1984 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Carl Lewis, USA | 9.99 | |
| Sam Graddy, USA | 10.19 | ||
| Ben Johnson, CAN | 10.22 | ||
| 200m | Carl Lewis, USA | 19.80 | OR |
| Kirk Baptiste, USA | 19.96 | ||
| Thomas Jefferson, USA | 20.26 | ||
| 400m | Alonzo Babers, USA | 44.27 | |
| Gabriel Tiacoh, CIV | 44.54 | ||
| Antonio McKay, USA | 44.71 | ||
| 800m | Joaquim Cruz, BRA | 1:43.00 | OR |
| Sebastian Coe, GBR | 1:43.64 | ||
| Earl Jones, USA | 1:43.83 | ||
| 1500m | Sebastian Coe, GBR | 3:32.53 | OR |
| Steve Cram, GBR | 3:33.40 | ||
| José Abascal, SPA | 3:34.30 | ||
| 5000m | Said Aouita, MOR | 13:05.59 | OR |
| Markus Ryffel, SWI | 13:07.54 | ||
| Antoaio Leitao, POR | 13:09.20 | ||
| 10,000m | Alberto Cova, ITA | 27:47.54 | |
| Michael McLeod, GBR* | 28:06.22 | ||
| Mike Musyoki, KEN | 28:06.46 | ||
| Marathon | Carlos Lopes, POR | 2:09:21 | OR |
| John Treacy, IRE | 2:09:56 | ||
| Charles Spedding, GBR | 2:09:58 | ||
| 110m H | Roger Kingdom, USA | 13.20 | OR |
| Greg Foster, USA | 13.23 | ||
| Arto Bryggare, FIN | 13.40 | ||
| 400m H | Edwin Moses, USA | 47.75 | |
| Danny Harris, USA | 48.13 | ||
| Harald Schmid, W. Ger | 48.19 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Julius Korir, KEN | 8:11.80 | |
| Joseph Mahmoud, FRA | 8:13.31 | ||
| Brian Diemer, USA | 8:14.06 | ||
| 20k Walk | Ernesto Canto, MEX | 1:23:13.0 | OR |
| Raul Gonzalez, MEX | 1:23:20 | ||
| Maurizio Damilano, ITA | 1:23:26 | ||
| 50k Walk | Raúl González, MEX | 3:47:26.0 | OR |
| Bo Gustafsson, SWE | 3:53:19 | ||
| Sandro Bellucci, ITA | 3:53:45 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) | 37.83 | WR |
| Jamaica | 38.62 | ||
| Canada | 38.70 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay) | 2:57.91 | |
| Great Britain | 2:59.13 | ||
| Nigeria | 2:59.32 |
*Martti Väiniö, FIN, disqualified from 2nd position after failing a drug test.
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Dietmar Mögenburg, W. Ger | 7- 81/2 | |
| Patrik Sjöberg, SWE | 7-73/4 | ||
| Jianhua Zhu, CHN | 7-7 | ||
| Pole Vault | Pierre Quinon, FRA | 18-101/4 | |
| Mike Tully, USA | 18-61/2 | ||
| Earl Bell, USA | 18-41/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Carl Lewis, USA | 28- 01/4 | |
| Gary Honey, AUS | 27-01/2 | ||
| Giovanni Evangelisti, ITA | 27-01/2 | ||
| Triple Jump | Al Joyner, USA | 56- 71/2 | |
| Mike Conley, USA | 56-41/2 | ||
| Keith Connor, GBR | 55-41/2 | ||
| Shot Put | Alessandro Andrei, ITA | 69- 9 | |
| Michael Carter, USA | 69-21/2 | ||
| Dave Laut, USA | 68-93/4 | ||
| Discus | Rolf Danneberg, W. Ger | 218- 6 | |
| Mac Wilkins, USA | 217-6 | ||
| John Powell, USA | 214-9 | ||
| Hammer | Juha Tiainen, FIN | 256- 2 | |
| Karl-Hans Riehm, W. Ger | 255-10 | ||
| Klaus Ploghaus, W. Ger | 251-7 | ||
| Javelin | Arto Harkönen, FIN | 284- 8 | |
| David Ottley, GBR | 281-3 | ||
| Kenth Eldebrink, SWE | 274-8 | ||
| Decathlon | Daley Thompson, GBR | 8798 pts | =WR |
| Jürgen Hingsen, W. Ger | 8673 | ||
| Siegfried Wentz, W. Ger | 8412 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Evelyn Ashford, USA | 10.97 | OR |
| Alice Brown, USA | 11.13 | ||
| Merlene Ottey, JAM | 11.16 | ||
| 200m | Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA | 21.81 | OR |
| Florence Griffith, USA | 22.04 | ||
| Merlene Ottey, JAM | 22.09 | ||
| 400m | Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA | 48.83 | OR |
| Chandra Cheeseborough, USA | 49.05 | ||
| Kthryn Cook, GBR | 49.42 | ||
| 800m | Doina Melinte, ROM | 1:57.60 | |
| Kim Gallagher, USA | 1:58.63 | ||
| Fita Lovin, ROM | 1:58.83 | ||
| 1500m | Gabriella Dorio, ITA | 4:03.25 | |
| Doina Melinte, ROM | 4:03.76 | ||
| Maricica Puica, ROM | 4:04.15 | ||
| 3000m | Maricica Puica, ROM | 8:35.96 | OR |
| Wendy Sly, GBR | 8:39.47 | ||
| Lynn WIlliams, CAN | 8:42.14 | ||
| Marathon | Joan Benoit, USA | 2:24.52 | |
| Grete Waitz, NOR | 2:26:18 | ||
| Rosa Mota, POR | 2:26:57 | ||
| 100m H | Benita Fitzergald-Brown, USA | 12.84 | |
| Shirley Strong, GBR | 12.88 | ||
| Kim Turner, USA / Michele Chardonnet, FRA | 13.06 | ||
| 400m H | Nawal El Moutawakel, MOR | 54.61 | OR |
| Judi Brown, USA | 55.20 | ||
| Cristina Cojocaru, ROM | 55.41 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, Evelyn Ashford) | 41.65 | |
| Canada | 42.77 | ||
| Great Britain | 43.11 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough) | 3:18.29 | OR |
| Canada | 3:21.21 | ||
| West Germany | 3:22.98 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Ulrike Meyfarth, W. Ger | 6- 71/2 | OR |
| Sara Simeoni, ITA | 6-63/4 | ||
| Joni Huntley, USA | 6-51/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Anisoara Stanciu, ROM | 22-10 | |
| Vali Ionescu, ROM | 22-41/4 | ||
| Susan Hearnshaw, GBR | 22-33/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Claudia Losch, W. Ger | 67- 21/4 | |
| Mihaela Loghin, ROM | 67-2 | ||
| Gael Martin, AUS | 62-111/2 | ||
| Discus | Ria Stalman, NED | 214- 5 | |
| Leslie Deniz, USA | 212-9 | ||
| Florenta Craciunescu, ROM | 208-9 | ||
| Javelin | Tessa Sanderson, GBR | 228- 2 | OR |
| Tiina Lillak, FIN | 226-4 | ||
| Fatima Whitbread, GBR | 220-5 | ||
| Heptathlon | Glynis Nunn, AUS | 6390 pts | OR |
| Jackie Joyner, USA | 6385 | ||
| Sabine Everts, W. Ger | 6363 |
