These are the official results of the Women's 200m metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 9, 1984, and was won by 0.23 seconds by Valerie Brisco-Hooks.
Coming into the final, future world record holder Florence Griffith had the fastest times in both the heats and semi final rounds. The winner of the other semi final, one hundredth behind was Valerie Brisco-Hooks, who had already won the 400 metres title. Brisco-Hooks, coming back after a weight gain during her pregnancy two years earlier, was not touted as a potential multi gold medalist, unlike her American teammate Carl Lewis whose performance was virtually expected. She did not accomplish the 200/400 double at the Olympic Trials.
In the final, Florence Griffith, running in lane four, the middle of the track, took the early lead through the turn. Griffith easily made up the stagger on her American teammate Randy Givens to her outside just after completing half the turn. In lane 2, Merlene Ottey-Page was the closest challenger, gaining on Kathy Cook between her and Griffith. Out in lane 7, Brisco-Hooks caught Grace Jackson to her outside shortly after Griffith had passed Givens. At the end of the turn, Griffith had a slight advantage on Ottey-Page, a metre up on Brisco-Hooks who was just slightly ahead of Cook. All the way down the home straight Griffith held her advantage over Ottey-Page, but Brisco-Hooks was in a different gear. Halfway down the straight, Brisco-Hooks had already caught the pair and was pulling away to an easy 3 metre victory. In the last 40 metres, Cook closed ground rapidly, diving for the line and just missing the bronze medal from Ottey-Page, while Griffith was less than a half a metre ahead. Jackson came from last position at the end of the turn to finish a metre behind Ottey-Page and Cook.
Brisco-Hoocks accomplished the first 200-400 double in the Olympics. This was the second step of three gold medals in the single games won by Brisco-Hooks. To this point in history, only Fanny Blankers-Koen with 4 in 1948, and Betty Cuthbert in 1956 were the only women to have achieved this in Athletics. Four years later, Griffith under her new married name Florence Griffith-Joyner, would also achieve three golds along with the silver medal in the 4x400 relay (where she took the baton from Brisco-Hooks). This was the third medal out of what would become nine career Olympic medals for Ottey. That too is the most for a woman in Athletics, equaled in 2016 by Allyson Felix, who was coached in part by Brisco-Hooks and Griffith's coach, future brother-in-law, Bob Kersee.
Medalists
Abbreviations Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Results Heats Qualification rule: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.
Wind:Heat 1: -2.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -1.5 m/s, Heat 4: +0.9 m/s, Heat 5: +2.3 m/s, Heat 6: -0.7 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Florence Griffith 22.56 Q 2 2 Grace Jackson 22.70 Q 3 5 Randy Givens 22.88 Q 4 4 Merlene Ottey-Page 22.90 Q 5 3 Valerie Brisco-Hooks 23.10 Q 6 5 Rose-Aimée Bacoul 23.11 Q 7 5 Sandra Whittaker 23.22 Q 8 4 Marisa Masullo 23.30 Q 9 1 Joan Baptiste 23.31 Q 10 4 Liliane Gaschet 23.32 Q 11 2 Pauline Davis 23.37 Q 12 2 Heidi-Elke Gaugel 23.37 Q 13 4 Angela Williams 23.38 Q 14 5 Ruth Waithera 23.42 Q 15 1 Raymonde Naigre 23.50 Q 16 3 Els Vader 23.65 Q 17 6 Kathy Cook 23.71 Q 18 5 Janet Burke 23.75 Q 19 6 Helinae Marjamaa 24.10 Q 20 6 Michaela Schabinger 24.12 Q 21 1 Angela Bailey 24.15 Q 22 1 Semra Aksu 24.27 Q 23 2 Ruth Enang Mesode 24.39 Q 24 3 Teresa Rioné 24.48 Q 25 2 Nzaeli Kyomo 24.68 Q 26 6 Divina Estrela 24.72 Q 27 6 Elanga Buala 24.82 Q 28 3 Mo Myeong-hui 24.86 Q 29 4 Christa Schumann 24.91 Q 30 6 Françoise Mpika 25.05 q 31 4 Emma Tahapari 25.07 q 32 1 Lydia de Vega 25.10 33 5 Binta Jambane 25.14 34 3 Amie N'Dow 25.41 Q 35 2 Soraima Martha 25.56 36 2 Marie-Ange Wirtz 25.88 37 1 Miriama Tuisorisori 26.82 1 Eugenia Osh-Williams 2 Marita Payne 3 Gillian Forde 3 Angella Taylor 4 Mercy Addy 5 Grace-Ann Dinkins 5 Felicia Candelario 6 Debbie Wells
Quarterfinals Held on 1984-08-08 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.22.572.22.783.22.974.22.975.22.986.23.567.24.97–DNS
RANKHEAT 2TIME1.22.532.22.873.23.024.23.195.23.846.24.707.24.908.25.11
RANKHEAT 3TIME1.22.522.22.813.23.314.23.375.23.546.23.787.24.878.25.24
RANKHEAT 4TIME1.22.332.23.113.23.194.23.515.24.036.24.257.24.98–DNS
Semifinals Held on 1984-08-09 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.22.272.22.573.22.694.22.735.22.866.23.127.23.438.23.45
RANKHEAT 2TIME1.22.282.22.323.22.384.22.535.22.756.22.887.23.027.23.02
Final RANKFINALTIME21.81 (OR)22.0422.094.22.105.22.206.22.367.22.788.22.86
See also 1982 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Athens) 1983 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Helsinki) 1984 Friendship Games 200 metres (Prague) 1986 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart) 1987 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Rome)
References
External links Results Results