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

Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	4 August 1984 (heats) 5 August 1984 (semi-finals) 6 August 1984 (final)
Competitors	28 from 18 nations
Winning time	48.83 OR
Medalists
Valerie Brisco-Hooks   United States Chandra Cheeseborough   United States Kathy Cook   Great Britain
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 6, 1984. ^[1]

Final

Held on August 6, 1984

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	48.83 (OR)
	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	49.05
	Kathy Cook	Great Britain	49.43
4	Marita Payne	Canada	49.91
5	Lillie Leatherwood	United States	50.25
6	Ute Thimm	West Germany	50.37
7	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	50.45
8	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	51.56

Semifinals

• Held on August 5, 1984

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	51.14
2	Kathy Cook	Great Britain	51.49
3	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	51.53
4	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	52.21
5	June Griffith	Guyana	52.39
6	Cathy Rattray-Williams	Jamaica	53.23
7	Marie Mathieu	Puerto Rico	53.69
–	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	50.32
2	Lillie Leatherwood	United States	50.83
3	Marita Payne	Canada	50.94
4	Ute Thimm	West Germany	51.03
5	Molly Killingbeck	Canada	51.72
6	Michelle Scutt	Great Britain	52.07
7	Ilrey Oliver	Jamaica	52.14
8	Helen Barnett	Great Britain	52.26

Round one

• Held on August 4, 1984

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	50.94
2	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	52.04
3	Ilrey Oliver	Jamaica	52.19
4	June Griffith	Guyana	52.27
5	Heike Schulte-Mattler	West Germany	52.77
6	Erica Rossi	Italy	53.04
7	Jocelyn Joseph	Antigua and Barbuda	53.63
8	Zonia Meigham	Guatemala	55.64

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	52.42
2	Kathy Cook	Great Britain	52.64
3	Molly Killingbeck	Canada	52.77
4	Cathy Rattray-Williams	Jamaica	52.78
5	Gail Emmanuel	Trinidad and Tobago	54.07
6	Elanga Buala	Papua New Guinea	56.82
7	Mercy Addy	Ghana	58.91

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Lillie Leatherwood	United States	52.05
2	Marita Payne	Canada	52.89
3	Helen Barnett	Great Britain	52.94
4	Marie Mathieu	Puerto Rico	53.27
5	Emma Tahapari	Indonesia	55.82
6	Reawadee Srithoa	Thailand	58.11

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	51.42
2	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	52.53
3	Ute Thimm	West Germany	52.53
4	Michelle Scutt	Great Britain	52.89
5	Cynthia Green	Jamaica	53.61
6	Carlon Blackman	Barbados	54.26
7	Mina El-Jas Zeina	Lebanon	59.56

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Friendship Games 400 metres (Prague)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Rome)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

External links

• Women's 400 metres