Malawi competed 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 international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, California, United States. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the

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and 1980 Games. Fifteen competitors, all men, took part in sixteen events in three sports.

Athletics

Men's 400 metres * Agripa Mwausegha :* Heat — 49.12 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres *

George Mambosasa George Mambosasa (born 31 January 1964) is a Malawian former long-distance runner. George competed in both the 5000 metres and the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He finished twelfth in heat one of the 5000 metres and so fail ...

:* Heat — 14:48.08 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres * Matthews Kambale :* Qualifying Heat — 30:47.73 (→ did not advance, 38th place out of 41) Men's Marathon *

— 2:46:14 (→ 74th place) * Matthews Kambale — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Malawi in 1984. ; Individual road race * Dyton Chimwaza — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Daniel Kaswanga — did not finish (→ no ranking) * George Nayeja — did not finish (→ no ranking) *

Amadu Yusufu Amadu Yusufu (born 5 July 1958) is a Malawian former cyclist. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Se ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) ;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* Dyton Chimwaza * Daniel Kaswanga * George Nayeja *

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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