[8] In track and field, American Olympian Ken Flax won the gold medal in the hammer throw with a 78.86 meter toss.

[14][3] American Olympian rower Sherry Cassuto won the single sculls crew event.

[11] American Dan Goldberg won two bronze medals in tennis, in the men's and mixed doubles.

[18] In gymnastics, Israeli future Olympian Ron Kaplan won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, at 19 years of age.

[3][21] Basketball player Jerry Simon, who later made aliyah and played professionally in Israel, won a silver medal with Team USA, which was coached by Ben Braun.

[25] American squash player Stephen L. Green competed, but could not repeat his 1985 bronze medal performance.

[27] American future Hall of Famer Jeff Agoos and Seth Roland competed in soccer for the United States.