Olympic Souvenir Flag given to Official Hostess at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Object Details

Lind, Marla Ann

Pageantry World Inc

Description (Brief)

Souvenir flag with a white ground and the Olympic rings and "Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984." The flag is mounted on a small black wooden pole. This was given to the donor, Marla Lind, an official hostess at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.

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.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Marla Ann Lind

1984

ID Number

1984.0943.09

accession number

1984.0943

catalog number

1984.0943.09

Object Name

flag

Physical Description

fabric (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 10 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 14.605 cm

place made

United States: California, Pasadena

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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

National Museum of American History

web subject

Sports

level of sport

Olympics

web subject

Women

Subject

Flags

related event

Olympic Summer Games: Los Angeles, 1984

Record ID

nmah_681134

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f92f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa