| Dates: |
July 28 - august 12, 1984 |
| N.O.C. participants: |
140 |
| Number of sports: |
23 |
| Number of contests: |
221 |
| Number of athletes: |
6829 |
| Men: |
5263 |
| Women: |
1566 |
| Volonteers: |
28742 |
| Media: |
9190 |
| Opening: |
Ronald Reagan, US President |
| Oath: |
Edwin Moses |
| Oath juges: |
Sharon Weber |
| Number of torch bearer: |
0 |
| Last torch bearer: |
Rafer Johnson |
THE XXIIIth SUMMER GAMES 
