1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the XXIII. Olympic Games
information
Date:	August 3. bis 12. August
Competition location:	los Angeles
Venue:	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Decisions:	Men: 24 / Women: 17
← Moscow 1980	Seoul 1988 →

Olympic Games 1984 (athletics medal table)
space	team				Total
1	United States	16	16	9	41
2	BR Germany	4th	2	5	11
3	Great Britain	3	7th	6th	16
4th	Romania	3	3	4th	10
5	Italy	3	1	2	6th
6th	Finland	2	1	1	4th
7th	Mexico	2	1	-	3
8th	Morocco	2	-	-	2
9	France	1	1	1	3
10	Australia	1	-	2	3
	Portugal	1	-	2	3
12	Kenya	1	-	1	2
13	Brazil	1	-	-	1
	Netherlands	1	-	-	1
15th	Canada	-	2	3	5
16	Sweden	-	2	1	3
17th	Jamaica	-	1	2	3
18th	Ivory Coast	-	1	-	1
	Ireland	-	1	-	1
	Norway	-	1	-	1
	Switzerland	-	1	-	1
22nd	People's Republic of China	-	-	1	1
	Nigeria	-	-	1	1
	Spain	-	-	1	1

At the XXIII. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , 41 competitions - 24 for men and 17 for women - were held in athletics . The venue was the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .

Participant and boycott

The Los Angeles Olympics weren't the first games to be boycotted. There was a preliminary high point at the previous event in 1980 in Moscow , when the current host country, the USA, initiated a boycott that several countries - u. a. also the FR Germany - had joined. Now came the return coach of the Soviet Union, which was joined by most of the nations that belonged to the Warsaw Pact . Detailed information can be found in the general section on the 1984 Olympic Games .

As in many other sports, the boycott meant that numerous favorites and world-class athletes were not at the start. There was a particular lack of track and field athletes from the USSR and the GDR, who, along with the United States, had regularly been among the most successful nations by far in recent years. In addition, the lack of athletes from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria made itself felt.

Stadion

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was already the venue for the track and field competitions at the 1932 Olympic Games . Other sports too, v. a. American football and major public events were held there. The sports facility was rebuilt and modernized for the 1984 Games. Among other things, a completely new running track was installed that met the most modern demands. The audience capacity was again significantly increased.

Competitions

There were three extensions and one change in the competition offer. All innovations only concerned the women's disciplines, the men's program has remained until today - as of January 2018 - in the same form as it has been practiced for a long time.

• With the 3,000-meter run , the women’s first long-distance track entered the Olympic program.
• The longest Olympic running route ever, the marathon, has now been added for women .
• The long hurdle course, the 400-meter hurdles race , was now also offered to women.
• In the all-around competition , the previously held pentathlon was replaced by a heptathlon .

In the women's disciplines, there were further additions for the future. A second long distance on the track was still pending and the jumps, throws and walking should later be gradually aligned with the men's competition catalog.

doping

The issue of doping did not yet play a role in the discussions or in the media, as it did later. The controls, too, were far from a systematic and clear rules that were applied. But the problem cannot be overlooked, especially in retrospect.

• In athletics, there were four doping cases punished during the games.
  • The Finnish endurance runner Martti Vainio was initially the runner-up in the 10,000-meter run because of a positive doping test immediately after the race and was no longer admitted to the 5000-meter final .
  • In the discus throw , the Icelander Vésteinn Hafsteinsson , who had dropped out after a seventh place in his qualification group, was then tested positive for taking nandrolone and subsequently disqualified.
  • The Italian Giampaolo Urlando was disqualified in the hammer throw after evaluating the doping test from the final. He was first in fifth place and then tested positive for the use of testosterone .
  • In the javelin throw , the Greek Anna Verouli was disqualified and suspended for one year after evaluating her doping test after the qualification, in which she was 13th. She had tested positive to take nandrolone .
• 31 years after her success, Dutch discus thrower Olympic champion Ria Stalman confessed to using banned anabolic steroids on Dutch television .
• In addition, there were numerous reports in which allegations were made by affected athletes and other parties involved to conceal positive doping tests and to secretly inform athletes who tested positive, who were then able to withdraw the funds. These allegations were made against athletes, coaches, officials and lawyers from the United States. Admissions about one's own doping abuse were also made in these publications many years before Ria Stalman's statements.

