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

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	9 August 1984 (heats) 10 August 1984 (semi-finals and finals)
Competitors	22 from 14 nations
Winning time	12.84
Medalists
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown  United States Shirley Strong  Great Britain Kim Turner  United States Michèle Chardonnet  France

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

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

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

Records

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

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

Final

Held on August 10, 1984

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)	12.84
	Shirley Strong (GBR)	12.88
	Kim Turner (USA)	13.06
	Michèle Chardonnet (FRA)	13.06
5.	Glynis Nunn (AUS)	13.20
6.	Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA)	13.28
7.	Ulrike Denk (FRG)	13.32
8.	Pam Page (USA)	13.40

Semifinals

• Held on August 10, 1984

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Kim Turner (USA)	13.11
2.	Shirley Strong (GBR)	13.16
3.	Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA)	13.30
4.	Pam Page (USA)	13.36
5.	Edith Oker (FRG)	13.37
6.	Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave (CAN)	13.42
7.	Cécile Ngambi (CMR)	13.70
8.	Sophia Hunter (JAM)	13.84

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)	12.98
2.	Michèle Chardonnet (FRA)	13.09
3.	Glynis Nunn (AUS)	13.14
4.	Ulrike Denk (FRG)	13.20
5.	Sharon Danville (GBR)	13.35
6.	Maria Usifo (NGR)	13.52
7.	Liu Huajin (CHN)	13.57
8.	Sue Bradley-Kameli (CAN)	13.65

Round one

• Held on August 9, 1984

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)	13.13
2.	Michèle Chardonnet (FRA)	13.46
3.	Sharon Danville (GBR)	13.46
4.	Cécile Ngambi (CMR)	13.54
5.	Karen Nelson (CAN)	13.77
6.	Barbara Ingiro (PNG)	15.39

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Shirley Strong (GBR)	12.86w
2.	Edith Oker (FRG)	13.14w
3.	Glynis Nunn (AUS)	13.29w
4.	Sophia Hunter (JAM)	13.44w
5.	Liu Huajin (CHN)	13.64w
6.	Elissavet Pantazi (GRE)	14.20w

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Ulrike Denk (FRG)	13.32
2.	Kim Turner (USA)	13.33
3.	Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA)	13.36
4.	Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave (CAN)	13.47
5.	Semra Aksu (TUR)	13.96

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Pam Page (USA)	13.32
2.	Maria Usifo (NGR)	13.54
3.	Sue Bradley-Kameli (CAN)	13.72
4.	Beatriz Capotosto (ARG)	13.90
5.	Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)	13.98

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 100 metres hurdles (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 100 metres hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1984 Friendship Games 100 metres hurdles (Prague)
• 1985 Women's World Championships 100 metres hurdles (Rome)

References