1984 Summer Olympics

E8393
Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1984 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event marked by a Soviet-led boycott, significant commercial success, and standout athletic performances, including those of Carl Lewis.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles 2
1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics 1
1984 Summer Olympics association football tournament 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
boycott Afghanistan ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
boycottLedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
boycottReason retaliation for U.S.-led boycott of 1980 Moscow Olympics ⓘ
broadcastPartner American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
closingDate 1984-08-12 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
eventWhereCarlLewisWonGold 100 metres ⓘ
200 metres ⓘ
4×100 metres relay ⓘ
long jump ⓘ
followedBy 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
goldMedalsWonBy Carl Lewis ⓘ
gymnasticsStar Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
hostCity Los Angeles ⓘ
hostCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
IOCSessionAwardingGames International Olympic Committee Session ⓘ
surface form: 75th IOC Session
IOCSessionCity Athens ⓘ
IOCSessionYear 1978 ⓘ
mainStadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ⓘ
MaryLouRettonAchievement first American woman to win Olympic all-around gymnastics gold ⓘ
mascot Sam the Olympic Eagle ⓘ
motto Play a Part in History ⓘ
notableAthlete Carl Lewis ⓘ
Daley Thompson ⓘ
Edwin Moses ⓘ
Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Nadia Comăneci ⓘ
Sebastian Coe ⓘ
notableFeature high level of commercial sponsorship ⓘ
significant financial profit for organizers ⓘ
numberOfAthletes around 6800 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 221 ⓘ
numberOfGoldMedalsWonByCarlLewis 4 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 140 ⓘ
numberOfSports 21 ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXIII Olympiad ⓘ
openingDate 1984-07-28 ⓘ
openingDeclaredBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
organizingCommitteePresident Peter Ueberroth ⓘ
precededBy 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
torchLighter Rafer Johnson ⓘ
year 1984 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carl Lewis → OlympicGamesParticipatedIn → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Michael Jordan → OlympicGoldMedal → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Patrick Ewing → OlympicGoldMedalist → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sam the Olympic Eagle → category → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1932 Summer Olympics → cityHostedAgain → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Mary Lou Retton → competedAt → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Edwin Moses → competedIn → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sebastian Coe → competedIn → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
All Night Long (All Night) → featuredInEvent → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Olympic Games Marathon → firstHeldWomen → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1980 Summer Olympics → followedBy → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the X Olympiad → hasCategory → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Los Angeles → hostedEvent → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum → hostedEvent → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Stanford Stadium → hostedEvent → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984 Summer Olympics association football tournament
Sam the Olympic Eagle → introducedForEvent → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Li Ning → medalistAt → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Peter Ueberroth → notableWork → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: organization of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Sam the Olympic Eagle → officialMascotOf → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sam the Olympic Eagle → officialMascotOf → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics
Games of the XXIII Olympiad → officialNameOf → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Daley Thompson → participantIn → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Li Ning → participatedIn → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Evander Holyfield → participatedInEvent → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1988 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles