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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Athletics

| games = 1984 Summer

| image = 400 meter track at the 1984 Summer Olympics.JPEG

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Athletes during the men’s 400 meters event

| venue = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| dates =

| num_events = 41

| nations = 124

| competitors = 1,273

| prev = Moscow 1980

| next = Seoul 1988

}}

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries. Women's marathon, women's 3000 meters, and women's 400 meters hurdles debuted at these Games.

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Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 1984 Summer

| team =

| gold_USA = 16 | silver_USA = 15 | bronze_USA = 9

| gold_FRG = 4 | silver_FRG = 2 | bronze_FRG = 5

| gold_GBR = 3 | silver_GBR = 7 | bronze_GBR = 6

| gold_ROU = 3 | silver_ROU = 3 | bronze_ROU = 4

| gold_ITA = 3 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 3

| gold_FIN = 2 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1

| gold_MEX = 2 | silver_MEX = 1 | bronze_MEX = 0

| gold_MAR = 2 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 0

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 2

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 1

| gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 2

| gold_KEN = 1 | silver_KEN = 0 | bronze_KEN = 1

| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 0

| gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 0

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 3

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 1 | bronze_JAM = 2

| gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 1 | bronze_CIV = 0

| gold_IRL = 0 | silver_IRL = 1 | bronze_IRL = 0

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0

| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 1

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1

}}

Medal summary

=Men=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event| width=225|labelwidth=200| columns=2}}
100 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Carl Lewis|USA|1984 Summer}}

9.99

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sam Graddy|USA|1984 Summer}}

10.19

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ben Johnson|CAN|1984 Summer}}

10.22
200 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Carl Lewis|USA|1984 Summer}}

19.80 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kirk Baptiste|USA|1984 Summer}}

19.96

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Thomas Jefferson|USA|1984 Summer}}

20.26
400 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Alonzo Babers|USA|1984 Summer}}

44.27

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Gabriel Tiacoh|CIV|1984 Summer}}

44.54

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Antonio McKay|USA|1984 Summer}}

44.71
800 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Joaquim Cruz|BRA|1984 Summer}}

1:43.00 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sebastian Coe|GBR|1984 Summer}}

1:43.64

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Earl Jones|USA|1984 Summer}}

1:43.83
1500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sebastian Coe|GBR|1984 Summer}}

3:32.53 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Steve Cram|GBR|1984 Summer}}

3:33.40

| {{flagIOCmedalist|José Manuel Abascal|ESP|1984 Summer}}

3:34.30
5000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Saïd Aouita|MAR|1984 Summer}}

13:05.59 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Markus Ryffel|SUI|1984 Summer}}

13:07.54

| {{flagIOCmedalist|António Leitão|POR|1984 Summer}}

13:09.20
10,000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Alberto Cova|ITA|1984 Summer}}

27:47.54

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mike McLeod|GBR|1984 Summer}}

28:06.22

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Michael Musyoki|KEN|1984 Summer}}

28:06.46
110 metres hurdles
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Roger Kingdom|USA|1984 Summer}}

13.20 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Greg Foster|USA|1984 Summer}}

13.23

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Arto Bryggare|FIN|1984 Summer}}

13.40
400 metres hurdles
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Edwin Moses|USA|1984 Summer}}

47.75

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Danny Harris|USA|1984 Summer}}

48.13

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Harald Schmid|FRG|1984 Summer}}

48.19
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|3000 metres steeplechase
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Julius Korir|KEN|1984 Summer}}

8:11.80

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Joseph Mahmoud|FRA|1984 Summer}}

8:13.31

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Brian Diemer|USA|1984 Summer}}

8:14.06
valign="top"

|4 × 100 metres relay
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}}
Sam Graddy
Ron Brown
Calvin Smith
Carl Lewis

37.83 WR

| {{flagIOCteam|JAM|1984 Summer}}
Al Lawrence
Greg Meghoo
Don Quarrie
Ray Stewart
Norman Edwards*