Sporting successes

The level of performance at these Olympic Games was significantly impaired by the boycott-related absence of numerous top athletes. Two world records were set in two disciplines . The Olympic record was improved eighteen times in a further eighteen disciplines .

With the Soviet Union and the GDR , two of the most successful nations in the past were not there because of their boycotts. Host USA presented itself as by far the most successful country with sixteen Olympic athletics victories. The FR of Germany followed by a long way , with four Olympic victories. Three nations won three Olympic victories each: Great Britain - in addition seven silver and six bronze medals, Romania - plus three silver and four bronze medals - and Italy - plus one silver and two bronze medals, Finland, Mexico and Morocco each had two Olympic champions. For all other nations there was at most one gold medal in athletics.

For the individual athletes, the following services should be mentioned in particular:

• Carl Lewis ( USA ) was the outstanding athlete of these games with four Olympic victories in athletics - 100-meter , 200-meter run , long jump and 4-by-100-meter relay . In doing so, he repeated exactly what Jesse Owens had succeeded in 1936 in Berlin .
• Valerie Brisco-Hooks ( USA ) won three gold medals - a 400-meter run , a 4-by-100-meter relay and a 4-by-400-meter relay .
• Chandra Cheeseborough ( USA ) became a two-time Olympic champion and won a silver medal - gold: 4-by-100-meter relay , 4-by-400-meter relay and silver: 400-meter run .
• Alonzo Babers ( USA ) won two gold medals - a 400-meter run and a 4-by-400-meter relay .

In addition, other services deserve special mention:

• Daley Thompson ( Great Britain ) became the second athlete in Olympic history to repeat his victory in the decathlon . Only the American Bob Mathias , who became Olympic champion in 1948 and 1952, had succeeded before him .
• Sebastian Coe ( Great Britain ) repeated his Olympic victory in the 1500 meter run . He was also the second athlete to achieve this. Before him, the New Zealander Peter Snell won this race in 1960 and 1964 .
• Twelve years after her high jump victory at the 1972 Olympic Games , Ulrike Meyfarth ( BR Germany ) won gold again in this discipline.
• Edwin Moses ( USA ) won the 400-meter hurdles for the second time after the 1976 Olympic Games - at the 1980 Olympic Games , he was unable to take advantage of his very good chances even then because of the US Olympic boycott.

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	09.99
2	Sam Graddy	United States	10.19
3	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.22
4th	Ron Brown	United States	10.26
5	Mike McFarlane	GBR	10.27
6th	Raymond Stewart	JAM	10.29
7th	Donovan Reid	GBR	10.33
8th	Tony Sharpe	CAN	10.35

Final on August 4th

Wind: +0.2 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	19.80 OR
2	Kirk Baptiste	United States	19.96
3	Thomas Jefferson	United States	20.26
4th	João Batista da Silva	BRA	20.30
5	Ralf Lübke	FRG	20.51
6th	Jean-Jacques Boussemart	FRA	20.55
7th	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.55
8th	Ade Mafe	GBR	20.85

Final on August 8th

Wind: −0.9 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alonzo Babers	United States	44.27
2	Gabriel Tiacoh	CIV	44.54
3	Antonio McKay	United States	44.71
4th	Darren Clark	OUT	44.75
5	Sunder Nothing	United States	44.75
6th	Sunday Uti	NGR	44.93
7th	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	45.35
DNS	Bert Cameron	JAM

Final on August 8th

800 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1: 43.00 OR
2	Sebastian Coe	GBR	1: 43.64
3	Earl Jones	United States	1: 43.83
4th	Billy Konchellah	KEN	1: 44.03
5	Donato Sabia	ITA	1: 44.53
6th	Edwin Koech	KEN	1: 44.86
7th	Johnny Gray	United States	1: 47.89
8th	Steve Ovett	GBR	1: 52.28

