Editing 1984 Summer Olympics (section)

==Host selection==
After the [[Munich massacre|terrorist attack]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], the significant financial debts of [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal (1976)]], and various boycotts by National Olympic Committees, few cities by the late 1970s were willing to bid for the Summer Olympics. Only two cities ([[Tehran]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=سند تاریخی: ایران و میزبانی جام جهانی ۹۰ |url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1416397/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-90 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=ورزش سه |language=fa}}</ref> and Los Angeles) made serious bids for the 1984 Summer Games. Tehran submitted its bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics to the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) on 29 August 1975. The selection of the host city was made at the 80th IOC Session in Athens on 18 May 1978, where Los Angeles was chosen as the host city. <ref name="votes">{{cite web |title=Past Olympic host city election results |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |access-date=13 November 2018 |publisher=[[GamesBids]]}}</ref> It remains unclear why Tehran’s candidacy did not progress further; this may have been related to the early stages of political unrest in Iran in 1978. No official documentation has been found confirming that Iran formally withdrew its bid—neither in 1975 nor in 1978.

Los Angeles had unsuccessfully bid for the two previous Summer Olympic Games (1976 and 1980, which went to [[Montreal]] and [[Moscow]], respectively). The [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|United States Olympic Committee]] (USOC) had submitted at least one bid for every Olympics since [[1944 Summer Olympics|1944]] but had not succeeded since the [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympics in 1932]], the previous time only a single bid had been issued for the Summer Olympics.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ 1984 Summer Olympics<br />bidding results
|-
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" | Votes
|-
| '''[[Los Angeles]]'''
| '''{{USA}}'''
| '''Unanimous'''
|-
| [[Tehran]]
| {{flag|Iran|1964}}
| Did not advance
|}

{{see also|#Financial success of Los Angeles as host city|l1=Financial success of Los Angeles as host city}}