Zimbabwe competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

[2] They were meant to enter the 1972 Olympics in Munich but the invitation was removed by the IOC after the African countries threaten to boycott the games.

[1] Zephaniah Ncube who competed in the Athletics was the flag bearer for Zimbabwe at the 1984 Olympics.

He would win in a clean sweep before going on to lose in the quarter-finals three days later against Mexican boxer Héctor López.

Ambrose Mlilo competed in the light middleweight division, where he would lose in the opening round of the competition to Manfred Zielonka from West Germany while in the middleweight division, Arigoma Chiponda lost to Tom Corr from Ireland in a clean sweep.