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The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984. When Tehran, the only other interested city on the international level, declined to bid due to the concurrent Iranian political and social changes, the IOC awarded Los Angeles the Games by default. This was the second occasion Los Angeles hosted the games; it previously hosted in 1932.
In response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany, boycotted the Games; only Romania elected to attend. For differing reasons, Iran and Libya also boycotted. The USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984, citing security concerns and "chauvinistic sentiments and an anti-Soviet hysteria being whipped up in the United States." Boycotting countries organized another large event in June–September 1984, called the Friendship Games; however, not even a single competition was held between July 28 and August 12. Representatives of the organizing countries, the Soviets in particular, underlined it was "not held to replace the Olympics". Elite athletes from the U.S. and USSR would only compete against each other at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, organized in response to the boycotts.
Los Angeles (i/lɒs ˈændʒəlᵻs/ loss AN-jə-ləs or loss AN-jə-liss) (Spanish for "The Angels"), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States after New York City, the most populous city in the state of California, and the county seat of Los Angeles County.
Situated in Southern California, Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, sprawling metropolis, and as a major center of the American entertainment industry. Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10,000 feet (3,000 m).
Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was officially founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood. The city experienced rapid growth with the discovery of oil.
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority.
The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Olympic Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to a variety of economic, political, and technological advancements. As a result, the Olympics has shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allowing participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He is also a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a three-season stint playing for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three additional championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in January 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Wizards.
Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Opening Ceremony Complete
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony
MICHAEL JORDAN OLYMPICS 1984
FLASHBACK 1984: Los Angeles Olympics UFO
Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Marathon | Marathon Week
Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Opening Ceremony Rhapsody In Blue
Various | Official Music of the 1984 Games [Los Angeles]
Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Closing Ceremony Complete
OLYMPIC GAMES 1984 5000M FINAL LOS ANGELES Mats Erixon Mölndals AIK
Olympics Games Los Angeles 1984 Closing Ceremony
After many requests here it is...the complete Opening Ceremony from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The Ceremony aired on ABC on Saturday, July 28, 1984. Announcers were Jim McKay and Peter Jennings.
Opening Ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. From highlights of the BBC Olympic Coverage. Copyright BBC 1984.
A tribute mix of Michael Jordan before he became a pro .... Olympics 1984 in Los Angeles.
08/12/1984 The closing ceremony for the 1984 Olympics involved a UFO flying over the Olympic stadium and communicating with the audience. The UFO eventually lands, amid smoke and lights, at which point an alien steps out and greets the public. Considering the 1984 Olympics had no other connections to UFO and alien phenomena, the only logical reasoning as to why this happened was again to plant a seed in the publics mind and to judge our reaction. The 1984 games were officially opened by President Ronald Reagan Reagan's Alien Speech to U.N. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag44dRO8LEA Reagan Speech About Alien Invasion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chVKSY2gT00 RESEARCH PROJECT BLUEBEAM Original Video Uploaded By http://www.youtube.com/zzapamiga
Check out the brandnew Olympic Channel: http://go.olympic.org/watch?p=yt Highlights of the first ever Women's Olympic Marathon from the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. Subscribe to the official Olympic channel here: http://bit.ly/1dn6AV5 Find more about the Olympic Games at http://www.olympic.org/olympic-games Follow your favourite athletes on the Olympic Athletes Hub: http://hub.olympic.org/
Salute the George Gershwin during the Los Angeles Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Follow Soundtrack Specialist on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/soundtrackspecialist facebook article: https://www.facebook.com/notes/pierre-andr%C3%A9-lowenstein-soundtrack-specialist/various-artists-official-music-of-the-1984-games-los-angeles/667670656607889 facebook blog post: https://www.facebook.com/soundtrackspecialist/posts/10152233398824111 The Official Music of the 1984 Games [Los Angeles] Album Produced by Jon Peters & Peter Guber. Musical Supervision: Michael Dilbeck. (00:20) 1. Léo Arnaud: Bugler's Dream (From Charge Suite) Composed by Léo Arnaud; Conducted by Felix Slatkin. (01:14) 2. Loverboy: Nothing's Gonna Stop You Now (Team Sports Theme) Written by Bill Wray, Mike Reno, Paul Dean. Engineered by Dave Slagter, Pat Glover. Produced by Bill Wray, Paul Dean. (5:17) 3. ...
The Closing Ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The Closing Ceremony aired on ABC on Sunday night August 12, 1984. The ceremony includes the medal ceremonies for the men's marathon and the equestrian show jumping, complete with horses and riders talking a victory lap around the track of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The ceremony also features a visit from an alien visitor and a performance by Lionel Richie.
