Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Athletes during the men's 400 meters event

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[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)1615940
2 West Germany (FRG)42511
3 Great Britain (GBR)37616
4 Romania (ROU)33410
5 Italy (ITA)3137
6 Finland (FIN)2114
7 Mexico (MEX)2103
8 Morocco (MAR)2002
9 France (FRA)1124
10 Australia (AUS)1113
11 Portugal (POR)1023
12 Kenya (KEN)1012
13 Brazil (BRA)1001
 Netherlands (NED)1001
15 Canada (CAN)0235
16 Sweden (SWE)0213
17 Jamaica (JAM)0123
18 Ireland (IRL)0101
 Ivory Coast (CIV)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
22 China (CHN)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (24 nations)414143125

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Carl Lewis
 United States
9.99 Sam Graddy
 United States
10.19 Ben Johnson
 Canada
10.22
200 metres
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Carl Lewis
 United States
19.80 OR Kirk Baptiste
 United States
19.96 Thomas Jefferson
 United States
20.26
400 metres
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Alonzo Babers
 United States
44.27 Gabriel Tiacoh
 Ivory Coast
44.54 Antonio McKay
 United States
44.71
800 metres
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Joaquim Cruz
 Brazil
1:43.00 OR Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain
1:43.64 Earl Jones
 United States
1:43.83
1500 metres
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Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain
3:32.53 OR Steve Cram
 Great Britain
3:33.40 José Manuel Abascal
 Spain
3:34.30
5000 metres
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Saïd Aouita
 Morocco
13:05.59 OR Markus Ryffel
 Switzerland
13:07.54 António Leitão
 Portugal
13:09.20
10,000 metres
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Alberto Cova
 Italy
27:47.54 Mike McLeod
 Great Britain
28:06.22 Mike Musyoki
 Kenya
28:06.46
110 metres hurdles
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Roger Kingdom
 United States
13.20 OR Greg Foster
 United States
13.23 Arto Bryggare
 Finland
13.40
400 metres hurdles
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Edwin Moses
 United States
47.75 Danny Harris
 United States
48.13 Harald Schmid
 West Germany
48.19
3000 metres steeplechase
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Julius Korir
 Kenya
8:11.80 Joseph Mahmoud
 France
8:13.31 Brian Diemer
 United States
8:14.06
4×100 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Sam Graddy
Ron Brown
Calvin Smith
Carl Lewis
37.83 WR  Jamaica (JAM)
Al Lawrence
Greg Meghoo
Don Quarrie
Ray Stewart
Norman Edwards*
38.62  Canada (CAN)
Ben Johnson
Tony Sharpe
Desai Williams
Sterling Hinds
38.70
4×400 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Sunder Nix
Ray Armstead
Alonzo Babers
Antonio McKay
Walter McCoy*
Willie Smith*
2:57.91  Great Britain (GBR)
Kriss Akabusi
Garry Cook
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown
2:59.13  Nigeria (NGR)
Sunday Uti
Moses Ugbusien
Rotimi Peters
Innocent Egbunike
2:59.32
Marathon
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Carlos Lopes
 Portugal
2:09:21 OR John Treacy
 Ireland
2:09:56 Charlie Spedding
 Great Britain
2:09:58
20 kilometres walk
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Ernesto Canto
 Mexico
1:23:13 Raúl González
 Mexico
1:23:20 Maurizio Damilano
 Italy
1:23:26
50 kilometres walk
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Raúl González
 Mexico
3:47:26 Bo Gustafsson
 Sweden
3:53:19 Sandro Bellucci
 Italy
3:53:45
High jump
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Dietmar Mögenburg
 West Germany
2.35 m Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden
2.33 m Jianhua Zhu
 China
2.31 m
Pole vault
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Pierre Quinon
 France
5.75 m Mike Tully
 United States
5.65 m Earl Bell
 United States
5.60 m
Thierry Vigneron
 France
Long jump
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Carl Lewis
 United States
8.54 m Gary Honey
 Australia
8.24 m Giovanni Evangelisti
 Italy
8.24 m
Triple jump
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Al Joyner
 United States
17.26 m Mike Conley
 United States
17.18 m Keith Connor
 Great Britain
16.87 m
Shot put
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Alessandro Andrei
 Italy
21.26 m Michael Carter
 United States
21.09 m Dave Laut
 United States
20.97 m
Discus throw
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Rolf Danneberg
 West Germany
66.60 m Mac Wilkins
 United States
66.30 m John Powell
 United States
65.46 m
Hammer throw
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Juha Tiainen
 Finland
78.08 m Karl-Hans Riehm
 West Germany
77.98 m Klaus Ploghaus
 West Germany
76.68 m
Javelin throw
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Arto Härkönen
 Finland
86.76 m David Ottley
 Great Britain
85.74 m Kenth Eldebrink
 Sweden
83.72 m
Decathlon
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Daley Thompson
 Great Britain
8798 EWR Jürgen Hingsen
 West Germany
8673 Siegfried Wentz
 West Germany
8412

