[1] It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which officially professional players were allowed. In total, 84 goals were scored by 52 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. Reigning champions Brazil were held to a goalless draw by the Ivory Coast in the men's Olympic football competition on Sunday, while Andre-Pierre Gignac's hat-trick in a 4-3 win over South Africa kept France's hopes alive. Brazil's Paulinho celebrated his goal in his country's 4-2 Olympic Games victory over Germany by making the gesture of an archer to take a public stand against religious intolerance. J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship. We waited the better part of an hour and ran to our bus. 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President of the United States of America Ronald Reagan. The U.S. women's national team (USWNT) kicked off the Tokyo Olympics as good as gold: In addition to being ranked No. "I probably had dreamt of being in the Olympics and marching in the opening day parade since I was five- or six-years-old. March 3 (UPI) -- A former U.S. soldier was sentenced to 45 years in prison Friday for planning a deadly ambush on members of his military unit. Until 2014 this remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States. "Even to this day, because of my bio being on the Olympic team, I still get recognized," he said. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan at the end of 1979 and subsequent human rights violations, U.S. President Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the Olympic Games Moscow 1980 with the mistaken hope that this drastic measure would force the Soviets to withdraw their troops. The association football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. An oddity occurred in mens 400m freestyle swimming. Six other countries decided not to participate in the tournament - Ghana, Egypt, Malaysia, Iran, Argentina and Norway. He also was director of the team camp, Camp Kick in the Grass, to make ends meet. The Americans did. Kelly Brown, a member of Canada Soccer's board of . United States 1984 Olympic Games Roster. ; Elisa Spitz, 20, Wilmington, and Scott Gregory, 24, Skaneatles, N.Y. BOBSLEDDING Four-Man. When Treveon Graham last played for USA Basketball, he ruptured his Achilles playing for the USA Mens AmeriCup Qualifying Team. "It's almost like we're playing a home game for ourselves in St. Louis because that's where we grew up and played," he said. Athletes returned to their communities and were forced to make hard decisions about their futures. Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC) Sauerbrunn is the team captain and another veteran presence in the center of the backline as she enters her third Olympics with the USWNT. Olympic Football Tournament Los Angeles 1984. Below are the rosters of the eight competing national teams in the baseball competition at 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California . Charles Boehm asks what expanded competitions mean for Major League Soccers clubs operating under budget rules that can make depth an issue. (5,000); Kent Thometz, Minnetonka, Minn. (10,000). Cuba replaced the USA as one of the Concacaf representatives, joining Costa Rica, and was placed in Group A with the Soviet Union, Venezuela and Zambia. Discover the lasting legacy that this edition of the Olympic Games created for its hosts. RT @usab3x3: Happy 3x3 Day! Winner: France. Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved - US Soccer Players. The brass band "All American Marching Band". Just as the qualifying began, the U.S. thought it was finished, losing to Mexico in an aggregate-goals series by matching 2-0 scorelines - May 23, 1979 in Leon, Mexico and at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on June 3. United States Soccer Federation Founded 1913 FIFA entry 1914 Average height in 1984 1.8m Average age in 1984 23 Confederation CONCACAF Infos provided by The-Sports.org Emblem Jersey in 1984 Coaches in 1984 Panagoulias, Alketas (Coach) Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)? He coached Washington University (1986-97) and became a TV soccer commentator for TNT, ESPN and ABC (1990-2002). Newton and George Raveling. Men's Doubleseat Frank Masley, 22, Newark, Del., and Ray Bateman, 25, Nesmantic Station, N.J.; Ron Rossi, 28, Yonkers, and Doug Bateman, 29, Somerville, N.J. And they say, 'You know what? U.S. women's soccer, which suffered a brutal 3-0 loss to Sweden on Wednesday morning in their Tokyo Olympic opener, is facing backlash online after kneeling in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Charmaine Crooks becomes the new acting President, while Kelly Brown takes on the position of acting Vice-President. Technical fouls. France, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics&oldid=1141436584, International association football competitions hosted by the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 01:54. ", Keough hoped for a reversal, saying he had "a slim hope because we were told that perhaps the decision