At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries. Women's marathon, women's 3000 meters, and women's 400 meters hurdles debuted at these Games.
Medal table
Medal summary
Men
{|
|-
|100 metres<br />
| ||9.99
| ||10.19
| ||10.22
|-
|200 metres<br />
| ||19.80 OR
| ||19.96
| ||20.26
|-
|400 metres<br />
| ||44.27
| ||44.54
| ||44.71
|-
|800 metres<br />
| ||1:43.00 OR
| ||1:43.64
| ||1:43.83
|-
|1500 metres<br />
| ||3:32.53 OR
| ||3:33.40
| ||3:34.30
|-
|5000 metres<br />
| ||13:05.59 OR
| ||13:07.54
| ||13:09.20
|-
|10,000 metres<br />
| ||27:47.54
| ||28:06.22
| ||28:06.46
|-
|110 metres hurdles<br />
| ||13.20 OR
| ||13.23
| ||13.40
|-
|400 metres hurdles<br />
| ||47.75
| ||48.13
| ||48.19
|-valign="top"
|3000 metres steeplechase<br />
| ||8:11.80
| ||8:13.31
| ||8:14.06
|-valign="top"
|4 × 100 metres relay<br />
| <br />Sam Graddy<br /> Ron Brown<br /> Calvin Smith<br /> Carl Lewis ||37.83 WR
| <br />Al Lawrence<br />Greg Meghoo<br />Don Quarrie<br />Ray Stewart<br />Norman Edwards* ||38.62
| <br />Ben Johnson<br />Tony Sharpe<br />Desai Williams<br />Sterling Hinds ||38.70
|-valign="top"
|4 × 400 metres relay<br />
| <br />Sunder Nix<br />Ray Armstead<br />Alonzo Babers<br />Antonio McKay<br />Walter McCoy*<br />Willie Smith* ||2:57.91
| <br />Kriss Akabusi<br />Garry Cook<br />Todd Bennett<br /> Phil Brown ||2:59.13
| <br />Sunday Uti<br />Moses Ugbusien<br />Rotimi Peters<br />Innocent Egbunike ||2:59.32
|-
|Marathon<br />
| ||2:09:21 OR
| ||2:09:56
| ||2:09:58
|-
|20 kilometres walk<br />
| ||1:23:13 OR
| ||1:23:20
| ||1:23:26
|-
|50 kilometres walk<br />
| ||3:47:26 OR
| ||3:53:19
| ||3:53:45
|-
|High jump<br />
| ||2.35 m
| ||2.33 m
| ||2.31 m
|-
|rowspan=2|Pole vault<br />
|rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|5.75 m
|rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|5.65 m
| ||rowspan=2|5.60 m
|-
|
|-
|Long jump<br />
| ||8.54 m
| ||8.24 m
| ||8.24 m
|-
|Triple jump<br />
| ||17.26 m
| ||17.18 m
| ||16.87 m
|-
|Shot put<br />
| ||21.26 m
| ||21.09 m
| ||20.97 m
|-
|Discus throw<br />
| ||66.60 m
| ||66.30 m
| ||65.46 m
|-
|Hammer throw<br />
| ||78.08 m
| ||77.98 m
| ||76.68 m
|-
|Javelin throw<br />
| ||86.76 m
| ||85.74 m
| ||83.72 m
|-
|Decathlon<br />
| ||8798 EWR
| ||8673
| ||8412
|}
Women
{|
|-
|100 metres<br />
| ||10.97 OR
| ||11.13
| ||11.16
|-
|200 metres<br />
| ||21.81 OR
| ||22.04
| ||22.09
|-
|400 metres<br />
| ||48.83 OR
| ||49.05
| ||49.42
|-
|800 metres<br />
| ||1:57.60
| ||1:58.63
| ||1:58.83
|-
|1500 metres<br />
| ||4:03.25
| ||4:03.76
| ||4:04.15
|-
|3000 metres<br />
| ||8:35.96 OR
| ||8:39.47
| ||8:42.14
|-
|rowspan=2|100 metres hurdles<br />
|rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|12.84
|rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|12.88
| ||rowspan=2|13.06
|-
|
|-
|400 metres hurdles<br />
| ||54.61 OR
| ||55.20
| ||55.41
|-valign="top"
|4 × 100 metres relay<br />
| <br />Alice Brown<br />Jeanette Bolden<br />Chandra Cheeseborough<br />Evelyn Ashford ||41.65
| <br />Angela Bailey<br />Marita Payne<br />Angella Taylor-Issajenko<br />France Gareau ||42.77
| <br />Simmone Jacobs<br />Kathy Smallwood-Cook<br />Beverley Goddard<br />Heather Hunte ||43.11
|-valign="top"
|4 × 400 metres relay<br />
| <br />Lillie Leatherwood<br />Sherri Howard<br />Valerie Brisco-Hooks<br />Chandra Cheeseborough<br />Diane Dixon*<br />Denean Howard* ||3:18.29 OR
| <br />Charmaine Crooks<br />Jillian Richardson<br />Molly Killingbeck<br />Marita Payne<br />Dana Wright* ||3:21.21
| <br />Heike Schulte-Mattler<br />Ute Thimm<br />Heidi-Elke Gaugel<br />Gaby Bußmann<br />Nicole Leistenschneider*<br />Christina Sussiek* ||3:22.98
|-
|Marathon<br />
| ||2:24:52 OR
| ||2:26:18
| ||2:26:57
|-
|High jump<br />
| ||2.02 m OR
| ||2.00 m
| ||1.97 m
|-
|Long jump<br />
| ||6.96 m
| ||6.81 m
| ||6.80 m
|-
|Shot put<br />
| ||20.48 m
| ||20.47 m
| ||19.19 m
|-
|Discus throw<br />
| ||65.36 m
| ||64.86 m
| ||63.64 m
|-
|Javelin throw<br />
| ||69.56 m OR
| ||69.00 m
| ||67.14 m
|-
|Heptathlon<br />
| ||6390 OR
| ||6385
| ||6363
|}
- * Athletes who ran in preliminary round and also received medals.
See also
- Athletics at the Friendship Games
- 1984 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
- Athletics Australia