| Athletics at the Friendship Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the Friendship Games was held on 17 and 18 August 1984 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Vasilyev | Vladimir Budko | Toma Tomov |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Aleksandr Vasilyev | 49.77 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Vladimir Budko | 49.96 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Toma Tomov | 50.18 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Vasyl Arkhypenko | 50.47 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Julio Osvaldo Prado | 50.48 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | József Szalai | 50.67 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | István Takács | 50.80 | q | |
| 8 | ? | Ryszard Szparak | ??.?? | q | |
| 9 | ? | F. Montiet | 51.29 | ||
| 10 | ? | Bozhidar Konstantinov | 51.35 | ||
| 11 | ? | Stanislav Návesňák | 51.49 | ||
| 12 | ? | Francisco González | 52.80 |
Out of competition performances
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aleksandr Kharlov | 50.09 | [1] | |
| 2 | 1 | Valeriy Vikhrov | 50.24 | [1] | |
| 3 | 1 | Sergey Melnikov | 50.75 | [1] |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Vasilyev | 48.63 | |||
| Vladimir Budko | 48.74 | |||
| Toma Tomov | 49.29 | |||
| 4 | Vasyl Arkhypenko | 49.67 | ||
| 5 | Julio Osvaldo Prado | 49.77 | ||
| 6 | József Szalai | 50.44 | ||
| 7 | István Takács | 50.44 | ||
| 8 | Ryszard Szparak | 50.68 |