in Athens – including Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal, through Carlos Lopes in the marathon. Rosa Mota, future marathon olympic champion, was the bronze medalist of this event, who appeared for the first time in the Olympics. Portugal made its debut in the Olympic archery as well as in the diving, with Joana Figueiredo as 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