Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton recalls when she scored perfect 10s on floor exercise and vault to win the gold all-around title by just 0.05 points. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Olympic champion Al Joyner shows that he can still jump. With a leap of 56 feet, 7.5 inches, Joyner in 1984 became the first American in 80 years to win a gold medal in the triple jump. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Teammates Peter Vidmar, front, and Bart Conner still make it look easy 25 years. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Evelyn Ashford-Washington won the gold medal for the 100 meters in 1984 with a new Olympic record of 10.97 seconds. With the relay team, she won a second gold medal. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
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Champion cyclist Steve Hegg won Olympic gold in the 4000 meter individual pursuit and silver in the 4000 meter team pursuit in 1984. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
In 1984 Jeff Float was the captain of the U.S. swimming team that received a gold medal in 4X200m freestyle relay, he became the only legally deaf athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Kimberly Ruddins won a silver medal with the U.S. National Women’s Volleyball Team in 1984. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Track and field teammates Sherri Howard, left, and Denean Howard-Hill. In 1984, Sherri won the gold medal for the 4x400 meters. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
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The U.S. women’s gymnastics team -- which included Kathy Johnson Clarke, left, Michelle Dusserre-Farrell and Julianne McNamara -- won the silver medal in 1984, and individuals won multiple medals. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Olympic champion swimmer Rich Schroeder show his “84 breaststroke” -- the one he used to swim the preliminary breaststroke leg of the 4x100 medley relay. The U.S. won the gold medal for the medley relay that year. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Tracee Talavera was a member of the 1984 U.S. team that won the gymnastics silver medal. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Boxers Paul Gonzales, left, Richard Sandoval and Henry Tillman were all Olympians. Gonzales won the light flyweight gold medal in 1984. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
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Ruby Fox, who won a silver medal for lady sport pistol at the 1984 Olympics, is now a consultant for Smith & Wesson. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Dragomir Cioroslan, who won a bronze for weightlifting for Romania in 1984, is now the U.S. Olympic Committee’s director for international strategies and development. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
