Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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
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

These are the official results of the Women's 1,500m metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 11, 1984.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Gabriella Dorio
Italy (ITA)
Silver  Doina Melinte
Romania (ROU)
Bronze  Maricica Puică
Romania (ROU)

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Gabriella Dorio (ITA) 4:03.25
 Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:03.76
 Maricica Puică (ROU) 4:04.15
4.  Roswitha Gerdes (FRG) 4:04.41
5.  Christine Benning (GBR) 4:04.70
6.  Christina Boxer (GBR) 4:05.53
7.  Brit McRoberts (CAN) 4:05.98
8.  Ruth Wysocki (USA) 4:08.32
9.  Fiţa Lovin (ROU) 4:09.11
10.  Debbie Scott (CAN) 4:10.41
11.  Lynne MacDougall (GBR) 4:10.58
12.  Elly van Hulst (NED) 4:11.58

Semi-Finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Christine Benning (GBR) 4:10.48
2.  Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:10.48
3.  Fiţa Lovin (ROU) 4:10.58
4.  Roswitha Gerdes (FRG) 4:10.64
5.  Brit McRoberts (CAN) 4:10.64
6.  Elly van Hulst (NED) 4:10.69
7.  Missy Kane (USA) 4:11.86
8.  Diana Richburg (USA) 4:13.35
9.  Helen Ritter (LIE) 4:19.39
10.  Justina Chepchirchir (KEN) 4:21.97
11.  Laverne Bryan (ANT) 4:32.44
12.  Kriscia Lorena García (ESA) 4:38.00
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Gabriella Dorio (ITA) 4:04.51
2.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 4:05.30
3.  Ruth Wysocki (USA) 4:06.65
4.  Christina Boxer (GBR) 4:07.40
5.  Lynne MacDougall (GBR) 4:09.08
6.  Debbie Scott (CAN) 4:09.16
7.  Jill McCabe (SWE) 4:16.48
8.  Alejandra Ramos (CHI) 4:22.03
9.  Liliana Gongora (ARG) 4:28.02
10.  Mariciane Mukamurenzi (RWA) 4:31.56
 Margrit Klinger (FRG) DNS

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