Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.

Medal summary

Men's events

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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
10000 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carl Lewis United States (USA)	9.99	Sam Graddy United States (USA)	10.19	Ben Johnson Canada (CAN)	10.22
200 metres	Carl Lewis United States (USA)	19.80	Kirk Baptiste United States (USA)	19.96	Thomas Jefferson United States (USA)	20.26
400 metres	Alonzo Babers United States (USA)	44.27	Gabriel Tiacoh Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)	44.54	Antonio McKay United States (USA)	44.71
800 metres	Joaquim Cruz Brazil (BRA)	1:43.00	Sebastian Coe Great Britain (GBR)	1:43.64	Earl Jones United States (USA)	1:43.83
1500 metres	Sebastian Coe Great Britain (GBR)	3:32.53 OR	Steve Cram Great Britain (GBR)	3:33.40	José Manuel Abascal Spain (ESP)	3:34.30
5000 metres	Saïd Aouita Morocco (MAR)	13:05.59 OR	Markus Ryffel Switzerland (SUI)	13:07.54	Antonio Leitão Portugal (POR)	13:09.20
10000 metres	Alberto Cova Italy (ITA)	27:47.54	Mike McLeod Great Britain (GBR)	28:06.22	Mike Musyoki Kenya (KEN)	28:06.46
Marathon	Carlos Lopes Portugal (POR)	2:09:21 OR	John Treacy Ireland (IRL)	2:09:56	Charlie Spedding Great Britain (GBR)	2:09:58
110 metre hurdles	Roger Kingdom United States (USA)	13.20 OR	Greg Foster United States (USA)	13.23	Arto Bryggare Finland (FIN)	13.40
400 metre hurdles	Edwin Moses United States (USA)	47.75	Danny Harris United States (USA)	48.13	Harald Schmid West Germany (FRG)	48.19
3000 metre steeplechase	Julius Korir Kenya (KEN)	8:11.80	Joseph Mahmoud France (FRA)	8:13.31	Brian Diemer United States (USA)	8:14.06
4×100 metre 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	38.62	Canada (CAN) Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Sterling Hinds	38.70
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay	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
20 km walk	Ernesto Canto Mexico (MEX)	1:23:13	Raúl González Mexico (MEX)	1:23:20	Maurizio Damilano Italy (ITA)	1:23:26
50 km walk	Raúl González Mexico (MEX)	3:47:26	Bo Gustafsson Sweden (SWE)	3:53:19	Sandro Bellucci Italy (ITA)	3:53:45
Long jump	Carl Lewis United States (USA)	8.54 m	Gary Honey Australia (AUS)	8.24 m	Giovanni Evangelisti Italy (ITA)	8.24 m
High jump	Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany (FRG)	2.35 m	Patrik Sjöberg Sweden (SWE)	2.33 m	Jianhua Zhu China (CHN)	2.31 m
Pole vault	Pierre Quinon France (FRA)	5.75 m	Mike Tully United States (USA)	5.70 m	Earl Bell United States (USA)	5.60 m
					Thierry Vigneron France (FRA)
Triple jump	Al Joyner United States (USA)	17.26 m	Mike Conley United States (USA)	17.18 m	Keith Connor Great Britain (GBR)	16.87 m
Shot put	Alessandro Andrei Italy (ITA)	21.26 m	Michael Carter United States (USA)	21.09 m	Dave Laut United States (USA)	20.97 m
Discus throw	Rolf Danneberg West Germany (FRG)	66.60 m	Mac Wilkins United States (USA)	66.30 m	John Powell United States (USA)	65.46 m
Hammer throw	Juha Tiainen Finland (FIN)	78.08 m	Karl-Hans Riehm West Germany (FRG)	77.98 m	Klaus Ploghaus West Germany (FRG)	76.68 m
Javelin throw	Arto Härkönen Finland (FIN)	86.76 m	Dave Ottley Great Britain (GBR)	85.74 m	Kenth Eldebrink Sweden (SWE)	83.72 m
Decathlon	Daley Thompson Great Britain (GBR)	8797 OR	Jürgen Hingsen West Germany (FRG)	8673	Siegfried Wentz West Germany (FRG)	8412

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres Details	Evelyn Ashford United States (USA)	10.97	Alice Brown United States (USA)	11.13	Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM)	11.16
200 metres Details	Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States (USA)	21.81	Florence Griffith United States (USA)	22.04	Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM)	22.09
400 metres Details	Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States (USA)	48.83	Chandra Cheeseborough United States (USA)	49.05	Kathy Smallwood-Cook Great Britain (GBR)	49.42
800 metres Details	Doina Melinte Romania (ROU)	1:57.60	Kim Gallagher United States (USA)	1:58.63	Fita Lovin Romania (ROU)	1:58.83
1.500 metres Details	Gabriella Dorio Italy (ITA)	4:03.25	Doina Melinte Romania (ROU)	4:03.76	Maricica Puică Romania (ROU)	4:04.15
3.000 metres Details	Maricica Puică Romania (ROU)	8:35.96	Wendy Smith-Sly Great Britain (GBR)	8:39.47	Lynn Williams Canada (CAN)	8:42.14
Marathon Details	Joan Benoit United States (USA)	2:24:52	Grete Waitz Norway (NOR)	2:26:18	Rosa Mota Portugal (POR)	2:26:57
100 metre hurdles	Benita Fitzgerald United States (USA)	12.84	Shirley Strong Great Britain (GBR)	12.88	Michèle Chardonnet France (FRA)	13.06
					Kim Turner United States (USA)
400 metre hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakel Morocco (MAR)	54.61	Judi Brown United States (USA)	55.20	Cristeana Cojocaru Romania (ROU)	55.41
4×100 metre 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 metre relay	United States (USA) Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough	3:18.29	Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne	3:21.21	West Germany (FRG) Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heide-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bussmann	3:22.98
High jump	Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany (FRG)	2.02 m	Sara Simeoni Italy (ITA)	2.00 m	Joni Huntley United States (USA)	1.97 m
Long jump	Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu Romania (ROU)	6.96 m	Vali Ionescu Romania (ROU)	6.81 m	Susan Hearnshaw Great Britain (GBR)	6.80 m
Shot put	Claudia Losch West Germany (FRG)	20.48 m	Mihaela Loghin Romania (ROU)	20.47 m	Gael Martin Australia (AUS)	19.19 m
Discus throw	Ria Stalman Netherlands (NED)	65.36 m	Leslie Deniz United States (USA)	64.86 m	Florenta Craciunescu Romania (ROU)	63.64 m
Javelin Details	Tessa Sanderson Great Britain (GBR)	69.56 m	Tiina Lillak Finland (FIN)	69.00 m	Fatima Whitbread Great Britain (GBR)	67.14 m
Heptathlon	Glynis Nunn Australia (AUS)	6390	Jackie Joyner United States (USA)	6385	Sabine Everts West Germany (FRG)	6363

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
14	Canada (CAN)	0	2	3	5
15	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
16	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	2	3
17	Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
21	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1

See also

• 1984 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Zola Budd
• Athletics Australia

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