Athletics at the Friendship Games explained

Athletics at the Friendship Games
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Host City:	Moscow, Soviet Union (men) Prague, Czechoslovakia (women)
Dates:	–
Stadium:	Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (men) Evžen Rošický Stadium (women)
Nations Participating:	39
Athletes Participating:	529
Events:	41
Level:	Senior

Athletics at the Friendship Games was contested in 41 events, 24 events by men and 17 by women. Men competed at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (now Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow, Soviet Union between 17 and 18 August, while women's events took place at the Evžen Rošický Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia between 16 and 18 August 1984.

One new world record was set, by East German Irina Meszynski in women's discus throw, with 73.36 m. As of 2024, it still ranks Meszynski sixth on the world all-time list.^[1]

In an unusual feat, Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) and Ryszard Ostrowski (Poland) both crossed the finish line at exactly the same moment in the men's 800 metres. After the officials were unable to split them using a photo-finish, both were declared gold medalists.^[2]

The Soviet Union dominated the final medal tally, winning 24 gold and 63 total medals. East Germany finished second, with 8 and 19 respectively.

Medal summary

Men

		10.17		10.18		10.21
		20.34		20.41		20.58
		44.78		45.51		45.57
		1:45.68	none awarded	–		1:45.82
		3:36.65		3:37.35		3:38.42
		13:26.35		13:26.85		13:29.08
		27:55.16		27:58.97		28:03.06
		2:10:32		2:11:30		2:11:44
		13.52		13.57		13.64
		48.63		48.74		49.29
		8:27.15		8:27.43		8:32.36
	valign=top	Aleksandr Yevgenyev Sergey Sokolov Vladimir Muravyov Nikolay Sidorov	38.32	valign=top	Tomás González Leandro Peñalver Silvio Leonard Osvaldo Lara	38.79	valign=top		38.81
	valign=top		3:00.16	valign=top	Carlo Niestädt Mathias Schersing Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz	3:00.47	valign=top		3:04.76
		1:21:57		1:22:21		1:22:40
		3:43:06		3:45:53		3:58:47
		2.25 m		2.25 m		2.20 m
		5.80 m		5.70 m		5.70 m
		8.38 m		8.37 m		8.22 m
		17.46 m		17.41 m		17.29 m
		21.64 m		21.60 m		21.58 m
		66.70 m		66.04 m		66.02 m
		85.60 m		82.56 m		81.30 m
		94.44 m		88.32 m		87.10 m
		8523		8450		8433

Women

		10.95		11.02		11.10
		22.15		22.75		22.79
		48.16		48.73		49.52
		1:57.31		1:58.06		1:58.10
		3:56.63		3:58.70		4:01.61
		8:33.01		8:40.53		8:43.74
		12.55		12.60		12.61
		53.67		54.42		54.65
		2:33:44		2:33:54		2:33:59
	valign=top	Pepa Pavlova Anelia Nuneva Nadezhda Georgieva Liliyana Ivanova	42.62	valign=top	Lyudmila Kondratyeva Maia Azarashvili Svetlana Zhizdrikova Olga Antonova	42.71	valign=top		43.21
	valign=top		3:19.12	valign=top	Alena Bulířová Zuzana Moravčíková Jarmila Kratochvílová Taťána Kocembová	3:21.89	valign=top		3:28.34
		1.96 m		1.96 m		1.96 m
		7.15 m		7.11 m		7.11 m
		21.96 m		21.33 m		21.18 m
		73.36 m (WR)		72.14 m		70.14 m
		73.30 m		65.40 m		64.34 m
		6477		6357		6290

World records broken

1 new world record was set.

See also

• Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Notes

1. Web site: Olympic Games 2008. Women's Discus Throw . IAAF official website . 2010-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025184026/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/athletes/athletes/04/65/62/20080814085924_httppostedfile_aug15_wdt_4637.pdf . 2012-10-25 . P. 3
2. News: Eaton . William . 1984-08-19. Peace dominating message at Friendship Games opening. .

References

• Book: Chmielewski, Zbigniew. Na olimpijskim szlaku 1984. Sarajewo, Los Angeles. Sport i Turystyka. Warsaw. 1987. pl. 83-217-2610-0 . 154–160; 213–215. etal.
• Book: Trzciński, Tomasz. Gwiazdy sportu '84. Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. Warsaw. 1985. pl. 83-03-01177-4. 87–89. etal.