Tennis
Women's Singles Competition
- Chris Evert
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Sandra Cecchini (Italy) 6-2 6-2
- Third Round — Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-2 4-6 1-6
- Zina Garrison → Bronze Medal
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Claudia Hernandez-Salas (Mexico) 6-1 6-4
- Third Round — Defeated Barbara Paulus (Austria) 7-5 6-2
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Pam Shriver (USA) 6-2 6-3
- Semifinals — Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2-6 0-6
- Pam Shriver
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Jill Hetherington (Canada) 6-2 6-3
- Third Round — Defeated Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3 3-6 6-2
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 2-6 3-6
Men's Doubles Competition
- Ken Flach and Robert Seguso → Gold Medal
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- First Round — Defeated Suharyadi Suharyadi and Donald Wailan-Walalangi (Indonesia) 6-3 6-1 7-5
- Second Round — Defeated Gábor Köves and László Markovits (Hungary) 6-4 6-4 6-4
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Morten Christensen and Michael Tauson (Denmark) 6-4 7-5 6-2
- Semifinals — Defeated Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-2 6-4 6-1
- Final — Defeated Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7
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