第23届洛杉矶奥运会将于1984年7月28日至9月12日在美国加州南部城市洛杉矶举行，洛杉矶第二次举办夏季奥运会，中国奥运代表团派出225名运动员参赛。
第26届亚特兰大奥运会闭幕式将于1996年8月4日当地时间20点(北京时间5号早上8点)在百年奥林匹克体育场举行，刘玉栋担任中国奥运代表团闭幕式的旗手，国际奥委会主席萨马兰奇将五环旗交给悉尼市长，下届奥运会四年后在悉尼举行，闭幕式上演悉尼八分钟表演。
The definitive photographic record of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, told "from the inside" through the lives of the participants, the words of David Perry, and the singing voice of Placido Domingo. From the opening to closing ceremonies, this unique style of storytelling shows a side of the Olympic Games not seen by television audiences
Donovan Bailey was often misunderstood because of his confidence and maligned because of his bravado. The world was about to realize that none of this mattered to Bailey, he was on a mission to flip the world of track and field on its head.