Kommentatorer Bosse Hansson och Christer Ulfbåge Resultat Final 5000m 1. Said Aouita Marocko 13.05,59 2. Markus Ryffel Schweiz 13.07,54 3. Antonio Leitao Portugal 13.09,20 4. Tim Hutchings Storbritannien 13.11,50 5. Paul Kipkoech Kenya 13.14,40 6. Charles Cheruiyot Kenya 13.18,41 7. Doug Padilla USA 13.23,56 8. John Walker Nya Zeeland 13.24,46 9. Ezequiel Canario Portugal 13.26,50 10. Wilson Waigwa Kenya 13.27,34 11. Ray Flynn Irland 13.34,50 12. Mats Erixon Sverige 13.41,64 13. Eamonn Martin Storbritannien 13.53,34 14. Dave Moorcroft Storbritannien 14.16,61 Martti Vanio Finland startade ej
Olympics Games Los Angeles 1984 Closing Ceremony
Here is a look at PT Usha's remarkable race in the 400m hurdles at the 1984. she missed the 400 metres hurdles by just .01 of a second in the 400M hurdles in the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Weightlifting - Men 67.5 kg
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Weightlifting - Men 75 kg
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Weightlifting - Men 82.5 kg
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Weightlifting - Men 90 kg
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Weightlifting - Men 100 kg
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Weightlifting - Men +110 kg
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984.When Tehran, the only other interested city on the international level, declined to bid due to the concurrent Iranian political and social changes, the IOC awarded Los Angeles the Games by default.This was the second occasion Los Angeles hosted the games, the first being in 1932.In response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany, boycotted the Games; only Romania and Yugoslavia elected to attend. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): unknown, U.S. Air Force License: Public domain ---Image-Copyrig...
Los Angles 1984 10,000m Olympic Final, Mike McLeod of Great Britain finishes in Bronze Medal position but takes home the Silver medal as Martti Vinio of Finland was disqualified due to doping.
The complete Parade of Athletes at the Los Angeles Opening Ceremony in 1984. Video begins with John Williams leading the Olympic Orchestra in playing his Olympic Fanfare written for these Games and still being used by NBC as an Olympic anthem today.
Los Angeles '84 Olympics - Basketball Final Game - Spain @ USA (10/8/1984) Boxscore: http://www.basketball-reference.com/olympics/games/1984-08-10-USA-ESP
Road to the final and images from the gold winning game USA vs Yugoslavia in Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. The golden team of Yugoslavia: Milorad Krivokapic, Deni Lusic, Zoran Petrovic, Bozo Vuletic, Veselin Djuho, Zoran Roje, Milivoj Bebic, Perica Bukic, Goran Sukno, Tomislav Paskvalin, Igor Milanovic, Dragan Andric. The silver team of USA at Los Angeles: Graig Wilson, Kevin Robertson, Gary Figueroa, Peter Gampbell, Douglas Burke, Joseph Vargas, Jon Svendsen, John Siman, Andrew Mc Donlad, Terry Schroeder, Jody Cambell, Timothy Shaw and Christopher Dorst. (credits: westnyacktwins) http://facebook.com/Water-Polo-Legends-114072833532/
You've been here forever
I've
I've been here too
They said you were clever
Let's see what you can do
Cause I never wanted
Wanted to leave it
Said I can't believe it
Los Angeles
(Los Angeles)
Los Angeles
(Yeah I can't believe it)
Los Angeles
(Yeah)
Los Angeles
(Said I...)
Things can't be easy
You're getting older
The pressure's building
Living in Van Nuys
Cal-i-forn-i-a
What else could I say?
Cause I never wanted
Wanted to believe it
Said I can't believe it
Los Angeles
(Los Angeles)
Los Angeles
(Yeah I can't believe it)
Los Angeles
(The west side)
Los Angeles
You said you were leaving
Heading out to the east coast
Cause your heart was bleeding
And people can be so
But you must remember
That it ain't the weather
That's gonna protect you
They will still neglect you
But I'll always love you
Said I've always loved you
(So come on home)
Said I've always loved you
So get back in your car and head west to California
The sun will be shining
And we could be dining by the ocean blue
Cause I never wanted
Wanted to leave
Said I can't believe it
Los Angeles
(Los Angeles)
Los Angeles
(Yeah I can't believe it)
Los Angeles
(Los fues)
Los Angeles
(Said)
Los Angeles
(Said...)
Los Angeles
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