1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (women)

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Olympic rings
Olympic Torch Tower of the Los Angeles Coliseum.jpg
sport athletics
discipline 1500 meter run
gender Women
Attendees 22 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase August 9, 1984 (preliminary round)
August 11, 1984 (final)
Medalists
gold medal Gabriella Dorio ( ITA ) ItalyItaly 
Silver medal Doina Melinte ( ROM ) Romania 1965Romania 
Bronze medal Maricica Puică ( ROM ) Romania 1965Romania 

The women's 1,500-meter run at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 9-11, 1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 22 athletes took part.

The Italian Gabriella Dorio became Olympic champion . She won in front of the two Romanians Doina Melinte and Maricica Puică .

The Federal Republic of Germany was represented by Roswitha Gerdes , who qualified for the final and took fourth place there.
Helen Ritter from Liechtenstein was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Runners from Switzerland and Austria did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.

Current titleholders

Olympic champion in 1980 Tatjana Kasankina ( Soviet Union ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  3: 56.6 min Moscow 1980
World Champion 1983 Mary Decker ( USA ) United StatesUnited States  4:00, 90 min Helsinki 1983
European champion 1982 Olga Dwirna ( Soviet Union ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  3: 57.80 min Athens 1982
Pan American Champion 1983 Ranza Clark ( Canada ) CanadaCanada  4: 16.18 min Caracas 1983
Central America and Caribbean champion 1983 Eloína Kerr ( Cuba ) CubaCuba  4: 21.06 min Havana 1983
South America Champion 1983 Alejandra Ramos ( Chile ) ChileChile  4: 25.3 min Santa Fe 1983
Asian champion 1983 Geng Xiuquan ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  4: 30.72 min Kuwait City 1983
African champion 1982 Justina Chepchirchir ( Kenya ) KenyaKenya  4: 22.03 min Cairo 1982

Existing records

World record 3: 52.47 min Tatjana Kasankina ( Soviet Union ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  Zurich , Switzerland August 13, 1980
Olympic record 3: 55.0 min Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia ) July 6, 1980

Preliminary round

Date: August 9, 1984

For the preliminary round, the 22 participants were drawn in two runs. The first four athletes of each run qualified for the final. Furthermore, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

At the age of 15 the Kenyan Justine Chepchirchir was the youngest participant in the field, the Romanian Maricica Puică at 34 years the oldest.

In the first run, Roswitha Gerdes and the Canadian Brit McRoberts crossed the finish line in fourth place exactly at the same time. According to the regulations, only the first four places were intended for direct qualification. But now there was a preliminary run with five directly qualified runners. Contrary to what was planned, not four, but only three lucky losers made it to the final.

The fastest lead time was achieved by the Italian Gabriella Dorio with 4: 04.51 min in run 2.

Forward 1

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Christine Benning United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4: 10.48 min
Doina Melinte Romania 1965Romania Romania
3 Fița Lovin Romania 1965Romania Romania 4: 10.58 min
4th Roswitha Gerdes Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 4: 10.64 min
Brit McRoberts CanadaCanada Canada
6th Elly van Hulst NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4: 10.69 min
7th Mission Kane United StatesUnited States United States 4: 11.86 min
8th Diana Richburg United StatesUnited States United States 4: 13.35 min
9 Helen Knight LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 4: 19.39 min
10 Justina Chepchirchir KenyaKenya Kenya 4: 21.97 min
11 Laverne Bryan Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 4: 32.44 min
12 Kriscia García El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador 4: 38.00 min