Final on August 6th

1500 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sebastian Coe	GBR	3: 32.53 OR
2	Steve Cram	GBR	3: 33.40
3	José Manuel Abascal	ESP	3: 34.30
4th	Joseph Chesire	KEN	3: 34.52
5	Jim Spivey	United States	3: 36.07
6th	Peter Wirz	SUI	3: 36.97
7th	Andrés Vera	ESP	3: 37.02
8th	Omer Khalifa	SOUTH	3: 37.11

Final on August 11th

5000 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Said Aouita	MAR	13: 05.59 OR
2	Markus Ryffel	SUI	13: 07.54
3	António Leitão	POR	13: 09.20
4th	Tim Hutchings	GBR	13: 11.50
5	Paul Kipkoech	KEN	13: 14.40
6th	Charles Cheruiyot	KEN	13: 18.41
7th	Doug Padilla	United States	13: 23.56
8th	John Walker	NZL	13: 24.46

Final on August 11th

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alberto Cova	ITA	27: 47.54
2	Mike McLeod	GBR	28: 06.22
3	Michael Musyoki	KEN	28: 06.46
4th	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	28: 06.50
5	Christoph Herle	FRG	28: 08.21
6th	Sostenes Bitok	KEN	28: 09.01
7th	Yutaka Kanai	JPN	28: 27.06
8th	Steve Jones	GBR	28: 28.08

Final on August 6th

The Finn Martti Vainio , who initially came in second, tested positive for anabolic steroids during the subsequent doping control and was disqualified five days later.

marathon

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - marathon (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Carlos Lopes	POR	2:09:21 OR
2	John Treacy	IRL	2:09:56
3	Charlie Spedding	GBR	2:09:58
4th	Takeshi So	JPN	2:10:55
5	Robert de Castella	OUT	2:11:09
6th	Juma Ikangaa	TAN	2:11:10
7th	Joseph Nzau	KEN	2:11:28
8th	Djama Robleh	DJI	2:11:39

12. August

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Roger Kingdom	United States	13.20 OR
2	Greg Foster	United States	13.23
3	Arto Bryggare	FIN	13.40
4th	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.45
5	Tonie Campbell	United States	13.55
6th	Stéphane Caristan	FRA	13.71
7th	Carlos Sala	ESP	13.80
8th	Jeff Glass	CAN	14.15

Final on August 6th

Wind: −0.4 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Edwin Moses	United States	47.75
2	Danny Harris	United States	48.13
3	Harald Schmid	FRG	48.19
4th	Sven Nylander	SWE	48.97
5	Amadou Dia Ba	SEN	49.28
6th	Tranel Hawkins	United States	49.42
7th	Michel Zimmermann	BEL	50.69
8th	Henry Amike	NGR	53.78

Final on August 5th

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Julius Korir	KEN	8: 11.80
2	Joseph Mahmoud	FRA	8: 13.31
3	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 14.06
4th	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 14.25
5	Colin Reitz	GBR	8: 15.48
6th	Domingo Ramón	ESP	8: 17.27
7th	Julius Kariuki	KEN	8: 17.47
8th	Pascal Debacker	FRA	8: 21.51

Final on August 10th

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis	37.83 WR
2	Jamaica	Albert Lawrence Greg Meghoo Donald Quarrie Raymond Stewart	38.62
3	Canada	Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Sterling Hinds	38.70
4th	Italy	Antonio Ullo Giovanni Bongiorni Stefano Tilli Pietro Mennea	38.87
5	BR Germany	Jürgen Koffler Peter Klein Jürgen Evers Ralf Lübke	38.99
6th	France	Antoine Richard Jean-Jacques Boussemart Marc Gasparoni Bruno Marie-Rose	39.10
7th	Great Britain	Daley Thompson Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Allan Wells	39.13
8th	Brazil	Arnaldo da Silva Nelson Rocha Santos Katsuhiko Nakaya Paulo Correia	39.40

