Athletics, as the rest of the world calls it, or track and field as it called in the United States, was conducted in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where the opening and closing ceremonies were also held. The Coliseum was originally constructed to house the 1932 Olympic Games which Los Angeles also hosted.
   August 8, 1984, the day we had tickets for track and field, was an exceptionally hot day in Los Angeles. It was over 90° and we were extremely hot with the sun beating down on us. It was difficult to drink enough fluids that the heat was depleting from us. I thought of the competitors; it is often 10-20° hotter on the floor of the Coliseum than in the stands, and while all we had to do was sit and watch, they had to run, jump or throw!
   Our seats for track and field were not as good as for most of the other events. We were in the Southeast corner of the Coliseum in the end known as the Peristyle end. We were 50 rows up and there was perhaps 300 feet between our seats and where the nearest competition was taking place. We had had such great seats for everything else that we were spoiled by them. Nevertheless, we were able to see fairly well and even take an occasional picture provided the subject was in our end of the Coliseum.