Nations 140
Athletes 6796 (5226 Uomini ; 1570 Donne)
Italian athletes 270 (224 Uomini; 46 Donne)
In May 1984, just a few months before the Games, the Soviet sports authorities announced that they would not send their athletes to Los Angeles. It was a feared, and expected, decision, immediately adopted by Cuba, East Germany and other communist countries. The only ones present in California were Yugoslavia and Romania. The damage caused by the boycott, although less than that caused in Moscow, however, was sizable considering the sporting power of the absentees. However, thanks to the presence of several new countries and "autonomous territories", the number of participating delegations reached a record of 140. One feature of the 1984 Games was the "private" management of the organisation directed by Peter Ueberroth, with wide use of marketing that brought in significant profits.
Alberto Cova gold Athletics 10.000 m
Alessandro Andrei gold Athletics shot put
Gabriella Dorio gold Athletics 1.500 m women
Giuseppe Abbagnale, Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua gold Rowing Coxed pair
Marcello Bartalini, Marco Giovannetti, Eros Poli, Claudio Vandelli gold Cicling Road 100 Km Team
Vincenzo Maenza gold Wrestling wrestling greco-roman 48 Kg
Daniele Masala gold Modern Pentathlon equestrian, fencing, swimming, shooting, cross country running
Pierpaolo Cristofori, Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo gold Modern Pentathlon equitazione, scherma, nuoto, tiro, corsa a squadre
Maurizio Stecca gold Boxing 54 Kg
Mauro Numa gold Fencing Foil individual
Mauro Numa, Andrea Borella, Stefano Cerioni, Andrea Cipressa, Angelo Scuri gold Fencing Foil team
Angelo Arcidiacono, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Marco Marin, Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo gold Fencing Sabre team
Norberto Oberburger gold Weightlifting 110 Kg
Luciano Giovannetti gold Shotgun Trap
Sara Simeoni silver Athletics High Jump Women
Ezio Gamba silver Judo 71 Kg
Salvatore Todisco silver Boxing 48 kg
Francesco Damiani silver Boxing + 91 Kg
Marco Marin silver Fencing Sabre individual
Edith Gufler silver Pisto and Rifle 10 M rifle
Sandro Bellucci bronze Athletics 50 Km Race walk
Maurizio Damilano bronze Athletics 20 Km Race walk
Giovanni Evangelisti bronze Athletics Long jump
Franco Bertoli, Francesco Dall'Olio, Giancarlo Dametto, Guido De Luigi, Giovanni Ericchiello, Gianni Lanfranco, Andrea Lucchetta , Pier Paolo Lucchetta, Marco Negri, Piero Rebaudengo, Paolo Vecchi, Fabio Vullo bronze Volleyball
Carlo Massullo bronze Modern Pentathlon equestrian, fencing, swimming, shooting, cross country running
Luciano Bruno bronze Boxing 67 Kg
Angelo Musone bronze Boxing 91 kg
Dorina Vaccaroni bronze Fencing foil individual women
Stefano Cerioni bronze Fencing Foil individual
Sandro Cuomo, Angelo Mazzoni, Stefano Bellone, Cosimo Ferro, Roberto Manzi bronze Fencing Epee team
Luca Scribani Rossi bronze Shotgun skeet
Giorgio Gorla, Alfio Peraboni bronze Sailing Star