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The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event.
Australia sent 242 athletes (169 men and 73 women) to the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. They competed in 137 events in 22 Olympic sports. Australian athletes have competed in all of the Summer Olympic Games since the games started.
Glynis Nunn won gold in the Women’s Heptathlon. Mark Stockwell won 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in Swimming. Glenn Buchanan won 2 bronze medals in Swimming.
| Host | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Dates |
| XXIII 1984 Los Angeles | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 July–12 Aug |
The following records are Australians who won gold, silver or bronze medals at the 1984 Olympic Games.
Youngest athlete for Australia was Dimity Douglas (14 years 28 days) and Patricia Dench oldest (52 years 144 days). Los Angeles Games had 6,798 athletes (1,557 women, 5,224 men) from 140 countries.
1984 Los Angeles USA
| Sport | Event | Competitors | |
| 1st | Athletics | Women’s heptathlon | Glynis Nunn |
| 1st | Cycling | Men’s 4,000m team pursuit | Kevin Nichols, Michael Grenda, Dean Woods, Michael Turtur |
| 1st | Swimming | Men’s 200m butterfly | Jon Sieben |
| 1st | Weightlifting | Men’s super-heavyweight (110+ kg) | Dean Lukin |
| 2nd | Athletics | Men’s long jump | Gary Honey |
| 2nd | Swimming | Women’s 400m individual medley | Suzie Landells |
| 2nd | Swimming | Men’s 4 × 100m freestyle | Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, Mark Stockwell |
| 2nd | Swimming | Men’s 200m breaststroke | Glenn Beringen |
| 2nd | Swimming | Men’s 100m freestyle | Mark Stockwell |
| 2nd | Swimming | Women’s 200m butterfly | Karen Phillips |
| 2nd | Weightlifting | Men’s light-heavyweight (82.5 kg) | Robert Kabbas |
| 2nd | Rowing | Men’s quadruple sculls | Gary Gullock, Tony Lovrich, Paul Reedy, Timothy McLaren |
| 3rd | Athletics | Women’s shot put | Gael Martin |
| 3rd | Shooting | Women’s sport pistol | Pattie Dench |
| 3rd | Swimming | Men’s 100m breaststroke | Peter Evans |
| 3rd | Swimming | Men’s 100m butterfly | Glenn Buchanan |
| 3rd | Swimming | Men’s 400m individual medley | Rob Woodhouse |
| 3rd | Swimming | Men’s 400m freestyle | Justin Lemberg |
| 3rd | Swimming | Women’s 200m individual medley | Michele Pearson |
| 3rd | Swimming | Men’s 4x100m medley relay | Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, Mark Stockwell |
| 3rd | Sailing | Men’s tornado team competition | Chris Cairns, Scott Anderson |
| 3rd | Rowing | Women’s coxed fours | Susan Lee, Karen Brancourt, Margot Foster, Robyn Grey-Gardner, Susan Chapman |
| 3rd | Rowing | Men’s eights | James Battersby, Ian Edmunds, Stephen Evans, Clyde Hefer, Craig Muller, Sam Patten, Ion Popa, Gavin Thred, Timothy Willoughby |
| 3rd | Canoeing | Men’s K2 1,000m kayak | Grant Kenny, Barry Kelly |
