page_title: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
section_title: Venue
hierarchical_section_title: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics / Venue
caption_attribution_description: English: Long Beach Olympic Course Area's 1984 This map was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. Don't rely solely on it for navigation.
context_page_description: Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1984 consisted of a total of seven sailing classes. For each class seven races were scheduled from 31 July 1984 to 8 August 1984 of the coast of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California at the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so during the 1932 Summer Olympics. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
context_section_description: According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. The sailing conditions of the coast of Los Angeles are very suitable for Olympic sailing.  
  A total of four race areas were created in the Pacific of the coast of Long Beach. 
  For the media a number of 40 boats was reserved. All boats were fully booked.
caption: Olympic Course Area's 1984.
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