Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
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Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 11 August 1984. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul van Winkel	Belgium	3:58.50
	Randy Snow	United States	4:00.02
	André Viger	Canada	4:00.47
4	Mel Fitzgerald	Canada	4:00.65
5		West Germany	4:00.71
6	Peter Trotter	Australia	4:00.83
7	Rick Hansen	Canada	4:02.75
8		United States	4:21.37

Women's 800 m wheelchair[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sharon Hedrick	United States	2:15.73	WR
	Monica Wetterström	Sweden	2:20.73
	Candace Cable	United States	2:28.37
4		United States	2:32.22
5		Sweden	2:32.49
6		Canada	2:41.43
7	Connie Hansen	Denmark	2:41.53
8	Ingrid Lauridsen	Denmark	2:43.06

See also[]

• Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

References[]

• Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
• Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.