Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date4 August 1984 (heats)
5 August 1984 (semi-finals)
6 August 1984 (final)
Competitors28 from 18 nations
Winning time48.83 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valerie Brisco-Hooks
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chandra Cheeseborough
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kathy Cook
 Great Britain
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 6, 1984.[1]

Final[]

Held on August 6, 1984

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 48.83 (OR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 49.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kathy Cook  Great Britain 49.43
4 Marita Payne  Canada 49.91
5 Lillie Leatherwood  United States 50.25
6 Ute Thimm  West Germany 50.37
7 Charmaine Crooks  Canada 50.45
8 Ruth Waithera  Kenya 51.56

Semifinals[]

  • Held on August 5, 1984
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 51.14
2 Kathy Cook  Great Britain 51.49
3 Charmaine Crooks  Canada 51.53
4 Ruth Waithera  Kenya 52.21
5 June Griffith  Guyana 52.39
6 Cathy Rattray-Williams  Jamaica 53.23
7 Marie Mathieu  Puerto Rico 53.69
Gaby Bußmann  West Germany DNS


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 50.32
2 Lillie Leatherwood  United States 50.83
3 Marita Payne  Canada 50.94
4 Ute Thimm  West Germany 51.03
5 Molly Killingbeck  Canada 51.72
6 Michelle Scutt  Great Britain 52.07
7 Ilrey Oliver  Jamaica 52.14
8 Helen Barnett  Great Britain 52.26

Round one[]

  • Held on August 4, 1984
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 50.94
2 Charmaine Crooks  Canada 52.04
3 Ilrey Oliver  Jamaica 52.19
4 June Griffith  Guyana 52.27
5 Heike Schulte-Mattler  West Germany 52.77
6 Erica Rossi  Italy 53.04
7 Jocelyn Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda 53.63
8 Zonia Meigham  Guatemala 55.64


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gaby Bußmann  West Germany 52.42
2 Kathy Cook  Great Britain 52.64
3 Molly Killingbeck  Canada 52.77
4 Cathy Rattray-Williams  Jamaica 52.78
5 Gail Emmanuel  Trinidad and Tobago 54.07
6 Elanga Buala  Papua New Guinea 56.82
7 Mercy Addy  Ghana 58.91


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lillie Leatherwood  United States 52.05
2 Marita Payne  Canada 52.89
3 Helen Barnett  Great Britain 52.94
4 Marie Mathieu  Puerto Rico 53.27
5 Emma Tahapari  Indonesia 55.82
6 Reawadee Srithoa  Thailand 58.11


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 51.42
2 Ruth Waithera  Kenya 52.53
3 Ute Thimm  West Germany 52.53
4 Michelle Scutt  Great Britain 52.89
5 Cynthia Green  Jamaica 53.61
6 Carlon Blackman  Barbados 54.26
7 Mina El-Jas Zeina  Lebanon 59.56

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

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