Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
Men's Marathon at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 12 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 107 from 59 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:09:21 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
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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 | |||
Wheelchair races | ||||
These are the official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started at 5:00 pm local time. There were 107 competitors from 59 countries. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race, with Dieudonné LaMothe from Haiti finishing in last position in 2:52:18. Twenty-nine of them did not finish. Carlos Lopes of Portugal won in 2:09:21 which set the Olympic record for 24 years.[1]
Medalists
Gold | Carlos Lopes Portugal |
Silver | John Treacy Ireland |
Bronze | Charlie Spedding Great Britain |
Abbreviations
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 |
Records
Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
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World Record | Robert de Castella (AUS) | 2:08:18 | December 6, 1981 | Fukuoka, Japan |
Olympic Record | Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) | 2:09:55 | July 31, 1976 | Montreal, Canada |
Season Best | Jörg Peter (GDR) | 2:09:14 | July 21, 1984 | East Berlin, East Germany |
Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
Olympic Record | Carlos Lopes (POR) | 2:09:21 | August 12, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
Final ranking
See also
- 1982 Men's European Championships Marathon (Athens)
- 1983 Men's World Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Friendship Games Marathon (Moscow)
- 1986 Men's European Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships Marathon (Rome)
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
External links
- (in French) Marathon Info
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