四年一度的奥林匹克运动会自一八九六年创办以来,到今年已是第二十三届了。这届运动会定于七月二十八日到八月十二日在太平洋东岸的美国工业城市洛杉矶举行,为期十六天。洛杉矶奥运会有可能将是历史上规模最大、参加人数最多的一届夏季奥运会。拥有十亿人口的中国将第一次派出约三百人的大型体育代表团参加这个世界水平最高的体育盛会。国际奥委会主席萨马兰奇不久前在一次记者招待会上说:只要国际政治条件不再恶化,参加一九八四年奥运会的人数将达到创纪录的 The quadrennial Olympic Games have been the 23rd of this year since its founding in 1896. The Games, scheduled for July 16 to August 12, will be held in Los Angeles, the U.S. industrial city on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean for a period of 16 days. The Los Angeles Olympic Games is likely to be the largest and most-attended Summer Olympic Games in history. With a population of one billion, China will for the first time send about 300 large-scale sports delegation to participate in this world’s highest sports event. Samaranch, the president of the International Olympic Committee, told a press conference not long ago: As long as international political conditions are no longer deteriorating, the number of participants in the 1984 Olympics will reach a record high