GAMES OF THE XXIII OLYMPIAD, THE {1984 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS} {1984/08/xx}: HIGHLIGHTS, PART 1 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1984 Summer Games of the XXIII Olympiad from Los Angeles. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics: Anchor sports commentator Frank Gifford presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights. Sports commentator Jim McKay highlights a segment about the torch relay, its significance to the Olympic Games, and the opening ceremony of the XXIII Olympiad. Sports commentator Al Michaels highlights the first event of the Olympic Games, the women's road race. Connie Carpenter-Phinney (USA) won the gold medal and Rebecca Twigg (USA) won the silver medal. Michaels recaps the men's road race. Alexi Grewal (USA) won the gold medal and Steve Bauer (Canada) won the silver medal. Lampley and de Varona recap the women's 100-meter freestyle swimming event. Nancy Hogshead (USA) and Carrie Steinseifer (USA) tied for the gold medal with a time of 55.92. Sports commentators Lampley and Mark Spitz recap the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Steve Lundquist (USA) set the world record and won the gold medal with a time of 1:01.65. Lampley and Spitz recap the men's 100-meter butterfly event. Michael Gross (West Germany) won the gold medal and set a world record with a time of 53.08. Lampley and Spitz recap the men's 4x200-meter freestyle swimming relay event. The United States won the gold medal and sets a new world record with a time of 7:15.69. Lampley and Spitz recap the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming event. Rowdy Gaines (USA) won the gold medal and set an Olympic record with a time of 49.80. Sports commentator Jack Whitaker recaps the men's gymnastics events, including the performances of: Li Ning (China), Lou Yun (China) scoring a perfect 10 on men's vault, Tong Fei (China) and Koji Gushiken (Japan) scoring perfect 10s on horizontal bars, Li Xiaoping (China) and Peter Vidmar (USA) scoring perfect 10s on the pommel horse, and Mitch Gaylord (USA) scoring a perfect 10 on the parallel bars. Whitaker also highlights the men's gymnastics team events, featuring the United States team led by Scott Johnson (USA), Vidmar (USA); James Hartung (USA), Gaylord (USA); Tim Daggett (USA), and Bart Connor (USA) winning the gold medal. Whitaker highlights Gushiken as he wins the gold medal in the all around men's gymnastics competition. Whitaker highlights Ning as he wins the gold medal in the men's floor exercise. Whitaker highlights Conner (USA) as he wins the gold medal in the parallel bar event. Sports commentator Russ Hellickson recaps the men's heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling event. Jeff Blatnick (USA) won the gold medal. Sports commentators Bill Flemming and Eric Heiden recap the men's cycling sprint. Mark Gorski (USA) beat Nelson Vails (USA) to win the gold medal. Gifford recaps the equestrian dressage event. Hansueli Schmutz (Switzerland) won the gold medal. Sports commentators Chris Shenkel and Tad Coffin recap the equestrian individual jumping event. Mark Todd (New Zealand) won gold and Karen Stives (USA) won silver. The United States won the team gold medal. Gifford and Sports commentators Curt Gowdy and Steve Gladstone provide a recap of the men's and women's eights rowing event. Canada won the gold medal in the men’s competition, while the United States won the gold medal in the women’s competition. Gifford highlights swimmer Tracy Caulkins (USA) who won the women's 400-meter medley and 200m medley gold medals. Lampley highlights the women's 100-meter butterfly event as Mary T. Meagher (USA) won the gold medal with a time of 58.26. Lampley recaps Rick Carey (USA) winning the gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke event. Lampley covers the men's 200-meter individual medley event. Alex Baumann (Canada) sets a world record with a time of 2:01.42 and wins the gold medal. Paul Morales (USA) won silver, and Neil Cochran (Great Britain) won gold. Lampley highlights the men's 4x100-meter medley relay event. The United States won the gold medal and set a world record