This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/24/2016
In 1984, the city of Los Angeles, California, hosted the Summer Olympic Games. Outstanding performances like U.S. gymnast Mary Lou Retton’s gold-medal-winning outing in the individual all-around competition – the first American female gymnast to do so – to U.S. speedster Carl Lewis equaling the 1936 performance of American icon Jesse Owens by winning four gold medals in track and field. But it was also marred by unfortunate events including Mary Decker’s infamous fall after bumping into South African Zola Budd who was representing Great Britain during the women’s 3,000 meter run.
This lot features a 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games 1st Place winner’s gold medal sample. It is presented beautifully archived inside a wooden stand seven inches wide by 7.5” high. It is positioned, with the ribbon at the top sporting the 1984 Summer Games colors, against a backdrop of black felt behind glass. It appears to be made to the exact dimensions as the medals that were awarded to competitors at the ’84 Games. The front of the medal reads: “SAMPLE XXIII OLYMPIAD LOS ANGELES 1984.”
Includes Letter of Provenance from the Newport Sports Museum.