Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
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| Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 9 August 1984 (heats) 10 August 1984 (semi-finals and finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12.84 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 10, 1984.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown United States
|
| Silver | Shirley Strong Great Britain
|
| Bronze | Kim Turner United States
|
| Bronze | Michèle Chardonnet France
|
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 12.36 |  Grażyna Rabsztyn
|
Warsaw (POL) | June 12, 1980 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 12.56 |  Vera Komisova
|
Moscow (URS) | July 28, 1980 |
Final
Held on August 10, 1984
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | United States
|
12.84 | |
|
Shirley Strong | Great Britain
|
12.88 | |
|
Kim Turner | United States
|
13.06 | |
| Michèle Chardonnet | France
|
13.06 | ||
| 5 | Glynis Nunn |  Australia
|
13.20 | |
| 6 | Marie-Noëlle Savigny | France
|
13.28 | |
| 7 | Ulrike Denk |  West Germany
|
13.32 | |
| 8 | Pam Page | United States
|
13.40 |
Semifinals
- Held on August 10, 1984
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Turner | United States
|
13.11 | |
| 2 | Shirley Strong | Great Britain
|
13.16 | |
| 3 | Marie-Noëlle Savigny | France
|
13.30 | |
| 4 | Pam Page | United States
|
13.36 | |
| 5 | Edith Oker | West Germany
|
13.37 | |
| 6 | Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave |  Canada
|
13.42 | |
| 7 | Cécile Ngambi |  Cameroon
|
13.70 | |
| 8 | Sophia Hunter |  Jamaica
|
13.84 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | United States
|
12.98 | |
| 2 | Michèle Chardonnet | France
|
13.09 | |
| 3 | Glynis Nunn | Australia
|
13.14 | |
| 4 | Ulrike Denk | West Germany
|
13.20 | |
| 5 | Sharon Danville | Great Britain
|
13.35 | |
| 6 | Maria Usifo |  Nigeria
|
13.52 | |
| 7 | Liu Huajin |  China
|
13.57 | |
| 8 | Sue Bradley-Kameli | Canada
|
13.65 |
Round one
- Held on August 9, 1984
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | United States
|
13.13 | |
| 2 | Michèle Chardonnet | France
|
13.46 | |
| 3 | Sharon Danville | Great Britain
|
13.46 | |
| 4 | Cécile Ngambi | Cameroon
|
13.54 | |
| 5 | Karen Nelson | Canada
|
13.77 | |
| 6 | Barbara Ingiro |  Papua New Guinea
|
15.39 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirley Strong | Great Britain
|
12.86w | |
| 2 | Edith Oker | West Germany
|
13.14w | |
| 3 | Glynis Nunn | Australia
|
13.29w | |
| 4 | Sophia Hunter | Jamaica
|
13.44w | |
| 5 | Liu Huajin | China
|
13.64w | |
| 6 | Elissavet Pantazi |  Greece
|
14.20w |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrike Denk | West Germany
|
13.32 | |
| 2 | Kim Turner | United States
|
13.33 | |
| 3 | Marie-Noëlle Savigny | France
|
13.36 | |
| 4 | Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave | Canada
|
13.47 | |
| 5 | Semra Aksu |  Turkey
|
13.96 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pam Page | United States
|
13.32 | |
| 2 | Maria Usifo | Nigeria
|
13.54 | |
| 3 | Sue Bradley-Kameli | Canada
|
13.72 | |
| 4 | Beatriz Capotosto |  Argentina
|
13.90 | |
| 5 | Laurence Elloy-Machabey | France
|
13.98 |
See also
- 1982 Women's European Championships 100 metres hurdles (Athens)
- 1983 Women's World Championships 100 metres hurdles (Helsinki)
- 1984 Friendship Games 100 metres hurdles (Prague)
- 1985 Women's World Championships 100 metres hurdles (Rome)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
