Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women.

Contents

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres United States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
9.99 United States Sam Graddy
United States (USA)
10.19 Canada Ben Johnson
Canada (CAN)
10.22
200 metres United States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
19.80 United States Kirk Baptiste
United States (USA)
19.96 United States Thomas Jefferson
United States (USA)
20.26
400 metres United States Alonzo Babers
United States (USA)
44.27 Côte d'Ivoire Gabriel Tiacoh
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
44.54 United States Antonio McKay
United States (USA)
44.71
800 metres Brazil Joaquim Cruz
Brazil (BRA)
1:43.00 Great Britain Sebastian Coe
Great Britain (GBR)
1:43.64 United States Earl Jones
United States (USA)
1:43.83
1500 metres Great Britain Sebastian Coe
Great Britain (GBR)
3:32.53 Great Britain Steve Cram
Great Britain (GBR)
3:33.40 Spain José Manuel Abascal
Spain (ESP)
3:34.30
5000 metres Morocco Said Aouita
Morocco (MAR)
13:05.59 Switzerland Markus Ryffel
Switzerland (SUI)
13:07.54 Portugal António Leitão
Portugal (POR)
13:09.20
10000 metres Italy Alberto Cova
Italy (ITA)
27:47.54 Great Britain Mike McLeod
Great Britain (GBR)
28:06.22 Kenya Mike Musyoki
Kenya (KEN)
28:06.46
Marathon Portugal Carlos Lopes
Portugal (POR)
2:09:21 Ireland John Treacy
Ireland (IRL)
2:09:56 Great Britain Charles Spedding
Great Britain (GBR)
2:09:58
110 metre hurdles United States Roger Kingdom
United States (USA)
13.20 United States Greg Foster
United States (USA)
13.23 Finland Arto Bryggare
Finland (FIN)
13.40
400 metre hurdles United States Edwin Moses
United States (USA)
47.75 United States Danny Harris
United States (USA)
48.13 West Germany Harald Schmid
West Germany (FRG)
48.19
3000 metre steeplechase Kenya Julius Korir
Kenya (KEN)
8:11.80 France Joseph Mahmoud
France (FRA)
8:13.31 United States Brian Diemer
United States (USA)
8:14.06
4×100 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Sam Graddy
Ron Brown
Calvin Smith
Carl Lewis
37.83 Jamaica Jamaica (JAM)
Albert Lawrence
Greg Meghoo
Don Quarrie
Ray Stewart
38.62 Canada Canada (CAN)
Ben Johnson
Tony Sharpe
Desai Williams
Sterling Hinds
38.70
4×400 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Sunder Nix
Ray Armstead
Alonzo Babers
Antonio McKay
2:57.91 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Kriss Akabusi
Gary Cook
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown
2:59.13 Nigeria Nigeria (NGR)
Sunday Uti
Moses Ugbusien
Rotimi Peters
Innocent Egbunike
2:59.32
20 km walk Mexico Ernesto Canto
Mexico (MEX)
1:23:13 Mexico Raúl González
Mexico (MEX)
1:23:20 Italy Maurizio Damilano
Italy (ITA)
1:23:26
50 km walk Mexico Raúl González
Mexico (MEX)
3:37:26 Sweden Bo Gustafsson
Sweden (SWE)
3:53:19 Italy Sandro Bellucci
Italy (ITA)
3:53:45
Long jump United States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
8.54 m Australia Gary Honey
Australia (AUS)
8.24 m Italy Giovanni Evangelisti
Italy (ITA)
8.24 m
High jump West Germany Dietmar Mögenburg
West Germany (FRG)
2.35 m Sweden Patrik Sjöberg
Sweden (SWE)
2.33 m China Jianhua Zhu
China (CHN)
2.31 m
Pole vault France Pierre Quinon
France (FRA)
5.75 m United States Mike Tully
United States (USA)
5.70 m United States Earl Bell
United States (USA) equal with
France Thierry Vigneron
France (FRA)
5.60 m
Triple jump United States Al Joyner
United States (USA)
17.26 m United States Mike Conley
United States (USA)
17.18 m Great Britain Keith Connor
Great Britain (GBR)
16.87 m
Shot put Italy Alessandro Andrei
Italy (ITA)
21.26 m United States Michael Carter
United States (USA)
21.09 m United States Dave Laut
United States (USA)
20.97 m
Discus throw West Germany Rolf Danneberg
West Germany (FRG)
66.60 m United States Mac Wilkins
United States (USA)
66.30 m United States John Powell
United States (USA)
65.46 m
Hammer throw Finland Juha Tiainen
Finland (FIN)
78.08 m West Germany Karl-Hans Riehm
West Germany (FRG)
77.98 m West Germany Klaus Ploghaus
West Germany (FRG)
76.68 m
Javelin throw Finland Arto Härkönen
Finland (FIN)
86.76 m Great Britain Dave Ottley
Great Britain (GBR)
85.74 m Sweden Kenth Eldebrink
Sweden (SWE)
83.72 m
Decathlon Great Britain Daley Thompson
Great Britain (GBR)
8798 West Germany Jürgen Hingsen
West Germany (FRG)
8673 West Germany Siegfried Wentz
West Germany (FRG)
8412

