France at the 1984 Summer Olympics 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay France at the 1984 Summer Olympics France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports. After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors. Men's Individual Competition: Men's 400 metres Men's Marathon Men's High Jump Men's Javelin Throw Men's Pole Vault Men's Hammer Throw Men's Decathlon Men's 20 km Walk Men's 50 km Walk Women's 3.000 metres Women's High Jump Women's Heptathlon Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
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)