Final on August 11th

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay	2: 57.91
2	Great Britain	Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Philip Brown	2: 59.13
3	Nigeria	Sunday Uti Moses Ugbisie Rotimi Peters Innocent Egbunike	2: 59.32
4th	Australia	Bruce Frayne Darren Clark Gary Minihan Rick Mitchell	2: 59.70
5	Italy	Roberto Tozzi Ernesto Nocco Roberto Ribaud Pietro Mennea	3: 01.44
6th	Barbados	Richard Louis David Peltier Clyde Edwards Elvis Forde	3: 01.60
7th	Uganda	John Goville Moses Kyeswa Peter Rwamuhanda Mike Okot	3: 02.09
8th	Canada	Michael Sokolowski Douglas Hinds Brian Saunders Tim Bethune	3: 02.82

Final on August 11th

20 km walking

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ernesto Canto	MEX	1:23:13 OR
2	Raúl González	MEX	1:23:20
3	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	1:23:26
4th	Guillaume LeBlanc	CAN	1:24:29
5	Carlo Mattioli	ITA	1:25:07
6th	José Marín	ESP	1:25:32
7th	Marco Evoniuk	United States	1:25:42
8th	Erling Andersen	NOR	1:25:54

3rd August

50 km of walking

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Raúl González	MEX	3:47:26 OR
2	Bo Gustafsson	SWE	3:53:19
3	Sandro Bellucci	ITA	3:53:45
4th	Reima saloons	FIN	3:58:30
5	Raffaello Ducceschi	ITA	3:59:26
6th	Carl Schueler	United States	3:59:46
7th	Jorge Llopart	ESP	4:03:09
8th	José Pinto	POR	4:04:42

August 11th

high jump

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dietmar Mögenburg	FRG	2.35
2	Patrik Sjöberg	SWE	2.33
3	Zhu Jianhua	CHN	2.31
4th	Dwight Stones	United States	2.31
5	Doug Nordquist	United States	2.29
6th	Milton Ottey	CAN	2.29
7th	Liu Yunpeng	CHN	2.29
8th	Cai Shu	CHN	2.27

Final on August 11th

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - pole vault (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Pierre Quinon	FRA	5.75
2	Mike Tully	United States	5.65
3	Earl Bell	United States	5.60
3	Thierry Vigneron	FRA	5.60
5	Kimmo Pallonen	FIN	5.45
6th	Doug Lytle	United States	5.40
7th	Felix Böhni	SUI	5.30
8th	Mauro Barella	ITA	5.30

Final on August 8th

Long jump

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	8.54
2	Gary Honey	OUT	8.24
3	Giovanni Evangelisti	ITA	8.24
4th	Larry Myricks	United States	8.16
5	Liu Yuhuang	CHN	7.99
6th	Joey Wells	BAH	7.97
7th	Jun'ichi Usui	JPN	7.87
8th	Kim Jong-il	COR	7.81

Final on August 6th

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Al Joyner	United States	17.26
2	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	17.18
3	Keith Connor	GBR	16.87
4th	Zou Zhenxian	CHN	16.83
5	Peter Bouschen	FRG	16.77
6th	Willie Banks	United States	16.75
7th	Ajayi Agbebaku	NGR	16.67
8th	Eric McCalla	GBR	16.66

Final on August 4th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	21.26
2	Michael Carter	United States	21.09
3	Dave Loud	United States	20.97
4th	August Wolf	United States	20.93
5	Werner Günthör	SUI	20.28
6th	Marco Montelatici	ITA	19.98
7th	Soeren Tallhem	SWE	19.81
8th	Erik de Bruin	NED	19.65

Final on August 11th

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Rolf Danneberg	FRG	66.60
2	Mac Wilkins	United States	66.30
3	John Powell	United States	65.46
4th	Knut Hjeltnes	NOR	65.28
5	Art Burns	United States	64.98
6th	Alwin Wagner	FRG	64.72
7th	Luciano Zerbini	ITA	63.50
8th	Stefan Fernholm	SWE	63.22

Final on August 10th

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Juha Tiainen	FIN	78.08
2	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	77.98
3	Klaus Ploghaus	FRG	76.68
4th	Orlando Bianchini	ITA	75.94
5	Bill Green	United States	75.60
6th	Harri Huhtala	FIN	75.28
7th	Walter Ciofani	FRA	73.46
8th	Robert Weir	GBR	72.62

