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On August 13, 1984, the IOC stripped Finnish long-distance runner Martti Vainio of his silver medal in the men's 10,000 m race after failing an anti-doping test. As a result, bronze medalist Mike McLeod of Great Britain was awarded silver, and Kenyan runner Michael Musyoki , who placed fourth in the competition, was awarded bronze.
Games Gold Silver 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
The American team was strong, led by 1983 World Championship winner Carl Lewis, who was attempting to match Jesse Owens's 1936 quadruple (100, 200, 4x100, and long jump). Sam Graddy and Ron Brown were the other members of the United States squad, edging out world record holder and World Championships runner-up Calvin Smith .
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.
This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the Summer ... 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008 ...
This was the first time in Olympic competition that eight gymnasts were allowed to move onto an apparatus final, instead of the previous six. The USSR and other satellite countries organized an 'Alternate Olympics' where the USSR, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and other Soviet Bloc (Cuba, North Korea, Poland and Hungary) nations ...
Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games as a demonstration sport for the second time in 60 years at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. It would become an official sport 4 years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Two events (men's and women's singles) were contested at these Games.
These are the official results of the Women's 200m metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 9, 1984, [1] and was won by 0.23 seconds by Valerie Brisco-Hooks. Coming into the final, future world record holder Florence Griffith had the fastest times in both the heats and semi final rounds.