Medal Standings   Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 83 61 30 174 Romania 20 16 17 53 West Germany 17 19 23 59 China 15 8 9 32 Italy 14 6 12 32 Canada 10 18 16 44 Japan 10 8 14 32 New Zealand 8 1 2 11 Yugoslavia 7 4 7 18 Korea 6 6 7 19 CANADIAN MEDAL WINNERS Medal Event Lawrence Cain Gold C-1 500m H.Fisher / A.Morris Gold K-2 1000m Sylvie Bernier Gold Diving - 3m Springboard Lori Fung Gold Rhythmic Gymnastics - individual Men's Team Gold Rowing - Eights w/cox Linda Thom Gold Shooting - 25 m pistol Victor Davis Gold Swimming - 200 m breaststroke Anne Ottenbrite Gold Swimming - 200 m breaststroke Alex Baumann Gold Swimming - 200 m IM Swimming - 400 m IM Men's Team Silver 4x100m relay Women's Team Silver 4x400m relay Shawn O'Sullivan Silver Boxing - middleweight Willie Dewit Silver Boxing - heavyweight Lawrence Cain Silver C-1 1000m S.Holloway / A.Barre Silver K-2 500m (W) Steve Bauer Silver Cycling - individual road Curt Harnett Silver Cycling - 1km time trial Women's Team Silver Rowing - Fours w/cox P.Smith / E.Craig Silver Rowing - Pairs w/o cox (W) E.Bastet / T.McLaughlin Silver Sailing - Flying Dutchman Victor Davis Silver Swimming - 100 m breaststroke Anne Ottenbrite Silver Swimming - 100 m breaststroke Men's Team Silver Swimming - 4x100 m medley relay S.Hambrook / K.Kryczka Silver Synchronized Swimming - Duet Carolyn Waldo Silver Synchronized Swimming - Solo Jacques Demers Silver Weightlifting - middleweight Robert Molle Silver Wrestling - heavyweight Ben Johnson Bronze 100 m Lynn Williams Bronze 3000 m Men's Team Bronze 4x100 m relay Dale Walters Bronze Boxing - bantamweight H.Fisher / A.Morris Bronze K-2 500m (M) Women's Team Bronze K-4 500m Marc Berger Bronze Judo - Heavyweight S.Laumann / D.Laumann Bronze Rowing - Double Sculls Men's Team Bronze Rowing - Quad Sculls w/o cox Robert Mills Bronze Rowing - Single Sculls Team Bronze Sailing - Soling Mixed Terence Neilson Bronze Sailing - Finn Michael West Bronze Swimming - 100 m backstroke Cameron Henning Bronze Swimming - 200 m backstroke Women's Team Bronze Swimming - 4x100m medley relay Christopher Rinke Bronze Wrestling - middleweight

For the third time in modern Olympic history, the United States plays host to the Olympic Games. The city of Los Angeles joins London, Berlin and Paris as the only cities to have hosted two Olympic Games.

Four years after the American's boycotted the Moscow Games, it was now turn for the Russians to return the favour, citing concerns over the performance of the L.A. Olympic Organizing Committee.

Despite the Soviet-bloc boycott, a record 140 nations turned up in Los Angeles, including Canada. While only 14 nations stayed away, those countries accounted for 58% of the gold medals won at the 1976 Olympics.

Following the financial disaster of 1976 Olympics, no other countries submited a bid to host the 1984 Olympics except Los Angeles, which promised no government financing would be used - a first since the Olympics began in 1896. Despite being criticized at the time, organisers depended heavily on existing facilities and corporate sponsors. In the end the Games produced a profit of $223-million US and became the model for all future Olympics.

Canadians go on to win an unprecedented 44 medals including a record number 10 gold. The water proves to be Canada's golden pond, with six medals in canoeing, six in rowing, three in yachting, a gold in diving and 10 in swimming including four gold.

Alex Baumann sets two world records on his way to winning two gold medals in swimming. Victor Davis also sets a world record in winning gold in the pool to add to his silver medal performance. Anne Ottenbrite wins gold in swimming while Sylvie Bernier tops the podium in diving.

Lori Fung gives Canada the first gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics while Larry Cain and the team of Alwyn Morris and Hugh Fisher paddle their way to gold medals in canoeing. The men's rowing eights are the first over the line for their gold medal.

The Games also introduced several Canadians who would go on to make a name for themselves on the world stage including Steve Bauer, Curt Harnett, Silken Laumann and a sprinter who would have an enormous impact on the Olympics four years later, Ben Johnson.

Archer Neroli Fairhall became the first paraplegic athlete to take part in a medal event, competing in a wheelchair. Nawal El Moutawakel led from start to finish to claim gold in the women's 400m hurdles, becoming the first woman from an Islamic nation to win an Olympic medal and the first Moroccan athlete of either sex to win a gold medal. Pro athletes were allowed to compete in the soccer event provided they had not played in the World Cup. Almost 102-thousand spectators watched the gold medal final as France defeated Brazil, 2-0.