Final on August 6th

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Arto Härkönen	FIN	86.76
2	David Ottley	GBR	85.74
3	Kenth Eldebrink	SWE	83.72
4th	Wolfram Gambke	FRG	82.46
5	Masami Yoshida	JPN	81.98
6th	Einar Vilhjálmson	ISL	81.58
7th	Roald Bradstock	GBR	81.22
8th	Laslo Babits	CAN	80.68

Final on August 5th

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (men)

space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Daley Thompson	GBR	8798 WRe / OR	8846
2	Jürgen Hingsen	FRG	8673	8695
3	Siegfried Wentz	FRG	8412	8416
4th	Guido Kratschmer	FRG	8326	8356
5	William Motti	FRA	8266	8278
6th	John Crist	United States	8130	8115
7th	Jim Wooding	United States	8091	8054
8th	Dave Steen	CAN	8047	8025

August 8th and 9th

Scoring was based on a point table modified in 1977. For a better classification of the performance, in addition to the official points according to the rating table from 1977, the number of points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 is also given. According to this table that is valid today, there would have been no changes to the top eight. But these comparisons are of course only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	10.97 OR
2	Alice Brown	United States	11.13
3	Merlene Ottey-Page	JAM	11.16
4th	Jeanette Bolden	United States	11.25
5	Grace Jackson	JAM	11.39
6th	Angela Bailey	CAN	11.40
7th	Heather Oakes	GBR	11.43
8th	Angella Taylor	CAN	11.62

Final on August 5th

Wind: −1.2 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	21.81 OR
2	Florence Griffith	United States	22.04
3	Merlene Ottey-Page	JAM	22.09
4th	Kathy Cook	GBR	22.10
5	Grace Jackson	JAM	22.20
6th	Randy Givens	United States	22.36
7th	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	FRA	22.78
8th	Liliane Gaschet	FRA	22.86

Final on August 9th

Wind: −0.1 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	48.83 OR
2	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	49.05
3	Kathy Cook	GBR	49.43
4th	Marita Payne	CAN	49.91
5	Lillie Leatherwood	United States	50.25
6th	Ute Thimm	FRG	50.37
7th	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	50.45
8th	Ruth Waithera	KEN	51.56

Final on August 6th

800 m

The women crossed the finish line over 800 meters

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Doina Melinte	ROME	1: 57.60
2	Kim Gallagher	United States	1: 58.63
3	Fița Lovin	ROME	1: 58.83
4th	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	1: 59.05
5	Lorraine Baker	GBR	2: 00.03
6th	Ruth Wysocki	United States	2: 00.34
7th	Margrit Klinger	FRG	2: 00.65
8th	Caroline O'Shea	IRL	2: 00.77

Final on August 6th

1500 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1,500 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	4: 03.25
2	Doina Melinte	ROME	4: 03.76
3	Maricica Puică	ROME	4: 04.15
4th	Roswitha Gerdes	FRG	4: 04.41
5	Christine Benning	GBR	4: 04.70
6th	Christina Boxer	GBR	4: 05.53
7th	Brit McRoberts	CAN	4: 05.98
8th	Ruth Wysocki	United States	4: 08.32

Final on August 11th

3000 m

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maricica Puică	ROME	8: 35.96 OR
2	Wendy Sly	GBR	8: 39.47
3	Lynn Williams	CAN	8: 42.14
4th	Cindy Brakeman	United States	8: 42.78
5	Cornelia Bürki	SUI	8: 45.20
6th	Aurora Cunha	POR	8: 46.37
7th	Zola Budd	GBR	8: 48.80
8th	Joan Hansen	United States	8: 51.53

Final on August 10th

marathon

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Marathon (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Joan Benoit	United States	2:24:52 OR
2	Grete Waitz	NOR	2:26:18
3	Pink Mota	POR	2:26:57
4th	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	2:27:34
5	Lorraine Moller	NZL	2:28:34
6th	Priscilla Welch	GBR	2:28:54
7th	Lisa Martin	OUT	2:29:03
8th	Sylvie Ruegger	CAN	2:29:09

5th of August

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown	United States	12.84
2	Shirley Strong	GBR	12.88
3	Kim Turner	United States	13.06
	Michèle Chardonnet	FRA	13.06
5	Glynis Nunn	OUT	13.20
6th	Marie-Noëlle Savigny	FRA	13.28
7th	Ulrike Denk	FRG	13.32
8th	Pamela Page	United States	13.40

