Four years after the United States led a boycott of the Olympics in Moscow, the country hosted the Games for the third time, the second in Los Angeles. However, only 14 nations led by the Soviet Union did not send delegations. In the end, this edition had the largest participation: 6,829 athletes from 140 countries.
The big name was the American sprinter Carl Lewis, who repeated the feat of his compatriot Jesse Owens at the Berlin Games in 1936 and won four gold medals in athletics (100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay and long jump). . In addition to him, two gymnasts stood out: Romanian Ecaterina Szabo won 4 gold and 1 silver, and Chinese Li Ning won 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.
Another Los Angeles Olympics landmark was New Zealand’s Neroli Fairhall, who became the first paraplegic athlete to participate in the Games. He competed in wheelchair archery and came in 35th.
Brazil had their best performance in Olympic history so far. With 151 athletes (129 men and 22 women), the delegation returned home with eight medals: 1 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze.
The sea bream was won by long-distance runner Joaquim Cruz in the 800 m sprint, with the right to the world record for the race (1min43s), which lasted until the 1996 Atlanta Games.
The men’s soccer and volleyball teams won their first Olympic silver medals. The others in silver were Torben Grael and Daniel Adler in sailing (soling class), swimmer Ricardo Prado in the 400 m and light heavyweight judoka Douglas Vieira. The two bronzes were won by judo players Walter Carmona (medium) and Luís Onmura (light). Ricardo Prado was fourth in the 200m backstroke.
The winner of the final B in swimming is faster than that of A
For the first and only time in Olympic history, a winner of final B had a better time than the gold winner of final A. German Thomas Fahrner broke the Olympic record of 400 m freestyle with 3min50s91, compared to 3min51s23 for the American George DiCarlo. Fahrner also won a silver in the 200m freestyle and a bronze in the 4 × 200m freestyle.
Americana wins the first edition of the women’s marathon
The women’s marathon was included in the Los Angeles Olympics 56 years after doctors declared that women who competed in races of more than 800 m aged faster. American Joan Benoit was the champion, but it was the Swiss Gabriela Andersen-Schiess who became famous, who crossed the amazing line.
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1900 Games opened doors to women
The United States dominates the first Games in its territory, in 1904
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Artists competed in the 1912 Stockholm Games
Games are canceled during the Great World Wars
Brazilians make their gold debut at the Antwerp-1920 Games
The Olympic Games fall into popular taste in Paris-1924
Number of women’s doubles at the Amsterdam-28 Games compared to Paris-24
The Great Depression did not stop the Los Angeles Games-1932
Sprinter Jesse Owens steals the show at the Berlin-36 Olympics
Brazilian basketball won bronze at the post-war Games, in London-48
Brazil made its football debut at the Helsinki-1952 Games
Melbourne-1956 won Buenos Aires by vote to be the Olympic venue
The Olympic Games in Rome-1960 have their first live broadcast on television
Tokyo receives its first Olympic edition in 1964
Mexico City-1968: Protest Games and Records
Terrorist attack marks the 1972 Munich Olympics
Montreal-1976, the Games of the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci
American boycott marks the 1980 Moscow Olympics
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