Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates:	5 August 1984 (heats) 6 August 1984 (semi-finals) 8 August 1984 (final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	20
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Nawal El Moutawakel
Goldnoc:	MAR
Silver:	Judi Brown
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Cristieana Cojocaru
Bronzenoc:	ROM
Win Value:	54.61
Next:	1988

The Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States, had an entry list of 26 competitors, with four qualifying heats (26 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on August 8, 1984. The event made its Olympic debut at these games.^[1]

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		54.61
		55.20
		55.41
4.		55.42
5.		55.43
6.		56.21
7.		56.55
8.		57.15

Semi-finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		55.17
2.		55.24
3.		55.65
4.		56.05
5.		56.19
6.		56.45
7.		56.67
8.		57.89

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		55.94
2.		55.97
3.		56.24
4.		56.59
5.		56.72
6.		57.01
7.		57.02 (NR)
8.		58.55

Qualifying heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		55.97
2.		56.81
3.		57.20
4.		57.22
5.		58.54
6.		1:00.86

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		56.49
2.		56.89
3.		57.06
4.		57.64
5.		58.02
6.		58.17

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		56.67
2.		56.94
3.		57.38
4.		57.49
5.		58.42
6.		59.77
7.		1:02.70

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		55.75
2.		57.78
3.		58.71
4.		59.09
5.		1:00.03
6.		1:01.19
7.		1:01.66

External links

Results

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174332/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/womens-400-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 October 2017 . sports-reference.com.