Shorts for the Torch Relay in preparation for the1984 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California
date: label: date made
content: 1984
name: label: maker
content: Levi Strauss & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Example of shorts worn by the torch bearers in the torch relay in preparation for the1984 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California. The shorts are men's white nylon with the torch relay logo in the left corner. Elastic waistband and splits on each side. Inner attached perforated brief of same material
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 1984 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in Los Angeles, California with 140 countries participating. These Games were boycotted by fourteen countries, including the Soviet Union because of America’s boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. American Carl Lewis won four gold medals in track and field while Joan Benoit won gold for the U.S. in the first women’s marathon. Mary Lou Retton dominated women’s gymnastics becoming the first American to win the gymnastics all-around competition and the American men won the gold in the gymnastics team competition. With the addition of women’s only events of rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming and the addition of women’s events in track and field, shooting and cycling, women athletes were just beginning to see results from Title IX legislation of twelve years prior. The United States won the medal count with 174.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Olympics
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Los Angeles, 1984
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (through Carol Daniels)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0297.09C
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0297.09C
label: accession number
content: 1985.0297
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shorts
label: Object Name
content: shorts, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: elastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 13 in; 29.21 cm x 33.02 cm