Athletics at the Friendship Games

Athletics at the Friendship Games was contested in 41 events, 24 events by men and 17 by women. Men competed at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (now Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow, Soviet Union between 17 and 18 August, while women's events took place at the Evžen Rošický Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia between 16 and 18 August 1984.

One new world record was set, by East German Irina Meszynski in women's discus throw, with 73.36 m. As of 2024, it still ranks Meszynski sixth on the world all-time list. P. 3

In an unusual feat, Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) and Ryszard Ostrowski (Poland) both crossed the finish line at exactly the same moment in the men's 800 metres. After the officials were unable to split them using a photo-finish, both were declared gold medalists.

The Soviet Union dominated the final medal tally, winning 24 gold and 63 total medals. East Germany finished second, with 8 and 19 respectively.

Medal summary

Men

10.17 10.18 10.21 20.34 20.41 20.58 44.78 45.51 45.57 1:45.68 none awarded – 1:45.82 3:36.65 3:37.35 3:38.42 13:26.35 13:26.85 13:29.08 27:55.16 27:58.97 28:03.06 2:10:32 2:11:30 2:11:44 13.52 13.57 13.64 48.63 48.74 49.29 8:27.15 8:27.43 8:32.36Aleksandr YevgenyevSergey SokolovVladimir MuravyovNikolay Sidorov38.32Tomás GonzálezLeandro PeñalverSilvio LeonardOsvaldo Lara38.79 Krzysztof ZwolińskiMarian WoroninCzesław PrądzyńskiArkadiusz Janiak 38.81 Sergey LovachevYevgeniy LomtevAleksandr KurochkinViktor Markin 3:00.16 Carlo NiestädtMathias SchersingThomas SchönlebeJens Carlowitz3:00.47Lázaro MartínezCarlos ReyteRoberto RamosAlberto Juantorena 3:04.76 1:21:57 1:22:21 1:22:40 3:43:06 3:45:53 3:58:47 2.25 m 2.25 m 2.20 m 5.80 m 5.70 m 5.70 m 8.38 m 8.37 m 8.22 m 17.46 m 17.41 m 17.29 m 21.64 m 21.60 m 21.58 m 66.70 m 66.04 m 66.02 m 85.60 m 82.56 m 81.30 m 94.44 m 88.32 m 87.10 m 8523 8450 8433

Women

10.95 11.02 11.10 22.15 22.75 22.79 48.16 48.73 49.52 1:57.31 1:58.06 1:58.10 3:56.63 3:58.70 4:01.61 8:33.01 8:40.53 8:43.74 12.55 12.60 12.61 53.67 54.42 54.65 2:33:44 2:33:54 2:33:59 Pepa PavlovaAnelia NunevaNadezhda GeorgievaLiliyana Ivanova42.62Lyudmila KondratyevaMaia AzarashviliSvetlana ZhizdrikovaOlga Antonova42.71Eva MurkováTaťána KocembováRenata ČernochováJarmila Kratochvílová 43.21Irina BaskakovaIrina NazarovaMariya PiniginaOlga Bryzgina 3:19.12Alena BulířováZuzana MoravčíkováJarmila KratochvílováTaťána Kocembová3:21.89 Galina PenkovaKatia IlievaRadostina ShterevaRositsa Stamenova 3:28.34 1.96 m 1.96 m 1.96 m 7.15 m 7.11 m 7.11 m 21.96 m 21.33 m 21.18 m 73.36 m (WR) 72.14 m 70.14 m 73.30 m 65.40 m 64.34 m 6477 6357 6290

World records broken

1 new world record was set. Event Name Nationality Result Women's discus throw Irina Meszynski 73.36 m

Medal table

Participating nations

Athletics at the Friendship Games

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