was not final, and could be rescinded.". Like it or not, Van Der Beck and his teammates have been reminded of the Olympics hurt over the years. Dozens killed, injured as Jakarta fuel depot fire engulfs neighborhood. They gave us medals. The Americans finished the Winter Games with a 2-2-2 record. While the Moscow Summer Games were being played, the 461 U.S. Olympic athletes did receive a medal - from the U.S. during a White House ceremony July 30, 1980. The United States teams celebrates following their team's victory in the penalty shoot out during the Women's Quarter Final match against the Netherlands at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, July 30 . "Most of us had foregone at least some financial rewards in the near term to maintain our amateur status. Archer Neroli Fairhall of New Zealand was the first paraplegic athlete to take part in a medal event, competing in a wheelchair. Among the list of players who did not make the Olympic roster were future Olympians Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and John Stockton, as well as Johnny Dawkins, Terry Porter, Joe Dumars, Dell Curry, Chuck Person, Tyrone Corbin, A.C. Green, Antoine Carr, Otis Thorpe, Michael Cage, Kevin Willis and Roy Tarpley. He was chosen second overall out of high school by the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the 1978 North American Soccer League draft. "I called him. In an effort to vigorously oppose the boycott, athletes rallied to fight the decision through petitions, press interviews and meetings, but ultimately could not change the course of history. Beginning as an olive wreath, medal designs have evolved over the years. ; Chris Chelios, San Diego; Al Iafrate, Livonia, Mich.; David H. Jensen, Minneapolis; Gary Haight, Edmonds, Wash.; Goaltenders: Bob Mason, International Falls, Minn.; Marc Behrend, Madison, Wis. See the article in its original context from. ', Governor of Philippine province, 5 others killed in gun attack. Yes, Van Der Beck and Keough were fortunate. When competitors and coaches checked into the athletes' village at UCLA, they were handed assorted. The US women's soccer team lost to Sweden in an Olympic match last week. The 1984 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team Trials, held April 17-22 at Indiana University, consisted of 72 of college basketballs top players. The bid was criticised for depending heavily on existing facilities and corporate sponsors. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from the Soviet Bloc whose players were professionals in all but name. Leon, Mexico - Aug. 23-29, 2021 With a gold medal at the 2021 FIBA Americas U16 Championship from Aug. 23-29 in Leon, Mexico, the USA U16 women have claimed gold in six of the past seven editions of the event and own a 36-1 all-time record. March 4 (UPI) -- At least 15 people were killed and searchers combed a section ofthe Indonesian capital of Jakartafor survivors Saturday after a massive fire engulfed a fuel storage depot. "Unfortunately, the unprecedented convergence of sports and politics at that time, I think damaged a lot of athletes' career," he said. However, the Games produced a healthy profit of $223 million (USD) and became the model for future Games. The Cosmos are: goalkeeper David Brcic from St. Louis; defenders Dan Canter of North Plainfield, N.J., and Jeff Durgan from Tacoma, Wash.; midfielders Angelo DiBernardo from Chicago; Michael Fox of LaVerne, Calif.; forwards Hernan 'Chico' Borja from Newark, N.J., and Steve Moyers ofFlorissant, Mo. Team USA at Qatar 2022: Top players. Pre-1988, the event was usually held in a hockey arena . As the U.S. women's national soccer team begins its fight for the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, we are fighting for the team in Congress by introducing a resolution calling for these. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games edition of the modern era, except for Moscow 1980, where the Americans led a sixty-six-nation boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Edwards finished second in scoring with a 16.6 average and led the team in assists and steals with 17 and 23, respectively. 0:00. Crooks, 60, who won a silver medal as a member of Canada's four-by-400 metre relay team at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, has been named acting president of the beleaguered organization after . President Carters decision to boycott the Summer Games because of the Soviets invasion of Afghanistan changed all that. 1:58. Clemente Lisi talks to New York Red Bulls defender John Tolkin about the changes to the squad, the Eastern Conference, and his USMNT debut. U.S. National Team veteran Ricky Davis, a former Cosmo now with the Major Indoor Soccer League's St. Louis Steamers, was also selected. "We and the officials could not leave the field and make it to the locker rooms for an extended period of time because of the projectiles launched at us whenever we got close to the edge of the field. Like Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin made their Olympic debuts in 1984 