Relevant athletes in this olimpic games

The Czech Miroslav Mecir and Steffi Graf were the individual champions in tennis.
Carl Lewis won two golds (100 m and long jump) and a silver in the 200 m
The Soviet Sergei Bubka, the pole vault made ​​a 6 meter setting a new Olympic record.American Jackie Joyner won the long jump and the heptathlon, beating the world record for this specialty.
In gymnastics, setting up a showdown between the Soviet Elena Shushunova and Romanian Daniela Siliva both equal the mark of Nadia Comaneci of 7 tens in one Olympicedition
In swimming, American Matt Biondi get seven medals.
The East German Kristin Otto won six gold medals. It is the first time the athlete wins sixgolds at one Games themselves.
In football the Soviet Union gives the surprise by defeating Brazil in the final.
In basketball the surprise was the elimination of the United States in the semifinals, the first time that this happened in front of the Soviet Union, which just defeating Yugoslavia in the final.