Los+Angeles,+California-+1984

Los Angeles, Califoria, U.S. 1984

The host city of the summer Olympic Games in 1984 was Los Angeles, California. The 1984 Olympics were officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad. Los Angeles was selected as the host city for 1984 on May 8th, 1978 without a vote. It had no vote because Los Angeles was the only city to place a bid to be the host for the summer Olympics that year. The only other city that was interested was Tehran, but they declined to bid.

That year, a record number of countries showed up, a whopping 140. But these Olympics were missing the skill of Russia and the Soviet Union. The Soviets didn't show up as an act of getting back at the Olympic committee 4 years earlier at the Moscow Games. That is why the U.S.A. had a record 84 gold medals from the lack of the competion. Also, these were the first gmaes to be privately financed, and these summer games made a profit of $215,000,000.

FAST FACTS: By Casey Simon
 * The host sate of California was the home state of president Ronald Reagan. President Reagan opened the games that year.
 * The mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles games was called Sam the Olympic Eagle.