38.62

| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1984 Summer}}
Ben Johnson
Tony Sharpe
Desai Williams
Sterling Hinds

38.70
valign="top"

|4 × 400 metres relay
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}}
Sunder Nix
Ray Armstead
Alonzo Babers
Antonio McKay
Walter McCoy*
Willie Smith*

2:57.91

| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1984 Summer}}
Kriss Akabusi
Garry Cook
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown

2:59.13

| {{flagIOCteam|NGR|1984 Summer}}
Sunday Uti
Moses Ugbusien
Rotimi Peters
Innocent Egbunike

2:59.32
Marathon
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Carlos Lopes|POR|1984 Summer}}

2:09:21 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|John Treacy|IRL|1984 Summer}}

2:09:56

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Charlie Spedding|GBR|1984 Summer}}

2:09:58
20 kilometres walk
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ernesto Canto|MEX|1984 Summer}}

1:23:13 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Raúl González|MEX|1984 Summer}}

1:23:20

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Maurizio Damilano|ITA|1984 Summer}}

1:23:26
50 kilometres walk
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Raúl González|MEX|1984 Summer}}

3:47:26 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Bo Gustafsson|SWE|1984 Summer}}

3:53:19

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sandro Bellucci|ITA|1984 Summer}}

3:53:45
High jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Dietmar Mögenburg|FRG|1984 Summer}}

2.35 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Patrik Sjöberg|SWE|1984 Summer}}

2.33 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Zhu Jianhua|CHN|1984 Summer}}

2.31 m
rowspan=2|Pole vault
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Pierre Quinon|FRA|1984 Summer}}

rowspan=2|5.75 m

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mike Tully|USA|1984 Summer}}

rowspan=2|5.65 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Earl Bell|USA|1984 Summer}}

rowspan=2|5.60 m
{{flagIOCmedalist|Thierry Vigneron|FRA|1984 Summer}}
Long jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Carl Lewis|USA|1984 Summer}}

8.54 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Gary Honey|AUS|1984 Summer}}

8.24 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Giovanni Evangelisti|ITA|1984 Summer}}

8.24 m
Triple jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Al Joyner|USA|1984 Summer}}

17.26 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mike Conley|USA|1984 Summer}}

17.18 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Keith Connor|GBR|1984 Summer}}

16.87 m
Shot put
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Alessandro Andrei|ITA|1984 Summer}}

21.26 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Michael Carter|USA|1984 Summer}}

21.09 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Dave Laut|USA|1984 Summer}}

20.97 m
Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Rolf Danneberg|FRG|1984 Summer}}

66.60 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mac Wilkins|USA|1984 Summer}}

66.30 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|John Powell|USA|1984 Summer}}

65.46 m
Hammer throw
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Juha Tiainen|FIN|1984 Summer}}

78.08 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Karl-Hans Riehm|FRG|1984 Summer}}

77.98 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Klaus Ploghaus|FRG|1984 Summer}}

76.68 m
Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Arto Härkönen|FIN|1984 Summer}}

86.76 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|David Ottley|GBR|1984 Summer}}

85.74 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kenth Eldebrink|SWE|1984 Summer}}

83.72 m
Decathlon
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Daley Thompson|GBR|1984 Summer}}

8798 EWR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jürgen Hingsen|FRG|1984 Summer}}

8673

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Siegfried Wentz|FRG|1984 Summer}}

8412

=Women=

{{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200|columns=2}}
100 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Evelyn Ashford|USA|1984 Summer}}

10.97 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Alice Brown|USA|1984 Summer}}

11.13

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Merlene Ottey|JAM|1984 Summer}}

11.16
200 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Valerie Brisco-Hooks|USA|1984 Summer}}

21.81 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Florence Griffith|USA|1984 Summer}}

22.04

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Merlene Ottey|JAM|1984 Summer}}

22.09
400 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Valerie Brisco-Hooks|USA|1984 Summer}}

48.83 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Chandra Cheeseborough|USA|1984 Summer}}

