Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletics
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Athletics; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
	Athletes during the men’s 400 meters event
No. of events	41
Competitors	1,273 from 124 nations

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.

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
13	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 entries)		41	41	43	125

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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 OR	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
Pole vault	Pierre Quinon France	5.75 m	Mike Tully United States	5.65 m	Thierry Vigneron France	5.60 m
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

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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 OR	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
100 metres hurdles	Benita Fitzgerald United States	12.84	Shirley Strong Great Britain	12.88	Kim Turner United States	13.06
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.

References

External links

Athletics Australia

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