Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The association football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which professionals were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from Eastern Europe whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the primacy of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age.
The soccer tournament was held in four venues:
The Gold Medal game between France and Brazil at the Rose Bowl attracted an Olympic Games soccer attendance record of 101,799. Until 2014 this remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States. This broke the previous Olympics record attendance of 100,000 set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for the game of the 1956 Olympic Games played between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. The Rose Bowl attendance would remain the Olympic record until 104,098 attended the game of the 2000 Summer Olympics between Cameroon and Spain at the Stadium Australia in Sydney.
The attendance also stood as the highest for a soccer game in the United States until 109,318 saw Manchester United defeat Real Madrid during the 2014 International Champions Cup at the Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
Schedule
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 |
| Men's tournament | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualifying
Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows:- East Germany were replaced by Norway.
- USSR were replaced by West Germany.
- Czechoslovakia were replaced by Italy.
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Venues
Medalists
Gold Medal -William Ayache
Michel Bensoussan
Michel Bibard
Dominique Bijotat
François Brisson
Patrick Cubaynes
Patrice Garande
Philippe Jeannol
Guy Lacombe
Jean-Claude Lemoult
Jean-Philippe Rohr
Albert Rust
Didier Sénac
Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
José Touré
Daniel Xuereb
Jean-Louis Zanon
Coach: Henri Michel
Silver Medal -
Pinga
Davi
Milton Cruz
Luís Henrique Dias
André Luís
Mauro Galvão
Tonho
Kita
Gilmar Popoca
Silvinho
Gilmar
Ademir
Paulo Santos
Ronaldo Silva
Dunga
Chicão
Luiz Carlos Winck
Coach: Jair Picerni
Bronze Medal -
Mirsad Baljić
Mehmed Baždarević
Vlado Čapljić
Borislav Cvetković
Stjepan Deverić
Milko Đurovski
Marko Elsner
Nenad Gračan
Tomislav Ivković
Srečko Katanec
Branko Miljuš
Mitar Mrkela
Jovica Nikolić
Ivan Pudar
Ljubomir Radanović
Admir Smajić
Dragan Stojković
Coach: Ivan Toplak
Match officials
;Africa;Asia
;North and Central America
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- Enzo Barbaresco
- Ioan Igna
- Jan Keizer
- Brian McGinlay
- Joël Quiniou
- Volker Roth
- Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
- Edvard Šoštarič
Squads
Final tournament
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze Medal match
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Final team rankingsStatisticsGoalscorersWith five goals, Daniel Xuereb of France, Borislav Cvetković and Stjepan Deverić of Yugoslavia are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 52 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.;5 goals
TriviaThe wave was first broadcast internationally during the 1984 Olympic football final, when it was done among the 100,000 in attendance at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena. |