# Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 16 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 41 | 41 | 43 | 125 |

## Medal summary
### Men

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

### Women

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