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

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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

The Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California (USA) had an entrylist of 26 competitors, with four qualifying heats (26 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on August 8, 1984. The women's event was for the first time contested at the Olympic Games.

Medalists

Gold	Nawal El Moutawakel  Morocco
Silver	Judi Brown  United States
Bronze	Cristieana Cojocaru  Romania

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
	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)	54.61
	Judi Brown (USA)	55.20
	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)	55.41
4.	P. T. Usha (IND)	55.42
5.	Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE)	55.43
6.	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	56.21
7.	Tuija Helander (FIN)	56.55
8.	Sandra Farmer (JAM)	57.15

Semi finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE)	55.17
2.	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)	55.24
3.	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)	55.65
4.	Sandra Farmer (JAM)	56.05
5.	Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA)	56.19
6.	Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA)	56.45
7.	Susan Morley (GBR)	56.67
8.	Andrea Page (CAN)	57.89

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	P. T. Usha (IND)	55.94
2.	Judi Brown (USA)	55.97
3.	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	56.24
4.	Tuija Helander (FIN)	56.59
5.	Gladys Taylor (GBR)	56.72
6.	Olga Commandeur (NED)	57.01
7.	Ruth Kyalisima (UGA)	57.02 (NR)
8.	Maria Usifo (NGR)	58.55

Qualifying heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Judi Brown (USA)	55.97
2.	P. T. Usha (IND)	56.81
3.	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	57.20
4.	Tuija Helander (FIN)	57.22
5.	Lih-Jiau Lai (TPE)	58.54
6.	Alma Vázquez (MEX)	1:00.86

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)	56.49
2.	Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA)	56.89
3.	Sandra Farmer (JAM)	57.06
4.	Gladys Taylor (GBR)	57.64
5.	Lynnette Grime (NZL)	58.02
6.	Dana Wright (CAN)	58.17

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Olga Commandeur (NED)	56.67
2.	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)	56.94
3.	Ruth Kyalisima (UGA)	57.38
4.	Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA)	57.49
5.	Averill Dwyer-Brown (JAM)	58.42
6.	Angela Wright-Scott (USA)	59.77
7.	Agripina de la Cruz (PHI)	1:02.70

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE)	55.75
2.	Maria Usifo (NGR)	57.78
3.	Susan Morley (GBR)	58.71
4.	Andrea Page (CAN)	59.09
5.	M. D. Valsamma (IND)	1:00.03
6.	Cheryl Blackman (BAR)	1:01.19
7.	Mary Parr (IRL)	1:01.66

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1986 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul)

References

• (English) Results