GAMES OF THE XXIII OLYMPIAD, THE {1984 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS} {1984/08/02}, PART 7: CYCLING (MEN) (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 commentators Frank Gifford and Kathleen Sullivan preside throughout this section and introduce various events and highlights.
Sorts commentators Bill Flemming and Eric Heiden cover the men's cycling 1000 match sprint semi-finals heat #2 between Mark Gorski (USA) and Tsutomu Sakamoto (Japan); Gorski wins and advances to the finals and the chance for a gold medal.
Sports commentator Howard Cosell covers a segment on the blurry line of professional and amateur athletes participating in the Olympics commentary is given by Olympic and former Olympic Athletes Edwin Moses, Tom McMillen, and Bill Toomey, as well as US Olympic Committee spokesman William Simon.
Sports commentator Jim Lampley recaps men's and women's swimming events; sports commentator Dianna Nyad interviews Tracy Caulkins (USA) about qualifying 8th for the finals of the 100m breaststroke.
Flemming and Heiden cover the second heat of the men's 1000 match sprint semi-finals between Nelson Vails (USA) and Philippe Vernet (France): Vails wins and advances to the finals; Heiden interviews Mark Gorski (USA) and Nelson Vails (USA) about having to compete against each other tomorrow for the gold medal.
Sullivan and Gifford recap some Olympic news items and preview the broadcast schedule later in the day.
Notable commercials include: Joe Namath for Brut33; Cliff Robertson for AT&T; and James Galway for American Express.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: August 2, 1984 Thursday 2:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:27:58
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:1369
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Summer, Los Angeles; Olympics; Cycling Track, Sprint individual men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - American Express
- TV - Commercials - Brut33
- TV - Commercials - Coca Cola
- TV - Commercials - Sears
- TV - Commercials - Tylenol
CREDITS
- Frank Gifford … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Kathleen Sullivan … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Eric Heiden … Sports Commentator
- Jim Lampley … Sports Commentator
- Diana Nyad … Sports Commentator
- Howard Cosell … Sports Commentator
- Bill Flemming … Sports Commentator
- Mark Gorski … Athlete
- Tsutomu Sakamoto … Athlete
- Edwin Moses … Athlete
- Tracy Caulkins … Athlete
- Nelson Vails … Athlete
- Philippe Vernet … Athlete
- Tom McMillen
- William Simon
- Bill Toomey
- Joe Namath … Talent, Brut 33 Deodorant commercial
- Cliff Robertson … Talent, AT&T commercial
- James Galway … Talent, American Express commercial