Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Athletes during the 400 metres event
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.
Contents
1 Medal summary
1.1 Men
1.2 Women
2 Medal table
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Medal summary
Men
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
| Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Carl Lewis  United States |
9.99 |
Sam Graddy United States |
10.19 |
Ben Johnson  Canada |
10.22 |
| 200 metres |
Carl Lewis United States |
19.80 OR |
Kirk Baptiste United States |
19.96 |
Thomas Jefferson United States |
20.26 |
| 400 metres |
Alonzo Babers United States |
44.27 |
Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast |
44.54 |
Antonio McKay United States |
44.71 |
| 800 metres |
Joaquim Cruz  Brazil |
1:43.00 |
Sebastian Coe  Great Britain |
1:43.64 |
Earl Jones United States |
1:43.83 |
| 1500 metres |
Sebastian Coe Great Britain |
3:32.53 OR |
Steve Cram Great Britain |
3:33.40 |
José Manuel Abascal  Spain |
3:34.30 |
| 5000 metres |
Saïd Aouita  Morocco |
13:05.59 OR |
Markus Ryffel  Switzerland |
13:07.54 |
António Leitão  Portugal |
13:09.20 |
| 10,000 metres |
Alberto Cova  Italy |
27:47.54 |
Mike McLeod Great Britain |
28:06.22 |
Mike Musyoki  Kenya |
28:06.46 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Roger Kingdom United States |
13.20 OR |
Greg Foster United States |
13.23 |
Arto Bryggare  Finland |
13.40 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Edwin Moses United States |
47.75 |
Danny Harris United States |
48.13 |
Harald Schmid  West Germany |
48.19 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Julius Korir Kenya |
8:11.80 |
Joseph Mahmoud  France |
8:13.31 |
Brian Diemer United States |
8:14.06 |
| 4×100 metres relay |
 United States (USA)Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis |
37.83 WR |
 Jamaica (JAM)Al Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart Norman Edwards* |
38.62 |
 Canada (CAN)Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Sterling Hinds |
38.70 |
| 4×400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay Walter McCoy* Willie Smith* |
2:57.91 |
 Great Britain (GBR)Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown |
2:59.13 |
 Nigeria (NGR)Sunday Uti Moses Ugbusien Rotimi Peters Innocent Egbunike |
2:59.32 |
| Marathon |
Carlos Lopes Portugal |
2:09:21 OR |
John Treacy  Ireland |
2:09:56 |
Charlie Spedding Great Britain |
2:09:58 |
| 20 kilometres walk |
Ernesto Canto  Mexico |
1:23:13 |
Raúl González Mexico |
1:23:20 |
Maurizio Damilano Italy |
1:23:26 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
Raúl González Mexico |
3:47:26 |
Bo Gustafsson  Sweden |
3:53:19 |
Sandro Bellucci Italy |
3:53:45 |
| High jump |
Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany |
2.35 m |
Patrik Sjöberg Sweden |
2.33 m |
Jianhua Zhu  China |
2.31 m |
| Pole vault |
Pierre Quinon France |
5.75 m |
Mike Tully United States |
5.65 m |
Earl Bell United States |
5.60 m |
Thierry Vigneron France | ||||||
| Long jump |
Carl Lewis United States |
8.54 m |
Gary Honey  Australia |
8.24 m |
Giovanni Evangelisti Italy |
8.24 m |
| Triple jump |
Al Joyner United States |
17.26 m |
Mike Conley United States |
17.18 m |
Keith Connor Great Britain |
16.87 m |
| Shot put |
Alessandro Andrei Italy |
21.26 m |
Michael Carter United States |
21.09 m |
Dave Laut United States |
20.97 m |
| Discus throw |
Rolf Danneberg West Germany |
66.60 m |
Mac Wilkins United States |
66.30 m |
John Powell United States |
65.46 m |
| Hammer throw |
Juha Tiainen Finland |
78.08 m |
Karl-Hans Riehm West Germany |
77.98 m |
Klaus Ploghaus West Germany |
76.68 m |
| Javelin throw |
Arto Härkönen Finland |
86.76 m |
David Ottley Great Britain |
85.74 m |
Kenth Eldebrink Sweden |
83.72 m |
| Decathlon |
Daley Thompson Great Britain |
8798 EWR |
Jürgen Hingsen West Germany |
8673 |
Siegfried Wentz West Germany |
8412 |
Women
| Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Evelyn Ashford United States |
10.97 |
