Athletics 1984

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 12 August 1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

For the first time in history, women competed in three more events added to the program: 3,000 metres, 400 metres hurdles, and the marathon. The women's pentathlon was also replaced with the heptathlon, a combination of seven track and field events.

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	16	15	9	40
2	West Germany	4	2	5	11
3	Great Britain	3	7	6	16
4	Romania	3	3	4	10
5	Italy	3	1	3	7
6	Finland	2	1	1	4
7	Mexico	2	1	0	3
8	Morocco	2	0	0	2
9	France	1	1	2	4
10	Australia	1	1	1	3
11	Portugal	1	0	2	3
12	Kenya	1	0	1	2
13	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
15	Canada	0	2	3	5
16	Sweden	0	2	1	3
17	Jamaica	0	1	2	3
18	Côte d'Ivoire	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
22	China	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Men

Event
100 m	Carl Lewis	Sam Graddy	Ben Johnson
200 m	Carl Lewis	Kirk Baptiste	Thomas Jefferson
400 m	Alonzo Babers	Gabriel Tiacoh	Antonio McKay
800 m	Joaquim Cruz	Sebastian Coe	Earl Jones
1500 m	Sebastian Coe	Steve Cram	Jose Abascal
5000 m	Said Aouita	Markus Ryffel	Antonio Leitao
10000 m	Alberto Cova	Michael McLeod	Mike Musyoki
Marathon	Carlos Lopes	John Treacy	Charles Spedding
110 m hurdles	Roger Kingdom	Gregory Foster	Arto Bryggare
400 m hurdles	Edwin Moses	Danny Harris	Harald Schmid
3000 m steeplechase	Julius Korir	Joseph Mahmoud	Brian Diemer
4x100 m	United States Ron Brown Sam Graddy Carl Lewis Calvin Smith	Jamaica Norman Edwards Albert Lawrence Gregory Meghoo Donald Quarrie Ray Stewart	Canada Sterling Hinds Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams
4x400 m	United States Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Walter McCoy Antonio McKay Sunder Nix Willie Smith	Great Britain Kriss Akabusi Todd Bennett Philip Brown Garry Cook	Nigeria Innocent Egbunike Rotimi Peters Moses Ugbosien Sunday Uti
20 km walk	Ernesto Canto	Raul Gonzalez	Maurizio Damilano
50 km walk	Raul Gonzalez	Bo Gustafsson	Sandro Bellucci
High jump	Dietmar Moegenburg	Patrik Sjoeberg	Zhu Jianhua
Pole vault	Pierre Quinon	Mike Tully	Thierry Vigneron Earl Bell
Long jump	Carl Lewis	Gary Honey	Giovanni Evangelisti
Triple jump	Al Joyner	Mike Conley	Keith Connor
Shot put	Alessandro Andrei	Michael Carter	Dave Laut
Discus throw	Rolf Danneberg	Mac Wilkins	John Powell
Hammer throw	Juha Tiainen	Karl-Hans Riehm	Klaus Ploghaus
Javelin throw	Arto Haerkoenen	David Ottley	Kenth Eldebrink
Decathlon	Daley Thompson	Juergen Hingsen	Siegfried Wentz

Women

Event
100 m	Evelyn Ashford	Alice Brown	Merlene Ottey-Page
200 m	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Florence Griffith	Merlene Ottey-Page
400 m	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Chandra Cheeseborough	Kathryn Cook
800 m	Doina Melinte	Kim Gallagher	Fita Lovin
1500 m	Gabriella Dorio	Doina Melinte	Maricica Puica
3000 m	Maricica Puica	Wendy Sly	Lynn Williams
Marathon	Joan Benoit	Grete Waitz	Rosa Mota
100 m hurdles	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown	Shirley Strong	Michele Chardonnet Kim Turner
400 m hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakel	Judi Brown	Cristina Cojocaru
4x100 m	United States Evelyn Ashford Jeanette Bolden Alice Brown Chandra Cheeseborough	Canada Angela Bailey France Gareau Marita Payne Angella Taylor	Great Britain Beverley Callender Kathryn Cook Simone Jacobs Heather Oakes
4x400 m	United States Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough Diane Dixon Denean Howard Sherri Howard Lillie Leatherwood	Canada Charmaine Crooks Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne Jillian Richardson Dana Wright	West Germany Gaby Bussmann Heide Gaugel Nicole Leistenschneider Heike Schulte-Mattler Christina Sussiek Ute Thimm
High jump	Ulrike Meyfarth	Sara Simeoni	Joni Huntley
Long jump	Anisoara Stanciu	Vali Ionescu	Susan Heamshaw
Shot put	Claudia Losch	Mihaela Loghin	Gael Martin
Discus throw	Ria Stalman	Leslie Deniz	Florenta Craciunescu
Javelin throw	Tessa Sanderson	Tiina Lillak	Fatima Whitbread
Heptathlon	Glynis Nunn	Jackie Joyner	Sabine Everts

Trivia

• There were 1273 total athletes from 124 countries.
• Wassana Panyapuek was the youngest participant with 15 years and 241 days.
• Joyce Smith was the oldest participant with 46 years and 284 days.
• 45 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the highest number out of all sports.
• United States won 40 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Great Britain won 16 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Romania won 10 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Finland won 4 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Jamaica won its only 3 medals of Los Angeles 1984.
• Kenya won its only 2 medals of Los Angeles 1984.
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ireland, and Portugal won their only medal of Los Angeles 1984.
• Switzerland won its first medal in the sport since Helsinki 1952.
• Ireland and Norway won their first medal in the sport since Melbourne 1956.
• Finland and Mexico won their first 2 gold medals in the sport since Montreal 1976.
• China and Nigeria won their first-ever medal in the sport.
• Morocco won its first-ever 2 gold medals in the sport.
• Côte d'Ivoire won its first-ever Olympic medal.

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