and returned to win gold in 1992 as well. The only thing it accomplished was undermining the dreams of hundreds of American athletes. I have respect," he said, "But playing in Central America, there's hostile environments. PUBLISHED: June 18, 2021 at 8:05 a.m. | UPDATED: June 20, 2021 at 3:01 p.m. Before the top-ranked U.S. women's soccer team plays nemesis Sweden next month in an Olympic showdown, coach Vlatko . Men's Olympic Football Tournament. SG. Their lifelong goals, careers and dreams were forever altered. https://t.co/NqWlcrEsc3, 2012 U.S. team to a 99-94 victory over Lithuania, 1995-95 USA Women's National Team saw its year-long journey come to a golden finish, a 115-77 quarterfinal win over Puerto Rico, Last Four Minutes USA Men's 1984 Gold Medal Game vs. Spain, Funniest USA Basketball Sound Bites From 2021, Tweets from https://twitter.com/usabasketball/lists/usa-basketball-accounts. Trump said the US women's soccer team lost to Sweden in the Olympics because of 'wokeism'. The Americans did. Former President Donald Trump and Megan Rapinoe. When they heard they werent going to the Moscow Olympics in 1980, the U.S. players were stunned they wouldnt get to participate in the Summer Games due to President Carter's boycott. Not surprisingly, team captain Perry Van Der Beck (below) had a similar reaction. June 27, 2012 European Athletics Championships Results MADISON, Wis.-- A lifetime-best run has earned Egle Staisiunaite the opportunity of a lifetime. FIGURE SKATING Men's Singles, Scott Hamilton, 25, Denver; Brian Boitano, 20, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Mark Cockerell, 21, Sun Valley, Calif. Ladies' Singles, Rosalynn Sumners, 19, Edmonds, Wash.; Tiffany Chin, 16, Toluca Lake, Calif.; Elaine Zayak, 19, Paramus, N.J. Pairs Caitlin (Kitty) Carruthers, 22, and Peter Carruthers, 24, Haverford, Pa.; Lea Ann Miller, 23, Lake St. Louis, Mo., and William Fsuver, 29, Claymont, Del. 6-4. While it's true the American team was routing the opposition in the exhibition matches leading up to the Sarajevo Games, once the Olympics began, the Team of Great Expectations . We pay tribute to the 470 athletes of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team by honoring their legacy. "I had heard his stories and saw all of his Olympic memorabilia," Ty said. The United States, represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), is scheduled to competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The Games in 1980 could have been the pivotal, unifying moment the world needed at that time but unfortunately serve as an opportunity denied to athletes and opportunity missed for the world to celebrate the power of sport to unite. ; Landis Arnold, 23, Tabernash, Colo.; Dennis McGrane, 21, Littleton, Colo. NORDIC COMBINED, Kerry Lynch, 26, Granby, Colo.; Pat Ahern, 23, Breckenridge, Colo.; Mike Randall, 21, Cloquet, Minn. LUGE, Tim Nardiello, 22, Lake Placid, N.Y.; Frank Masley, 22, Newark, Del. "Take those sports like swimming, track and field and volleyball. Empower Team USA athletes to achieve sustained competitive excellence and well-being. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. But like every athlete on the Olympic team, the hurt and disappointment of not representing the U.S. in Moscow will be with them forever. Donald Trump used the loss as an example of why "wokeism" is bad for America at a rally Saturday. Alternate Driver: Bob Hickey, 31, Keene Valley, N.Y. Two-Man. Lesion removed from Biden's chest was common form of skin cancer, doctor says. Coach: Henri Michel, Pinga Davi Milton Cruz Lus Henrique Dias Andr Lus Mauro Galvo Tonho KitaGilmar Popoca Silvinho Gilmar Ademir Paulo Santos Ronaldo Silva DungaChico Luiz Carlos Winck The veteran, Pete DuPre, served as a U.S. Army medic during the Second World War; some of the U.S. Women's Soccer players were seen turning away from him as ESPN cameras panned the team as. Don Ebert, a future New York Cosmos, St. Louis Steamers, and Los Angeles Lazers forward, "took [the penalty] with his left coolly," Keough remembered. Tamara McKinney, 21, Lexington, Ky.; Christin Cooper, 25, Sun Valley, Idaho; Cindy Nelson, 28, Lutsen, Minn.; Holly Flanders, 26, Deerfield, N.H.; Debbie Armstrong, 20, Seattle; Maria Maricich, 22, Sun Valley, Idaho. The USAs win over the Ticos at their old National Stadium, where the new venue stands in San Jose, Costa Rica, was as rare as Haleys Comet. Media: 9,190 media (4,327 written press, 4,863 broadcasters). Covid-19 cases are surging in Tokyo as the Olympics heads into its final week. On March 20, the boycott became official, but the team kept on playing, recording a 1-1 draw with Costa Rica to qualify. