Vintage Miller High Life's Look At The 1984 Games LA Olympics Wagner Poster Map

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Cool looking poster that would look great in any home gym, garage or man cave. Normal folds and small creases common for a 40 year old piece of sports history. Measures 17" x 22". Would be a great gift for anyone who collects antique sports equipment, breweriana, or old school posters. Will be packed well and shipped by usps ground unless you'd like to chose a faster option.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Games of the XXIII Olympiad Emblem of the 1984 Summer Olympics Host city Los Angeles , California , United States Motto Play a Part in History Nations 140 Athletes 6,800 (5,231 men, 1,569 women) Events 221 in 21 sports (29 disciplines) Opening July 28, 1984 Closing August 12, 1984 Opened by President Ronald Reagan [1] Cauldron Rafer Johnson [1] Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Summer ← Moscow 1980 Seoul 1988 → Winter ← Sarajevo 1984 Calgary 1988 → 1984 Summer Paralympics Part of a series on 1984 Summer Olympics Bid process ( bid details ) Boycott Development Venues Torch relay ( route ) Marketing ( Mascot ) Broadcasters Opening ceremony ( flag bearers ) Chronological summary Medal table ( medalists ) World and Olympic records Concerns and controversies Closing ceremony ( flag bearers ) Paralympics IOC USOC LAOC v t eThe 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984 ) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles , California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932 . California was the home state of the incumbent U.S. President Ronald Reagan , who officially opened the Games. These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch .The 1984 Games were boycotted by a total of fourteen Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany, in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , Russia , in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ; Romania and Yugoslavia were the only Soviet Bloc states that opted to attend the Games. Albania, Iran and Libya also chose to boycott the Games for unrelated reasons.Despite the field being depleted in certain sports due to the boycott, 140 National Olympic Committees took part in the 1984 Games, a record number at the time. [2] [3] The United States won the most gold and overall medals, followed by Romania and West Germany .The 1984 Summer Olympics are widely considered to be the most financially successful modern Olympics, [4] serving as an example on how to run an Olympic games. As a result of low construction costs, due to the use of existing sport infrastructure, coupled with a reliance on private corporate funding, [5] the 1984 Games generated a profit of over US$ 250 million .On July 18, 2009, a 25th anniversary celebration of the 1984 Games was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . The celebration included a speech by former Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president Peter Ueberroth , as well as a re-enactment of the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics for the third time in 2028 . [6]Host selection [ edit ]After the terrorist attack at the 1972 Summer Olympics , the significant financial debts of Montreal (1976) , and various boycotts by National Olympic Committees, few cities by the late 1970s were willing to bid for the Summer Olympics. Only two cities ( Tehran and Los Angeles) made serious bids for the 1984 Summer Games, but before the final selection of a "winning" city in 1978, the bid from Tehran was withdrawn as a result of Iran 's policy changes following the Iranian Revolution and a change in the country's ruling system. Hence, the selection process for the 1984 Summer Olympics consisted of a single finalized bid from Los Angeles, which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) accepted. The selection was officially made at the 80th IOC Session in Athens on May 18, 1978. [7]Los Angeles had unsuccessfully bid for t... read more

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