Women[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Evelyn Ashford
 United States
10.97 Alice Brown
 United States
11.13 Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
11.16
200 metres
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Valerie Brisco-Hooks
 United States
21.81 Florence Griffith
 United States
22.04 Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
22.09
400 metres
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Valerie Brisco-Hooks
 United States
48.83 Chandra Cheeseborough
 United States
49.05 Kathy Smallwood-Cook
 Great Britain
49.42
800 metres
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Doina Melinte
 Romania
1:57.60 Kim Gallagher
 United States
1:58.63 Fiţa Lovin
 Romania
1:58.83
1500 metres
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Gabriella Dorio
 Italy
4:03.25 Doina Melinte
 Romania
4:03.76 Maricica Puică
 Romania
4:04.15
3000 metres
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Maricica Puică
 Romania
8:35.96 Wendy Smith-Sly
 Great Britain
8:39.47 Lynn Williams
 Canada
8:42.14
100 metres hurdles
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Benita Fitzgerald
 United States
12.84 Shirley Strong
 Great Britain
12.88 Michèle Chardonnet
 France
13.06
Kim Turner
 United States
400 metres hurdles
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Nawal El Moutawakel
 Morocco
54.61 Judi Brown
 United States
55.20 Cristieana Cojocaru
 Romania
55.41
4×100 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Alice Brown
Jeanette Bolden
Chandra Cheeseborough
Evelyn Ashford
41.65  Canada (CAN)
Angela Bailey
Marita Payne
Angella Taylor-Issajenko
France Gareau
42.77  Great Britain (GBR)
Simmone Jacobs
Kathy Smallwood-Cook
Beverley Goddard
Heather Hunte
43.11
4×400 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Lillie Leatherwood
Sherri Howard
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Chandra Cheeseborough
Diane Dixon*
Denean Howard*
3:18.29  Canada (CAN)
Charmaine Crooks
Jillian Richardson
Molly Killingbeck
Marita Payne
Dana Wright*
3:21.21  West Germany (FRG)
Heike Schulte-Mattler
Ute Thimm
Heide-Elke Gaugel
Gaby Bußmann
Nicole Leistenschneider*
Christina Sussiek*
3:22.98
Marathon
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Joan Benoit
 United States
2:24:52 Grete Waitz
 Norway
2:26:18 Rosa Mota
 Portugal
2:26:57
High jump
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Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany
2.02 m Sara Simeoni
 Italy
2.00 m Joni Huntley
 United States
1.97 m
Long jump
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Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu
 Romania
6.96 m Vali Ionescu
 Romania
6.81 m Susan Hearnshaw
 Great Britain
6.80 m
Shot put
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Claudia Losch
 West Germany
20.48 m Mihaela Loghin
 Romania
20.47 m Gael Martin
 Australia
19.19 m
Discus throw
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Ria Stalman
 Netherlands
65.36 m Leslie Deniz
 United States
64.86 m Florenţa Crăciunescu
 Romania
63.64 m
Javelin throw
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Tessa Sanderson
 Great Britain
69.56 m Tiina Lillak
 Finland
69.00 m Fatima Whitbread
 Great Britain
67.14 m
Heptathlon
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Glynis Nunn
 Australia
6390 Jackie Joyner
 United States
6385 Sabine Everts
 West Germany
6363
  • * Athletes who ran in preliminary round and also received medals.

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