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competed at the

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. Ten competitors, eight men and two women, took part in twelve events in three sports.

Athletics

Women's Long Jump *

Jennifer Inniss Jennifer Innis (sometimes spelled Inniss; born 21 November 1959) is a Guyanese and American former sprinter and long jumper. Innis represented Guyana at the 1979 Pan American Games. She competed in the women's 100 metres and long jump at the ...

:* Qualification — 6.17 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Boxing

Cycling

Three cyclists represented Guyana in 1984. ; Individual road race *

Randolph Toussaint Randolph Toussaint (born 12 August 1955) is a Guyanese former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Ange ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) ; Sprint * James Joseph ;

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* Aubrey Richmond

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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