GAMES OF THE XXIII OLYMPIAD, THE {1984 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS} {1984/08/06}, PART 1: FENCING (MEN), WEIGHTLIFTING (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 portion and introduce various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Diana Nyad and Jay T. Kearney cover men's 500-meter canoeing: after the second heat, in first place is Costica Olaru (Romania), in second place is Larry Cain (Canada), and in third place is Hartmut Faust (West Germany).
Sports commentators Lynn Swann and Bruce Wilhelm cover men's weightlifting 198-lb (90-kg) division as Nicu Vlad (Romania) successfully lifts 495 lbs in the clean and jerk, bringing his two lift total to an Olympic record 865.5 lbs.
Sullivan interviews diver Jennifer Chandler (USA), gold medalist at the 1976 Olympic Summer Games in Montreal.
Sports commentators Al Trautwig and Mike Eruzione cover the men's field hockey game between USA and Australia as a goal is scored by Nigel Patmore (Australia).
Sports commentator Arthur Ashe covers men's fencing as Peter Westbrook (USA) defeats Hervé Granger-Veyron (France) to win the bronze medal, marking the first American medal in saber competition in Olympic history.
Gifford interviews Evelyn Ashford (USA), gold medalist of the women's track and field 100-meter event.
Trautwig covers the men's judo half lightweight match between Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (Japan) and Jung-Oh Hwang (Korea).
Notable commercials and/or promos include Joe Namath for Brut Deodorant.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: August 6, 1984 Monday 8:00 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:16:15
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:1391
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Summer, Los Angeles; Olympics; Canoe/Kayak slalom, C-1 (canoe single) men; Weightlifting, 94kg men; Field hockey, hockey men; Track and Field, 100m women; Judo, 60 - 66kg (half-lightweight) men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - Atari 2600
- TV - Commercials - Band-Aid
- TV - Commercials - Brut Deodorant
- TV - Commercials - Coca-Cola
- TV - Commercials - Energizer Batteries
- TV - Commercials - Kodak Cameras
- TV - Commercials - M & M's Candy
- TV - Commercials - McDonalds
- TV - Commercials - Sears
- TV - Commercials - Sprite
- TV - Commercials - United Airlines
- TV - Commercials - Windex
- TV - Commercials - Wishbone Salad Dressing
CREDITS
- Frank Gifford … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Kathleen Sullivan … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Diana Nyad … Sports Commentator
- Jay T. Kearney … Sports Commentator
- Al Trautwig … Sports Commentator
- Mike Eruzione … Sports Commentator
- Bruce Wilhelm … Sports commentator
- Lynn Swann … Sports Commentator
- Arthur Ashe … Sports Commentator
- Costica Olaru … Athlete
- Larry Cain … Athlete
- Hartmut Faust … Athlete
- Nicu Vlad … Athlete
- Evelyn Ashford … Athlete
- Nigel Patmore … Athlete
- Peter Westbrook … Athlete
- Hervé Granger-Veyron … Athlete
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka … Athlete
- Jung-Oh Hwang … Athlete
- Jennifer Chandler … Guest
- Joe Namath … Talent, Brut Deodorant Commercial