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sent a delegation to compete at the

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, United States from 28 July to 12 August 1984. This was the nation's sixth appearance at a

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, Australia. Fiji's delegation consisted of fourteen competitors with the most being in Athletics and Sailing with four competitors. Swimming had three, while Judo and Cycling also saw Fiji compete in those sports.

Athletics

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Cycling

One cyclists represented Fiji in 1984.

Road

Judo

Fiji entered two male judoka into the Olympic tournament

Sailing

Tony Philp Anthony Steven "Tony" Philp MF is a former Windsurfing World Champion and Olympic sailor from Fiji. Currently a Brand Ambas'ador for international outdoor magazine ''The Outdoor Journal'', he is also a consultant for the International Surfin ...

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle *

Samuela Tupou Samuela Tupou (born 8 May 1956) is a Fijian former swimmer. He competed in four events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an internationa ...

** Heat — 55.85 (→ did not advance, 54th place) *

Warren Sorby Warren Sorby (born 28 August 1965) is a native of Fiji and an Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California in the men's 100 meter freestyle, men's 100 meter backstroke, men's 100 meter butterfly, and men's 200 mete ...

** Heat — 56.75 (→ did not advance, 57th place) Men's 200m Freestyle *

** Heat — 2:02.22 (→ did not advance, 46th place) Men's 100m Backstroke *

** Heat — 1:05.81 (→ did not advance, 40th place) Men's 100m Butterfly *

** Heat — 1:05.53 (→ did not advance, 48th place) *

** Heat — 1:07.75 (→ did not advance, 51st place) Men's 200m Individual Medley *

** Heat — 2:19.79 (→ did not advance, 34th place) *

** Heat — 2:22.74 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Women's 100m Freestyle *

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** Heat — 1:04.25 (→ did not advance, 43rd place) Women's 200m Freestyle *

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** Heat — 2:19.31 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Women's 100m Backstroke *

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** Heat — 1:10.49 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 200m Individual Medley *

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** Heat — 2:34.77 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

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