IU Olympians: 1984
Indiana University's Olympic Participants By Year:
1904 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976
1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020
XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles
18 Olympians, 7 Countries, 4 Gold Medals, 2 Bronze Medals
• Uwe Blab (Germany, men’s basketball)
• Linda Cunningham (Canada, women’s basketball, 4th place)
• Angelo DiBernardo (USA, men’s soccer)
• Tim Garl (USA, men’s basketball, athletic trainer, gold)
• Marshall Goss (track and field, IAAF administrator of officials)
• Dr. Phil Henson (track and field, IAAF throws official)
• Mark Kerry (Australia, men’s swimming and diving, 100m backstroke, 5th-- 57.18, 400m medley relay, bronze-- 3:43.25)
• Bob Knight (USA, men’s basketball, head coach, gold)
• Nicole Kreil (Austria, women’s swimming and diving, 3m springboard diving - 21st, platform diving - 20th)
• Deryck Marks (Jamaica, men’s swimming and diving, 100m freestyle, 400m medley relay, 17th-- 4:05.35, 100m butterfly, 41st-- 1:00.57, 400m freestyle relay, 18th-- 3:34.87)
• Michael Marx (USA, men’s fencing, foil and epee)
• Sunder Nix (USA-- men’s track and field, 1600m relay, gold-- 2:57.9)
• Timi Peters (Nigeria, 1600m relay, bronze-- 2:59.32)
• John Robert Plankenhorn (USA, men’s canoe sprint, C-2 1000m, 5th-- 3:52.72, C-1 500m, semifinalist, 9th-- 2:04.54)
• Jim Spivey (USA, men’s track and field, 1500m run, 5th-- 3:36.07)
• Gregg Thompson (USA, men’s soccer)
• Juan Carlos Vallejo (Spain, men’s swimming and diving, 200m freestyle, 10th-- 1:51.77, 800m freestyle relay, 11th-- 7:32.21)