Forward 2

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Gabriella Dorio ItalyItaly Italy 4: 04.51 min
2 Maricica Puică Romania 1965Romania Romania 4: 05.30 min
3 Ruth Wysocki United StatesUnited States United States 4: 05.65 min
4th Christina Boxer United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4: 07.40 min
5 Lynne MacDougall United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4: 09.08 min
6th Debbie Scott CanadaCanada Canada 4: 09.16 min
7th Jill McCabe SwedenSweden Sweden 4: 16.48 min
8th Alejandra Ramos ChileChile Chile 4: 22.03 min
9 Liliana Gongora ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 4: 28.02 min
10 Mariciane Mukamurenzi Rwanda 1962Rwanda Rwanda 4: 31.56 min
DNS Margrit Klinger Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany

final

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Gabriella Dorio ItalyItaly Italy 4: 03.25 min
2 Doina Melinte Romania 1965Romania Romania 4: 03.76 min
3 Maricica Puică Romania 1965Romania Romania 4: 04.15 min
4th Roswitha Gerdes Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 4: 04.41 min
5 Christine Benning United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4: 04.70 min
6th Christina Boxer United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4: 05.53 min
7th Brit McRoberts CanadaCanada Canada 4: 05.98 min
8th Ruth Wysocki United StatesUnited States United States 4: 08.32 min
9 Fița Lovin Romania 1965Romania Romania 4: 09.11 min
10 Debbie Scott CanadaCanada Canada 4: 10.41 min
11 Lynne MacDougall United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4: 10.58 min
12 Elly van Hulst NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4: 11.58 min

Date: August 11, 1984

All three Romanians and all three British women had qualified for the final on August 11, 1984. There were also two Canadians and one runner each from the USA, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands.

The Olympic boycott of numerous states impaired this competition mainly due to the resulting absence of the athletes from the Soviet Union, whose runners were right at the top of the current world rankings. At the last world championships , Samira Saizewa , Jekaterina Podkopajewa and Rawilja Agletdinowa, three athletes from the USSR, took second to fourth place. At the European Championships in 1982 , Olga Dwirna and Samira Saizewa had given a Soviet double victory. The favorites were now the two Romanians Maricica Puică, Olympic champion over 3000 meters the day before the 1500 meter final , and Doina Melinte, here in Moscow gold medalist over 800 meters , and the Italian Gabriella Dorio, third in the 1982 European Championship US athlete Mary Decker , reigning world champion, decided not to start over 1500 meters; she had concentrated on the 3000-meter run that was new to the Olympic program.

For a long time the Briton Christina Boxer led. the field followed closed. The 400-meter split was 66.14 s. All runners wanted to secure good starting positions for a possible increase in speed, so they ran broadly. On the outside, Dorio also came forward. Boxer continued to lead, after two laps the running time was 2: 14.66 minutes, so it had become a little slower - the last 400 meters: 68.52 seconds. Nevertheless, the runners were now clearly lined up one behind the other, Dorio was still second, Gerdes third. Shortly before the start of the last lap, Dorio took the lead and increased the pace. The field was still close together, Melinte was now second ahead of Boxer, Gerdes, Puică and the British Christine Benning. 300 meters from the finish, a group of seven with the American Ruth Wysocki in seventh place. The 1200 meter transit time was 3: 16.91 minutes; H. the third lap was by far the fastest with 62.15 s. Between Dorio and Melinte a duel for victory developed on the back straight, the two separated from their pursuers. The group behind stayed close together at first. At the end of the last corner Melinte overtook her Italian rival, Gerdes and Benning passed Boxer, then Puică followed. Wysocki had to be ripped off. At the end of the target curve, Dorio countered Melintes attack and was the first to enter the home straight. Gabriella Dorio initially increased her lead and in the end no longer had to give everything for her Olympic victory. Doina Melinte, former Doina Beșliu, came closer again, but did not reach Dorio anymore and in the end won the silver medal. In the last 40 meters, Maricica Puică, former Maricica Luca, flew past the three runners in front of her to the bronze place. The next places went to Roswitha Gerdes, Christine Benning and Christina Boxer. The Canadian Brit McRoberts had pushed past Ruth Wysocki to seventh place.

The spectators saw a thrilling and exciting race. Gabriella Dorio ran the last lap in 61.46 seconds. Nevertheless, the absence of the top female athletes from the USSR undoubtedly affected this competition.

Doina Melinte and Maricica Puică won the first medals for Romania in this discipline.

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Individual evidence

  1. IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 795 , accessed on January 14, 2018
  2. a b Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 261, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 14, 2018
  3. SportsReference 1500 m , accessed January 14, 2018