sˈɛvɹəl tˈiːmz hˌuː hæd kwˈɔlᵻfˌaɪd tə kəmpˈiːt wɜːɹ ˈæbsənt æz ɐ ɹɪzˈʌlt ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ sˈʌmɚɹ əlˈɪmpɪks bˈɔɪkɑːt, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðə sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən, bʌlɡˈɛɹiə, kjˈuːbə, tʃˌɛkəsləvˈækiə, ˈiːst dʒˈɜːməni, hˈʌŋɡɚɹi, ænd nˈɔːɹθ kɚɹˈiːə.
Several teams who had qualified to compete were absent as a result of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, including the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, and North Korea.