with a time of 3:39.30. Whitaker highlights the women's gymnastics events featuring Ecaterina Szabo (Romania), Simona Pauca (Romania), Lavinia Agache (Romania), and Laura Cutina (Romania), Julianne McNamara (USA), Kathy Johnson (USA), and individual all around gold medalist Mary Lou Retton (USA). Sports commentator Stone Phillips highlights the women's marathon. Joan Benoit (USA) won the gold medal, Grete Waitz (Norway) won silver, and Rosa Mota (Portugal) won bronze. Michaels recaps the men's 20km walk. Ernesto Canto (Mexico) won the gold medal; and Raul Gonzales (Mexico) won the silver medal. Michaels recaps the men's 800-meter sprint event. Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) won the gold medal, Sebastian Coe (Great Britain) won the silver medal, and Earl Jones (USA) won the bronze medal. Michaels recaps the women's 100-meter event. Evelyn Ashford (USA) won the gold medal with a time of 0:10.98. Michaels recaps the men's pole vault event. Pierre Quinon (France) wn the gold medal with a jump of 5.75m.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: July 31, 1984
- RUNNING TIME: 00:52:19
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:16263
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Summer, Los Angeles; Olympics; Cycling Road, individual road race women; Cycling Road, individual road race men; Swimming, 100m freestyle women; Swimming, 100m breaststroke men; Swimming, 100m butterfly men; Swimming, 4x200m freestyle relay men; Artistic Gymnastics, vault men; Artistic Gymnastics, horizontal bar men; Artistic Gymnastics, pommel horse men; Artistic Gymnastics, parallel bars men; Artistic Gymnastics, team competition men; Artistic Gymnastics, individual all-round men; Wrestling, Greco-Roman, 96 - 120kg men; Cycling Track, Sprint individual men; Equestrian Dressage, individual mixed; Equestrian Jumping, team mixed; Rowing, eight with coxswain (8+) men; Equestrian Jumping, individual mixed; Rowing, eight with coxswain (8+) women; Swimming, 400m individual medley women; Swimming, 100m backstroke women; Artistic Gymnastics, team competition women; Artistic Gymnastics, individual all-round women; Swimming, 200m individual medley men; Swimming, 4x100m medley relay men; Track and Field, marathon women; Track and Field, 20km walk men; Track and Field, 800m men; Track and Field, 100m women; Track and Field, pole vault men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Frank Gifford … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Jim McKay … Sports Commentator
- Al Michaels … Sports Commentator
- Jim Lampley … Sports Commentator
- Mark Spitz … Sports Commentator
- Jack Whitaker … Sports Commentator
- Russ Hellickson … Sports Commentator
- Bill Flemming … Sports Commentator
- Steve Gladstone … Sports Commentator
- Eric Heiden … Sports Commentator
- Curt Gowdy … Sports Commentator
- Chris Shenkel … Sports Commentator
- Tad Coffin … Sports Commentator
- Stone Phillips … Sports Commentator
- Connie Carpenter-Phinney … Athlete
- Rebecca Twigg … Athlete
- Alexi Grewal … Athlete
- Steve Bauer … Athlete
- Nancy Hogshead … Athlete
- Carrie Steinseifer … Athlete
- Steve Lundquist … Athlete
- Michael Gross … Athlete
- Rowdy Gaines … Athlete
- Li Ning … Athlete
- Tong Fei … Athlete
- Lou Yun … Athlete
- Li Xiaoping … Athlete
- Mitch Gaylord … Athlete
- Peter Vidmar … Athlete
- Scott Johnson … Athlete
- Tim Daggett … Athlete
- Paul Morales … Athlete
- Jim Hartung … Athlete
- Bart Conner … Athlete
- Mark Gorski … Athlete
- Jeffrey Blatnick … Athlete
- Nelson Vails … Athlete
- Hansueli Schmutz … Athlete
- Mark Todd … Athlete
- Karen Stives … Athlete
- Tracy Caulkins … Athlete
- Mary T. Meagher … Athlete
- Rick Carey … Athlete
- Alex Baumann … Athlete
- Neil Cochran … Athlete
- Ecaterina Szabo … Athlete
- Simona Pauca … Athlete
- Lavinia Agache … Athlete
- Laura Cutina … Athlete
- Julianne McNamara … Athlete
- Joan Benoit … Athlete
- Kathy Johnson … Athlete
- Mary Lou Retton … Athlete
- Grete Waitz … Athlete
- Rosa Mota … Athlete
- Raul Gonzalez … Athlete
- Ernesto Canto … Athlete
- Joaquim Cruz … Athlete
- Earl Jones … Athlete
- Evelyn Ashford … Athlete
- Sebastian Coe … Athlete
- Pierre Quinon … Athlete