Final on August 10th

Wind: −0.7 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nawal El Moutawakel	MAR	54.61 OR
2	Judi Brown	United States	55.20
3	Cristieana Cojocaru	ROME	55.41
4th	Pilavullakandi Usha	IND	55.42
5	Ann-Louise Skoglund	SWE	55.43
6th	Debbie Flintoff	OUT	56.21
7th	Tuija Helander	FIN	56.55
8th	Sandra Farmer	JAM	57.15

Final on August 8th

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Alice Brown Jeanette Bolden Chandra Cheeseborough Evelyn Ashford	41.65
2	Canada	Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor France Gareau	42.77
3	Great Britain	Simmone Jacobs Kathy Cook Beverley Callender Heather Oakes	43.11
4th	France	Rose-Aimée Bacoul Liliane Gaschet Marie-France Loval Raymonde Naigre	43.15
5	BR Germany	Edith Oker Michaela Schabinger Heidi-Elke Gaugel Ute Thimm	43.57
6th	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke Pauline Davis Debbie Greene Oralee Fowler	44.18
7th	Trinidad and Tobago	Janice Bernard Gillian Forde Ester Hope-Washington Angela Williams	44.23
8th	Jamaica	Juliet Cuthbert Grace Jackson Veronica Findlay Merlene Ottey-Page	53.54

Final on August 11th

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough	3: 18.29 OR
2	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne	3: 21.21
3	BR Germany	Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heidi-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bußmann	3: 22.98
4th	Great Britain	Michelle Scutt Helen Barnett Gladys Taylor Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	3: 25.51
5	Jamaica	Ilrey Oliver Cynthia Green Cathy Rattray Grace Jackson	3: 27.51
6th	Italy	Patrizia Lombardo Cosetta Campana Marisa Masullo Erica Rossi	3: 30.82
7th	India	Manathoor Valsamma Vandana Rao Shiny Abraham P. T. Usha	3: 32.49
DNS	Puerto Rico	Evelyn Mathieu Madeline de Jesús Angelita Lind Marie Mathieu

Final on August 11th

high jump

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	2.02 OR
2	Sara Simeoni	ITA	2.00
3	Joni Huntley	United States	1.97
4th	Maryse Éwanjé-Épée	FRA	1.94
5	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.94
6th	Vanessa Browne	OUT	1.94
7th	Zheng Dazhen	CHN	1.91
8th	Louise Ritter	United States	1.91

Final on August 10th

Long jump

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Anișoara Stanciu	ROME	6.96
2	Vali Ionescu	ROME	6.81
3	Susan Hearnshaw	GBR	6.80
4th	Angie Thacker	United States	6.78
5	Jackie Joyner	United States	6.77
6th	Robyn Lorraway	OUT	6.67
7th	Glynis Nunn	OUT	6.53
8th	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	6.44

Final on August 9th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot put (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Claudia Losch	FRG	20.48
2	Mihaela Loghin	ROME	20.47
3	Gael Martin	OUT	19.19
4th	Judy Oakes	GBR	18.14
5	Li Meisu	CHN	17.96
6th	Venissa Head	GBR	17.90
7th	Carol Cady	United States	17.23
8th	Florența Crăciunescu	ROME	17.23

Final on August 3rd

Discus throw

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German postage stamp for the Olympic Games

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ria Stalman	NED	65.36
2	Leslie Deniz	United States	64.86
3	Florența Crăciunescu	ROME	63.64
4th	Ulla Lundholm	FIN	62.84
5	Meg Ritchie	GBR	62.58
6th	Ingra Manecke	FRG	58.56
7th	Venissa Head	GBR	58.18
8th	Gael Martin	OUT	55.88

Final on August 11th

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tessa Sanderson	GBR	69.56 OR
2	Tiina Lillak	FIN	69.00
3	Fatima Whitbread	GBR	67.14
4th	Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	66.40
5	Trine Solberg	NOR	64.52
6th	Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	63.26
7th	Beate Peters	FRG	62.34
8th	Karin Smith	United States	62.06