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Olympic basketball coach Bobby Knight has trimed his team down to the final 12-man roster and plans to send the players against a group of National Basketball Association . U.S. Olympic men's soccer qualifying roster Goalkeepers Matt Freese (Philadelphia Union) JT Marcinkowski (San Jose Earthquakes) David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake) Defenders Julian Araujo (LA Galaxy) Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake) Aaron Herrera (Real Salt Lake) Henry Kessler (New England Revolution) Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) Bill Koch, 28, Eugene, Ore.; Jim Galanes, 27, Anchorage; Dan Simoneau, 25, Eugene; Tim Caldwell, 29, Putney, Vt.; Todd Boonstra, 21, Eagan, Minn.; Kevin Brochman, 24, Stillwater, Minn.; Bruce Likly, 20, Fairport, N.Y.; (alternate) Audun Endestad, 30, Fairbanks, Alaska. General view of the stadium during the opening ceremony for the XXIII Olympic Summer Games on 28th July 1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in. 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"We're on a podium. Defenders: Abby Dahlkemper (Manchester City), Tierna Davidson (Chicago), Crystal Dunn. So, that's how I was able to divert my anger and just suppress it. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. The 1980 Games serve as a clear lesson to all global citizens that boycotts have no place in the Olympic Games. 1980. Photo Gallery [25 photos of 27 players] Head Coach: Lou Vairo. Trump said the team would have won gold instead of . Suspected burglar inside New Brunswick home was a panicked deer. So her words about the Americans' opponent in their startling . To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Players. Crooks, a silver medalist in the 4x400m relay in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, is a former member of the International Olympic Committee having previously served on the athletes Commission. Phil Mahre, 26, Yakima, Wash; Steve Mahre, 26, Yakima; Gale (Tiger) Shaw, 22, Stowe, Vt.; John Buxman, 23, Vail, Colo; Mark Tache, 24, Aspen, Colo.; Hansi Standteiner, 23, Squaw Valley, Calif.; Dan. America was knocked out in the quarterfinal round in 2016. March 4 (UPI) -- Roel Degamo, the governor of the Philippines province of Negros Oriental, was assassinated and five others also died Saturday in an attack by gunmen, officials said. That was meant for being on the team.". National; FIFA World Cup; Olympics; Euro 2020; CONMEBOL Copa America; Gold Cup; AFC Asian Cup; CAF Africa Cup of Nations; FIFA Confederations Cup; FIFA U20 World Cup Carl Lewis entered the history books by matching the Berlin 1936 achievement of fellow American Jesse Owens, winning gold medals in the same four events: 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump. Disgraceful & ungrateful. University of Georgia All-American McClain topped-out as the United States' high scorer with a 17.6 per-game average and also averaged a team-high 10.4 rebounds a game. Head coach: Enzo Bearzot. Sonnett was considered one of the bubble players for this year's Olympic roster, but ultimately got the nod. Four decades later, that pain, hurt and disappointment still lives inside the players. she is a five-time Olympian and silver medallist from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as a member of the 4x400-metre . She represented. That's their pinnacle. Taking the field in Carson, California, were 11 black players for the team's 10-day camp - not including 18-year-old phenom Mallory Pugh, who was unavailable with a lingering knee injury, and proven star Sydney Leroux, who has been out since January 2016, when she announced she was pregnant with her first child. "In San Jose, both our opponent and the crowd were surprised that we weren't intimidated by the raucous, intense atmosphere," Keough said. March 3 (UPI) -- The lesion that President Joe Biden had removed from his chest last month during his physical was a common type of skin cancer, his physician said Friday. 245. "You're doing school appearances because youre playing for a professional team. "I went up there during the midweek because I didn't have a game," Van Der Beck said. Next came a 2-1 victory over Suriname in Orlando, Fla., followed by a 1-0 triumph over host Costa Rica on March 20, a 1-1 draw with the Central Americans in Edwardsville, Ill. on March 25 and a meaningless 4-2 loss at Surinam on April 2 because the U.S. had qualified already five days prior. .mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player th{background-color:inherit;border:0}.mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player td{text-align:center;border:0}, Due to the boycott of the Olympics, West Germany took part in place of the Soviet Union. [1] It was the first Olympic football competition in which professionals were officially allowed. USA TODAY. "I'm not one to slam other countries. Good feelings prevailed to such an extent that at the Opening Ceremony the athletes broke ranks to join in spontaneous dancing, something usually reserved for the Closing Ceremony. Of the 17 players selected by Panagoulias, 10 are North American Soccer League players, including seven New York Cosmos and three San Diego Sockers. Still, it was a difficult place to play because their fanatical supporters tried to make life miserable for the gringos. On this day in USA Basketball Olympic History: Aug. 4, The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics marked the first Olympic basketball competition held in the United States. