GAMES OF THE XXIII OLYMPIAD, THE {1984 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS} {1984/08/07}, PART 4: TENNIS (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 Kathleen Sullivan and Frank Gifford preside throughout this portion and introduce various events and highlights. Sports commentators Chris Schenkel and Bill Steinkraus cover round one of the team show jumping event. Ian Millar (Canada) riding Big Ben scores eight faults, bringing Canada's total faults to 24. Melanie Smith (USA) riding Calypso scores no faults, bringing the United States to four total faults. Coffin interviews Smith. Schenkel and Steinkraus continue coverage of team show jumping. Pierre Durand (France) riding Jappeloup scores eight faults, giving France 25.75 faults. John Whitaker (Great Britain) riding Ryan's Son scores 16 faults, giving Great Britain 24 faults. Sports commentator Howard Cosell interviews middleweight boxer Virgil Hill (USA). Cosell covers the middleweight boxing quarterfinals as Hill defeats Damir Skaro (Yugoslavia) by a decision of 4-1. Cosell interviews Hill again after the fight. Gifford interviews actor Robert Conrad. Schenkel and Steinkraus review the standings after round one of the team show jumping event. Sports commentator Arthur Ashe covers first round of demonstration sport tennis as Jimmy Arias (USA) beats Jaime Izaga (Peru). Sullivan interviews actor Tom Selleck, honorary captain of the United States men's volleyball team. Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors for Converse footwear; and Don Meredith for Lipton iced tea.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: August 7, 1984 Tuesday
- RUNNING TIME: 01:16:16
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:1407
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Summer, Los Angeles; Olympics; Equestrian Jumping, team mixed; Boxing, Up to 75 kg (Middle weight) men; Tennis, singles men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - 20th Century Fox
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - Budweiser
- TV - Commercials - Canon
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Huggies
- TV - Commercials - Kmart
- TV - Commercials - Kodak
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Sears
- TV - Commercials - Tio Sancho Mexican Dinners
CREDITS
- Frank Gifford … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Kathleen Sullivan … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Chris Schenkel … Sports Commentator
- Bill Steinkraus … Sports Commentator
- Tad Coffin … Sports Commentator
- Howard Cosell … Sports Commentator
- Arthur Ashe … Sports Commentator
- Judd Rose … Reporter
- Ian Millar … Athlete
- Melanie Smith … Athlete
- Pierre Durand … Athlete
- John Whitaker … Athlete
- Virgil Hill … Athlete
- Damit Skaro … Athlete
- Jimmy Arias … Athlete
- Jaime Izaga … Athlete
- Robert Conrad
- Tom Selleck
- Chris Evert … Talent, Converse commercial
- Jimmy Connors … Talent, Converse commercial
- Don Meredith … Talent, Lipton commercial