| Event: | Athletics |
| Games: | 1984 Summer |
| Num Events: | 41 |
| Nations: | 124 |
| Competitors: | 1,273 |
| Prev: | Moscow 1980 |
| Next: | Seoul 1988 |
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.
| 100 metres | 9.99 | 10.19 | 10.22 | ||||
| 200 metres | 19.80 OR | 19.96 | 20.26 | ||||
| 400 metres | 44.27 | 44.54 | 44.71 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:43.00 OR | 1:43.64 | 1:43.83 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:32.53 OR | 3:33.40 | 3:34.30 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 13:05.59 OR | 13:07.54 | 13:09.20 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 27:47.54 | 28:06.22 | 28:06.46 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles | 13.20 OR | 13.23 | 13.40 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 47.75 | 48.13 | 48.19 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:11.80 | 8:13.31 | 8:14.06 | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 37.83 WR | Al Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart Norman Edwards | 38.62 | 38.70 | |||
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay Walter McCoy | 2:57.91 | 2:59.13 | 2:59.32 | |||
| Marathon | 2:09:21 OR | 2:09:56 | 2:09:58 | ||||
| 20 kilometres walk | 1:23:13 OR | 1:23:20 | 1:23:26 | ||||
| 50 kilometres walk | 3:47:26 OR | 3:53:19 | 3:53:45 | ||||
| High jump | 2.35 m | 2.33 m | 2.31 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.75 m | 5.65 m | 5.60 m | ||||
| Long jump | 8.54 m | 8.24 m | 8.24 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 17.26 m | 17.18 m | 16.87 m | ||||
| Shot put | 21.26 m | 21.09 m | 20.97 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 66.60 m | 66.30 m | 65.46 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 78.08 m | 77.98 m | 76.68 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 86.76 m | 85.74 m | 83.72 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 8798 EWR | 8673 | 8412 |
| 100 metres | 10.97 OR | 11.13 | 11.16 | ||||
| 200 metres | 21.81 OR | 22.04 | 22.09 | ||||
| 400 metres | 48.83 OR | 49.05 | 49.42 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:57.60 | 1:58.63 | 1:58.83 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:03.25 | 4:03.76 | 4:04.15 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 8:35.96 OR | 8:39.47 | 8:42.14 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles | 12.84 | 12.88 | 13.06 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 54.61 OR | 55.20 | 55.41 | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 41.65 | 42.77 | 43.11 | ||||
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough Diane Dixon | 3:18.29 OR | Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne Dana Wright | 3:21.21 | Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heidi-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bußmann Nicole Leistenschneider | 3:22.98 | |
| Marathon | 2:24:52 OR | 2:26:18 | 2:26:57 | ||||
| High jump | 2.02 m OR | 2.00 m | 1.97 m | ||||
| Long jump | 6.96 m | 6.81 m | 6.80 m | ||||
| Shot put | 20.48 m | 20.47 m | 19.19 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 65.36 m | 64.86 m | 63.64 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 69.56 m OR | 69.00 m | 67.14 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 6390 OR | 6385 | 6363 |