1984 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

The 1984 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, the same venue as would host the 1984 Olympics a month and a half later. Organised by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the nine-day competition lasted from June 16 until June 24. The national championships in track and field for the United States was a separate event that year, held a week earlier in San Jose, California. The Women's Marathon Olympic Trials were held on May 12 in Olympia, Washington. The Men's Marathon Trials were in Buffalo, New York on May 26.

1984 United States Olympic Trials
DatesJune 16–June 24
Host cityLos Angeles, California, United States
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

This meet had two of the closest finishes. In the Women's 100 meters hurdles, the second, third and fourth-place finishers had the same time to the 100th of a second, with winner Kim Turner just one 100th ahead. Stephanie Hightower was the odd person out, not selected to the Olympic team. 28 years later at the 2012 Trials, Hightower as President of USATF had to administer over another similar tie in the Women's 100 meters between Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh that could not be separated by photo finish pictures. The other close finish was in the Men's 800 meters, where Earl Jones and Johnny Gray both received the same time of 1:43.74 to share the American Record from the same race. And .17 behind them John Marshall and James Robinson also received the same time for the last qualifying place after Robinson kicked past the field and looked to have edged past Marshall, Robinson relaxed at the line while Marshall made one last lean to get the edge and take the final spot on the Olympic team.

1984 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials results
Entrance to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1984 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials results

Men

Key: ≠ Athlete without "A" standard, not selected.

Men track events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind -2.2		 Carl Lewis10.06 Sam Graddy10.21 Ron Brown10.23
200 meters Carl Lewis19.86 Kirk Baptiste20.05 Thomas Jefferson20.37
400 meters Antonio McKay44.71 Alonzo Babers44.86 Sunder Nix45.15
800 meters Earl Jones1:43.74 NR Johnny Gray1:43.74 John Marshall1:43.91
1500 meters Jim Spivey3:36.43 Steve Scott3:36.76 Sydney Maree3:37.02
5000 meters Doug Padilla13:26.34 Steve Lacy13:27.72 Don Clary13:28.62
10,000 meters Paul Cummings27:59.08 Craig Virgin28:02.27 Pat Porter28:03.86
110 meters hurdles
Wind -1.1		 Greg Foster13.21 Tonie Campbell13.34 Roger Kingdom13.36
400 meters hurdles Edwin Moses47.76 Danny Harris48.11 Tranel Hawkins48.28
3000 m s'chase Henry Marsh8:15.91 Brian Diemer8:17.00 John Gregorek8:18.45
20K racewalk Marco Evoniuk1:26:17 Jim Heiring1:27:18 Dan O’Connor1:29:12
50K racewalk Marco Evoniuk4:02:25 Vince O’Sullivan4:14:04 Carl Schueler4:15:06
Marathon Pete Pfitzinger2:11:43 Alberto Salazar2:11:44 John Tuttle2:11:50

Men field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Dwight Stones2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Doug Nordquist2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Milton Goode2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in)
Pole vault Mike Tully5.81 m (19 ft 1⁄2 in) NR Doug Lytle5.71 m (18 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Earl Bell5.61 m (18 ft 4 3⁄4 in)
Long jump Carl Lewis8.71 m (28 ft 6 3⁄4 in) +0.1 Larry Myricks8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)w +0.8 Mike McRae8.15 m (26 ft 8 3⁄4 in) +0.7
Triple jump Mike Conley17.50 m (57 ft 4 3⁄4 in) -0.5 Al Joyner17.19 m (56 ft 4 3⁄4 in) -0.8 Willie Banks17.14 m (56 ft 2 3⁄4 in) *2.0
Shot put Dave Laut21.35 m (70 ft 1⁄2 in) Augie Wolf21.24 m (69 ft 8 in) Michael Carter20.84 m (68 ft 4 1⁄4 in)
Discus throw John Powell67.14 m (220 ft 3 in) Mac Wilkins66.14 m (216 ft 11 in) Art Burns65.54 m (215 ft 0 in)
Hammer throw Bill Green73.24 m (240 ft 3 in) Jud Logan72.48 m (237 ft 9 in) Ed Burke71.82 m (235 ft 7 in)
Javelin throw Duncan Atwood93.44 m (306 ft 6 in) Tom Petranoff84.94 m (278 ft 8 in) Steve Roller83.00 m (272 ft 3 in)
Decathlon John Crist8102 Tim Bright8098 Jim Wooding8072

Women track events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind -0.6		 Evelyn Ashford11.18 Alice Brown11.20 Jeanette Bolden11.24
200 meters
Wind -0.2		 Valerie Brisco-Hooks22.16 Florence Griffith22.40 Randy Givens22.59
400 meters Chandra Cheeseborough49.28 NR Valerie Brisco-Hooks49.79 Lillie Leatherwood50.19
800 meters Kim Gallagher1:58.50 Ruth Wysocki1:59.34 Robin Campbell1:59.77
1500 meters Ruth Wysocki4:00.18 Mary Decker4:00.40 Diana Richburg4:04.07
3000 meters Mary Decker8:34.91 Cindy Bremser8:41.19 Joan Hansen8:41.43
5000 meters Julie Brown15:39.50
10,000 meters Joan Benoit32:07.41
100 m hurdles
Wind -0.9		 Kim Turner13.12 Benita Fitzgerald13.13 Pam Page13.13
400 m hurdles Judi Brown54.93 NR Augie Wright55.33 Sharrieffa Barksdale55.50
10 km walk Esther Lopez50:41.18
Marathon Joan Benoit2:31:04 Julie Brown2:31:41 Julie Isphording2:32:26

Women field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Louise Ritter1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Pam Spencer1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄4 in) Joni Huntley1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄4 in)
Long jump Carol Lewis6.89 m (22 ft 7 1⁄4 in) +0.3 Jackie Joyner6.65 m (21 ft 9 3⁄4 in) -0.5 Angela Thacker6.56 m (21 ft 6 1⁄4 in) -0.5
Shot put Lorna Griffin17.10 m (56 ft 1 in) Carol Cady16.96 m (55 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Ramona Pagel16.95 m (55 ft 7 1⁄4 in)
Discus throw Leslie Deniz61.76 m (202 ft 7 in) Laura DeSnoo58.08 m (190 ft 6 in) Lorna Griffin57.36 m (188 ft 2 in)
Javelin throw Karin Smith61.18 m (200 ft 8 in) Lynda Sutfin58.08 m (190 ft 6 in) Cathy Sulinski55.64 m (182 ft 6 in)
Heptathlon Jackie Joyner6520 NR Jodi Anderson6413 Cindy Greiner6204

References
  1. http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf
  2. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/OlympicTrials.asp?TourCode=T&Year=1984&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count=
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