The association football (soccer) tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout the United States.

However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the importance of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age.

Specifically, they allowed teams from countries outside of UEFA and CONMEBOL to field their strongest sides, while restricting UEFA and CONMEBOL (the strongest confederations whose teams had played all finals and won every single World Cup title) countries to players who had not played in a World Cup.

William AyacheMichel Bensoussan Michel BibardDominique Bijotat François BrissonPatrick Cubaynes Patrice GarandePhilippe Jeannol Guy Lacombe Jean-Claude Lemoult Jean-Philippe Rohr Albert Rust Didier Sénac Jean-Christophe Thouvenel José Touré Daniel Xuereb Jean-Louis Zanon Coach: Henri Michel Pinga Davi Milton Cruz Luís Henrique Dias André Luís Mauro Galvão Tonho KitaGilmar Popoca Silvinho Gilmar Ademir Paulo Santos Ronaldo Silva DungaChicão Luiz Carlos Winck Coach: Jair Picerni Mirsad Baljić Mehmed Baždarević Vlado Čapljić Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić Milko Đurovski Marko Elsner Nenad Gračan Tomislav Ivković Srečko Katanec Branko Miljuš Mitar Mrkela Jovica Nikolić Ivan PudarLjubomir Radanović Admir Smajić Dragan Stojković Coach: Ivan Toplak

With five goals, Daniel Xuereb of France, Borislav Cvetković and Stjepan Deverić of Yugoslavia are the top scorers in the tournament.