Alice Brown United States |
11.13 |
Merlene Ottey  Jamaica |
11.16 |
| 200 metres |
Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States |
21.81 |
Florence Griffith United States |
22.04 |
Merlene Ottey Jamaica |
22.09 |
| 400 metres |
Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States |
48.83 |
Chandra Cheeseborough United States |
49.05 |
Kathy Smallwood-Cook Great Britain |
49.42 |
| 800 metres |
Doina Melinte  Romania |
1:57.60 |
Kim Gallagher United States |
1:58.63 |
Fiţa Lovin Romania |
1:58.83 |
| 1500 metres |
Gabriella Dorio Italy |
4:03.25 |
Doina Melinte Romania |
4:03.76 |
Maricica Puică Romania |
4:04.15 |
| 3000 metres |
Maricica Puică Romania |
8:35.96 |
Wendy Smith-Sly Great Britain |
8:39.47 |
Lynn Williams Canada |
8:42.14 |
| 100 metres hurdles |
Benita Fitzgerald United States |
12.84 |
Shirley Strong Great Britain |
12.88 |
Michèle Chardonnet France |
13.06 |
Kim Turner United States | ||||||
| 400 metres hurdles |
Nawal El Moutawakel Morocco |
54.61 |
Judi Brown United States |
55.20 |
Cristieana Cojocaru Romania |
55.41 |
| 4×100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Alice Brown Jeanette Bolden Chandra Cheeseborough Evelyn Ashford |
41.65 |
Canada (CAN) Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor-Issajenko France Gareau |
42.77 |
Great Britain (GBR) Simmone Jacobs Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Goddard Heather Hunte |
43.11 |
| 4×400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough Diane Dixon* Denean Howard* |
3:18.29 |
Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne Dana Wright* |
3:21.21 |
 West Germany (FRG)Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heide-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bußmann Nicole Leistenschneider* Christina Sussiek* |
3:22.98 |
| Marathon |
Joan Benoit United States |
2:24:52 |
Grete Waitz  Norway |
2:26:18 |
Rosa Mota Portugal |
2:26:57 |
| High jump |
Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany |
2.02 m |
Sara Simeoni Italy |
2.00 m |
Joni Huntley United States |
1.97 m |
| Long jump |
Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu Romania |
6.96 m |
Vali Ionescu Romania |
6.81 m |
Susan Hearnshaw Great Britain |
6.80 m |
| Shot put |
Claudia Losch West Germany |
20.48 m |
Mihaela Loghin Romania |
20.47 m |
Gael Martin Australia |
19.19 m |
| Discus throw |
Ria Stalman  Netherlands |
65.36 m |
Leslie Deniz United States |
64.86 m |
Florenţa Crăciunescu Romania |
63.64 m |
| Javelin throw |
Tessa Sanderson Great Britain |
69.56 m |
Tiina Lillak Finland |
69.00 m |
Fatima Whitbread Great Britain |
67.14 m |
| Heptathlon |
Glynis Nunn Australia |
6390 |
Jackie Joyner United States |
6385 |
Sabine Everts West Germany |
6363 |
- * Athletes who ran in preliminary round and also received medals.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
16 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) |
4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 |  Romania (ROU) |
3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) |
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Mexico (MEX) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Morocco (MAR) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  France (FRA) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Australia (AUS) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Portugal (POR) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Kenya (KEN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil (BRA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Jamaica (JAM) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 |  Ireland (IRL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ivory Coast (CIV) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 |  China (CHN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 nations) | 41 | 41 | 43 | 125 | |
See also
- Athletics at the Friendship Games
- 1984 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
- Athletics Australia
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