Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

Women's 100 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates9 August 1984 (heats)
10 August 1984 (semi-finals and finals)
Competitors22 from 14 nations
Winning time12.84
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shirley Strong
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Turner
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michèle Chardonnet
 France
← 1980
1988 →

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[edit]

Gold Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
 United States
Silver Shirley Strong
 Great Britain
Bronze Kim Turner
 United States
Bronze Michèle Chardonnet
 France

Records[edit]

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record 12.36 Poland Grażyna Rabsztyn Warsaw (POL) June 12, 1980
Olympic Record 12.56 Soviet Union Vera Komisova Moscow (URS) July 28, 1980

Final[edit]

Held on August 10, 1984

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Benita Fitzgerald-Brown  United States 12.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shirley Strong  Great Britain 12.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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.