Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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
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Marathon men women
20 km walk men
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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

The Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California (USA) had an entrylist of 26 competitors, with four qualifying heats (26 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on August 8, 1984. The women's event was for the first time contested at the Olympic Games.

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Medalists

Gold  Nawal El Moutawakel
Morocco (MAR)
Silver  Judi Brown
United States (USA)
Bronze  Cristieana Cojocaru
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
 Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 54.61
 Judi Brown (USA) 55.20
 Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU) 55.41
4.  P.T. Usha (IND) 55.42
5.  Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) 55.43
6.  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) 56.21
7.  Tuija Helander (FIN) 56.55
8.  Sandra Farmer (JAM) 57.15

Semi finals

RANK FINAL HEAT 1
1.  Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) 55.17
2.  Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU) 55.24
3.  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 55.65
4.  Sandra Farmer (JAM) 56.05
5.  Sharieffa Barksdale (USA) 56.19
6.  Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA) 56.45
7.  Susan Morley (GBR) 56.67
8.  Andrea Page (CAN) 57.89
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  P.T. Usha (IND) 55.94
2.  Judi Brown (USA) 55.97
3.  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) 56.24
4.  Tuija Helander (FIN) 56.59
5.  Gladys Taylor (GBR) 56.72
6.  Olga Commandeur (NED) 57.01
7.  Ruth Kyalisima (UGA) 57.02 (NR)
8.  Maria Usilo (NGR) 58.55

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Judi Brown (USA) 55.97
2.  P.T. Usha (IND) 56.81
3.  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) 57.20
4.  Tuija Helander (FIN) 57.22
5.  Lih-Jiau Lai (TPE) 58.54
6.  Alma Vázquez (MEX) 1:00.86
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 56.49
2.  Sharieffa Barksdale (USA) 56.89
3.  Sandra Farmer (JAM) 57.06
4.  Gladys Taylor (GBR) 57.64
5.  Lynnette Grime (NZL) 58.02
6.  Dana Wright (CAN) 58.17
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Olga Commandeur (NED) 56.67
2.  Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU) 56.94
3.  Ruth Kyalisima (UGA) 57.38
4.  Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA) 57.49
5.  Averill Dwyer-Brown (JAM) 58.42
6.  Angela Wright-Scott (USA) 59.77
7.  Agripina de la Cruz (PHI) 1:02.70
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) 55.75
2.  Maria Usilo (NGR) 57.78
3.  Susan Morley (GBR) 58.71
4.  Andrea Page (CAN) 59.09
5.  M.D. Valsamma (IND) 1:00.03
6.  Cheryl Blackman (BAR) 1:01.19
7.  Mary Parr (IRL) 1:01.66

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