Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 29 July to 11 August 1984 at various locations in the United States (Pasadena and Palo Alto, California; Annapolis, Maryland; and Boston, Massachusetts).
For the first time, professional football players were permitted to compete in the Olympic tournament. As agreed with FIFA to preserve the primacy of the World Cup, the Olympic tournament in this edition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start regardless of age.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Brazil |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | France William Ayache Michel Bensoussan Michel Bibard Dominique Bijotat Francois Bisson Patrick Cubaynes Patrice Garande Philippe Jeannol Guy Lacombe Jean-Claude Lemoult Jean-Philippe Rohr Albert Rust Didier Senac Jean-Christoph Thouvenel Jose Toure Daniel Xuereb Jean-Louis Zanon |
Brazil Jorge Luiz Brum Milton Cruz Luiz Dias Andre Luiz Ferreira Mauro Galvao Antonio Jose Gil Ademir Rock Kaeser Joao Leiehardt Neto Augilmar Oliveira Silvio Paiva Gilmar Rinaldi Paulo Santos Davi Cortez Silva Reinaldo Silva Carlos Verri Francisco Vidal Luiz Carlos Winck |
Yugoslavia Mirsad Baljic Mehmed Bazdarevic Vlado Capljic Borislav Cvetkovic Stjepan Deveric Milko Djurovski Marko Elsner Nenad Gracan Tomislav Ivkovic Srecko Katanec Branko Miljus Mitar Mrkela Jovica Nikolic Ivan Pudar Ljubomir Radanovic Admir Smaljic Dragan Stojkovic |
Statistics[]
- There were 246 total athletes from 16 countries.
- Mehaisenmj Aldosari was the youngest participant with 18 years and 114 days.
- Bernd Franke was the oldest participant with 36 years and 181 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- France won its first-ever gold medal in the sport and its first medal since Paris 1900.
- Brazil won its first-ever medal in the sport.
- Yugoslavia won its first medal in the sport since Rome 1960.