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); 2023 USA Basketball. You've got to explain it because the younger generation didn't understand it because it was 40 years ago.". The association football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. "That weekend I was coming back and playing for the Rowdies in front of 30,000. Who doesn't want to grow up to be like their dad?". The first Olympic womens marathon was staged, and was won by Joan Benoit of the U.S. Rhythmic gymnastics, synchronised swimming and the womens cycling road race also made their debuts. ; Glen Eberle, 20, McCall, Idaho; Don Nielson, 32, Boulder, Colo.; Willie Carow, 25, Putney, Vt. ICE HOCKEY. Keough, 23, already had begun a career with the Cincinnati Kids in the Major Indoor Soccer League and then with the San Diego Sockers. I went over and shook his hand," he said. And you can see in the picture one of the security guys looking towards me. Rounding out the team are: goalie Jamie Swanner of St. Louis; defenders Erhardt Kapp of Glendale, N.Y.; Bruce Savage from Hollywood, Fla.; Gregg Thompson of Still water, Minn.; and forwards Jeff Hooker of Walnut, Calif., and Tom Kain of Wall, N.J. 'While making the final roster selections was very difficult, I am confident that these players will prove to the world the great strides that have been made by the American national soccer program,' Panagoulias said. In addition, sixty-four additional countries also boycotted the 1980 Games, impacting thousands of athletes in total whose dreams were also denied by the political interference of their governments. No security to be seen and the now smaller crowd began rocking the bus. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from the Eastern Bloc whose players were professionals in all but name. Nov 16, 1982. Nov. 4-6, 2022 Miami The U.S. men captured their second consecutive FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup title, capping a perfect 5-0 weekend in epic fashion. Stina Blackstenius' brace and Lina Hurtig's. The 2021 team averaged 119.7 points a game, limited. Coming out of there with a 1-0 victory was huge. They had endured a sometimes-wild rollercoaster ride through eight qualifying matches, getting eliminated and even recording a rare victory in Costa Rica. "It was very disappointing because having played through all of the qualifiers, now not being able to participate in the Summer Olympic Games that was the pinnacle for us as players, representing our country at the highest level at the Olympic Games.". The U.S. defeated Poland 7-4 to capture a seventh-place finish. USA I Brent Rushlaw, 32, and Jim Tyler, 23, Saranac Lake, N.Y. USA II Fred Fritsch, 30, and Wayne De Atlet, 24, Virginia Beach, Va.Alternates: Bob Hickey, 31, Keene, N.Y., and Rich Bisso, 30, Plattsburgh, N.Y.Coach: Lester Fenner, Peru, N.Y. Assistant Coach: Michael Beauvais, Westport, N.Y. SPEEDSKATING Men, Mike Woods, Wauwatosa, Wis. (1,500, 5,000, 10,000); Erik Henriksen, Champaign, Ill. (500, 1,000); Dan Jansen, West Hills, Wis. (500, 1,000); Nick Thometz, Minnetonka, Minn. (500, 1,000, 1,500); Mark Huck, Lake Forest, Ill. (5,000, 10,000); Mark Mitchell, Minnetonka, Minn. (1,500, 5,000, 10,000); Jim Chapin, St. Louis (500, alternate); Dan Immerfall, Madison, Wis. (500, 1,000 alternate); Dave Silk, Butte, Mont. In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for getting a red card. Crooks competed in five Olympics and won a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Games as a member of the women's 4x400 metres relay team. The association football (soccer) tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout the United States. It is what it is. Contents 1 Canada 2 Chinese Taipei 3 Dominican Republic 4 Italy 5 Japan 6 Nicaragua 7 South Korea 8 United States Canada [ edit] Coach: Eric Mackenzie Henry Andrulis, OF Mike Carnegie, RHP Larry Downes, IF The gold medal game between the United States and Puerto Rico featured all the drama Lead changes. Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Norway took part in place of East Germany. Had there not been a boycott, that group would have consisted of the Soviets, Argentina, Egypt and the USA, which would have been one formidable quartet. Don't miss some of USA Basketball's top plays from 2021. Assistant Coach: Bob O'Connor. 1984 Stats - United States | Basketball-Reference.com We've added Women's stats dating back to 2009-10 on College Basketball Reference!. March 3 (UPI) -- Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, where he met with Ukrainian officials and reaffirmed support for the country in the face of Russia's invasion. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan at the end of 1979 and subsequent human rights violations, U.S. President Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the Olympic Games Moscow 1980 with the. And, with the U.S. mens and womens basketball teams winning gold, 1984 was the first time a single nation won both tournaments in the same year.