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres United States Evelyn Ashford
United States (USA)
10.97 United States Alice Brown
United States (USA)
11.13 Jamaica Merlene Ottey
Jamaica (JAM)
11.16
200 metres United States Valerie Brisco-Hooks
United States (USA)
21.81 United States Florence Griffith
United States (USA)
22.04 Jamaica Merlene Ottey
Jamaica (JAM)
22.09
400 metres United States Valerie Brisco-Hooks
United States (USA)
48.83 United States Chandra Cheeseborough
United States (USA)
49.05 Great Britain Kathy Cook
Great Britain (GBR)
49.42
800 metres Romania Doina Melinte
Romania (ROM)
1:57.60 United States Kim Gallagher
United States (USA)
1:58.63 Romania Fita Lovin
Romania (ROM)
1:58.83
1500 metres Italy Gabriella Dorio
Italy (ITA)
4:03.25 Romania Doina Melinte
Romania (ROM)
4:03.76 Romania Maricica Puică
Romania (ROM)
4:04.15
3000 metres Romania Maricica Puică
Romania (ROM)
8:35.96 Great Britain Wendy Sly
Great Britain (GBR)
8:39.47 Canada Lynn Williams
Canada (CAN)
8:42.14
Marathon United States Joan Benoit
United States (USA)
2:24:52 Norway Grete Waitz
Norway (NOR)
2:26:18 Portugal Rosa Mota
Portugal (POR)
2:26:57
100 metre Hurdles United States Benita Fitzgerald
United States (USA)
12.84 Great Britain Shirley Strong
Great Britain (GBR)
12.88 United States Kim Turner
United States (USA) equal with
France Michele Chardonnet
France (FRA)
13.06
400 metre Hurdles Morocco Nawal El Moutawakel
Morocco (MAR)
54.61 United States Judi Brown
United States (USA)
55.20 Romania Cristeana Cojocaru
Romania (ROM)
55.41
4×100 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Alice Brown
Jeanette Bolden
Chandra Cheeseborough
Evelyn Ashford
41.65 Canada Canada (CAN)
Angela Bailey
Marita Payne
Angella Taylor
France Gareau
42.77 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Simmone Jacobs
Kathy Cook
Beverley Goddard
Heather Hunte
43.11
4×400 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Lillie Leatherwood
Sherri Howard
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Chandra Cheeseborough
3:18.29 Canada Canada (CAN)
Charmaine Crooks
Jillian Richardson
Molly Killingbeck
Marita Payne
3:21.21 West Germany West Germany (FRG)
Heike Mattler
Ute Thimm
Heide-Elke Gaugel
Gaby Bussmann
3:22.98
High jump West Germany Ulrike Meyfarth
West Germany (FRG)
2.02 m Italy Sara Simeoni
Italy (ITA)
2.00 m United States Joni Huntley
United States (USA)
1.97 m
Long jump Romania Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu
Romania (ROM)
6.96 m Romania Vali Ionescu
Romania (ROM)
6.81 m Great Britain Susan Hearnshaw
Great Britain (GBR)
6.80 m
Shot put West Germany Claudia Losch
West Germany (FRG)
20.48 m Romania Mihaela Loghin
Romania (ROM)
20.47 m Australia Gael Martin
Australia (AUS)
19.19 m
Discus Netherlands Ria Stalman
Netherlands (NED)
65.36 m United States Leslie Deniz
United States (USA)
64.86 m Romania Florenta Craciunescu
Romania (ROM)
63.64 m
Javelin Great Britain Tessa Sanderson
Great Britain (GBR)
69.56 m Finland Tiina Lillak
Finland (FIN)
69.00 m Great Britain Fatima Whitbread
Great Britain (GBR)
67.14 m
Heptathlon Australia Glynis Nunn
Australia (AUS)
6390 United States Jackie Joyner
United States (USA)
6385 West Germany Sabine Everts
West Germany (FRG)
6363

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