- Mexican Athletics scored a historic success to achieve victory inthe two walking tests, thanks to Ernesto Canto (gold in 20 km)and Raul Gonzalez (gold in 50 km) and silver in 20 km
- Carl Lewis of the United States team in Olympic history comes tomatch the success of Jesse Owens getting in Berlin in 1936, winning four gold medals in the same events: the 100 m, 200 m,the 4x100 relay my long jump .
- In the 400 m hurdles, leading the race from start to finish, 

 becomes the first woman from an Islamic countryand the first Moroccan to win a gold medal.
- During his third Olympic Games United Kingdom DaleyThompson, faces West Germany Jürgen hings in the decathlon.After flat in the first seven events, Thompson takes a decisive advantage in the pole vault and javelin winning their secondconsecutive gold medal.
- In swimming In the women the best was Mary T. Meagher, who won three gold medals (100 and 200 m butterfly, 4x100 relay styles).
- In the men's artistic gymnastics individual champion was Japan's Koji Gushiken, who beat Peter Vidmar U.S. and Chinese Li Ning.The United States won by teams.
- U.S. Basketball headed by Michael Jordan and Pat Ewing had no trouble winning the gold. In the final they defeated Spain, who made a remarkable championship and took the silver. Bronzewas Yugoslavia.
- In Volleyball surprises occurred since China and the U.S. weregradually overcoming the traditional powers of the sport, helpedby the absence of Soviet teams to win the gold medal in the women's tournament and male, respectively