Final on August 6th

Heptathlon

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Heptathlon (women)

space	Athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 80 value.
1	Glynis Nunn	OUT	6390 OR	6329
2	Jackie Joyner	United States	6385	6306
3	Sabine Everts	FRG	6363	6331
4th	Cindy Greiner	United States	6281	6191
5	Judy Simpson	GBR	6280	6206
6th	Sabine Braun	FRG	6236	6138
7th	Tineke Hidding	NED	6147	6028
8th	Kim Hagger	GBR	6127	6045

3rd and 4th August

Was judged by the points table from 1971, the 1980 introduction of the seven-fight was valid. The rating system that was subsequently put into effect from 1985 is still current today - April 2020.

For a better classification of the performance, in addition to the official points according to the 1980 rating table, the points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 are also given. According to this table, which is valid today, there would have been some decisive changes:

• Sabine Everts would be first instead of third.
• Gold medalist Glynis Nunn and second-placed Jackie Joyner would each have moved down one rank.
• The fourth placed Cindy Greiner and Judy Simpson in fifth would have swapped places.
• Tineke Hidding, rank seven, and Kim Hagger, rank eight, would also have swapped places.

But these comparisons are only of course indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

literature

• Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sarajevo with contributions by Ulrich Kaiser and Heinz Maegerlein , eds. Manfred Vorderwülbecke , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01851-2 , pp. 5-13 (general information), p. 14 -55 (athletics)

Web links

• Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , pp. 256–292, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 5, 2018
• Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics from Sports-Reference.com database , accessed January 5, 2018
• IOC 1984 Olympic Games Athletics website at olympic.org, accessed January 5, 2018
• Los Angeles 1984: Lewis on Owens' footsteps on rio.sportschau.de, accessed January 5, 2018
• Olympia Lexicon. Los Angeles 1984 from olympia-lexikon.de, accessed January 5, 2018
• OLYMPIA. Really dead , Der Spiegel April 1, 1985, H. 14/1985, accessed January 5, 2018
• “If you are not there, you cannot win” , Der Spiegel August 6, 1984, H. 32/1984, accessed on January 5, 2018
• EAST BLOCK. Very tired , Der Spiegel August 20, 1984, H. 34/1984, accessed on January 5, 2018
• Boycott: The Russians' Fear of the West , Der Spiegel May 14, 1984, H. 20/1984, accessed on January 5, 2018
• OLYMPIA. Morning more , Der Spiegel November 12, 1984, H. 46/1984, accessed January 5, 2018
• “All America floats in tears” , Der Spiegel August 6, 1984, H. 32/1984, accessed January 5, 2018
• “Incredibly abused, abused in cold blood” , Der Spiegel August 8, 1983, H. 32/1983, accessed on January 5, 2018
• Dutch Olympic champion Stalman admits doping , January 9, 2016 on t-online.de, accessed on January 5, 2018
• The Lewis & Co. case proves again that the USA can claim the status of a rogue state in doping issues - Source: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/16182312 © 2018 , Berliner Zeitung April 26, 2003, accessed on 5th January 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , pp. 256–292, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 5, 2018
2. ↑ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: The Story of an LA Icon on discoverlosangeles.com, accessed December 9, 2017
3. ↑ MARTTI VAINIO: He Went From Being the Apple of Finland's Eye to Being the Rotten Runner in the Country's Barrel , Los Angeles Times July 28, 1985, English, accessed January 7, 2018
4. ↑ List of Olympic doping offenders on SportsReference , accessed on January 13, 2018
5. ↑ List of Olympic doping offenders on SportsReference , accessed on January 13, 2018
6. ↑ Greek javelin champion Anna Verouli, who failed to qualify ... (Engl.) , Accessed on January 15, 2018
7. ↑ Olympic champion Stalman confesses after a good 31 years , Spiegel Online January 8, 2016, accessed on January 7, 2018
8. ↑ Doping Games 1984 , on taz.de August 17, 2009, accessed on January 7, 2018
9. ↑ Doping revelations tarnish Olympic anniversary , Welt / N24, accessed on January 7, 2018
10. ^ Doping. 1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles , from cycling4fans.de, accessed January 7, 2018