49.05

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kathy Smallwood-Cook|GBR|1984 Summer}}

49.42
800 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Doina Melinte|ROU|1984 Summer}}

1:57.60

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kim Gallagher|USA|1984 Summer}}

1:58.63

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Fița Lovin|ROU|1984 Summer}}

1:58.83
1500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Gabriella Dorio|ITA|1984 Summer}}

4:03.25

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Doina Melinte|ROU|1984 Summer}}

4:03.76

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Maricica Puică|ROU|1984 Summer}}

4:04.15
3000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Maricica Puică|ROU|1984 Summer}}

8:35.96 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Wendy Sly|GBR|1984 Summer}}

8:39.47

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Lynn Williams|CAN|1984 Summer}}

8:42.14
rowspan=2|100 metres hurdles
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Benita Fitzgerald|USA|1984 Summer}}

rowspan=2|12.84

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Shirley Strong|GBR|1984 Summer}}

rowspan=2|12.88

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Michèle Chardonnet|FRA|1984 Summer}}

rowspan=2|13.06
{{flagIOCmedalist|Kim Turner|USA|1984 Summer}}
400 metres hurdles
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Nawal El Moutawakel|MAR|1984 Summer}}

54.61 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Judi Brown|USA|1984 Summer}}

55.20

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Cristieana Cojocaru|ROU|1984 Summer}}

55.41
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|4 × 100 metres relay
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}}
Alice Brown
Jeanette Bolden
Chandra Cheeseborough
Evelyn Ashford

41.65

| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1984 Summer}}
Angela Bailey
Marita Payne
Angella Taylor-Issajenko
France Gareau

42.77

| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1984 Summer}}
Simmone Jacobs
Kathy Smallwood-Cook
Beverley Goddard
Heather Hunte

43.11
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|4 × 400 metres relay
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}}
Lillie Leatherwood
Sherri Howard
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Chandra Cheeseborough
Diane Dixon*
Denean Howard*

3:18.29 OR

| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1984 Summer}}
Charmaine Crooks
Jillian Richardson
Molly Killingbeck
Marita Payne
Dana Wright*

3:21.21

| {{flagIOCteam|FRG|1984 Summer}}
Heike Schulte-Mattler
Ute Thimm
Heidi-Elke Gaugel
Gaby Bußmann
Nicole Leistenschneider*
Christina Sussiek*

3:22.98
Marathon
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Joan Benoit|USA|1984 Summer}}

2:24:52 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Grete Waitz|NOR|1984 Summer}}

2:26:18

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Rosa Mota|POR|1984 Summer}}

2:26:57
High jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ulrike Meyfarth|FRG|1984 Summer}}

2.02 m OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sara Simeoni|ITA|1984 Summer}}

2.00 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Joni Huntley|USA|1984 Summer}}

1.97 m
Long jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu|ROU|1984 Summer}}

6.96 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Vali Ionescu|ROU|1984 Summer}}

6.81 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sue Hearnshaw|GBR|1984 Summer}}

6.80 m
Shot put
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Claudia Losch|FRG|1984 Summer}}

20.48 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mihaela Loghin|ROU|1984 Summer}}

20.47 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Gael Martin|AUS|1984 Summer}}

19.19 m
Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ria Stalman|NED|1984 Summer}}

65.36 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Leslie Deniz|USA|1984 Summer}}

64.86 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Florența Crăciunescu|ROU|1984 Summer}}

63.64 m
Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Tessa Sanderson|GBR|1984 Summer}}

69.56 m OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Tiina Lillak|FIN|1984 Summer}}

69.00 m

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Fatima Whitbread|GBR|1984 Summer}}

67.14 m
Heptathlon
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Glynis Nunn|AUS|1984 Summer}}

6390 OR

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jackie Joyner|USA|1984 Summer}}

6385

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sabine Everts|FRG|1984 Summer}}

6363

  • * Athletes who ran in preliminary round and also received medals.

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://archive.today/20121230131654/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/international/int66.htm Athletics Australia]

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