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.

The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

1984 U.S. Olympic track and field trials results

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Men track events 100 meters Wind -2.2Carl Lewis 10.06Sam Graddy 10.21Ron Brown 10.23 200 metersCarl Lewis 19.86Kirk Baptiste 20.05Thomas Jefferson 20.37 400 metersAntonio McKay 44.71Alonzo Babers 44.86Sunder Nix 45.15 800 metersEarl Jones 1:43.74 NRJohnny Gray 1:43.74John Marshall 1:43.91 1500 metersJim Spivey 3:36.43Steve Scott 3:36.76Sydney Maree 3:37.02 5000 metersDoug Padilla 13:26.34Steve Lacy 13:27.72Don Clary 13:28.62 10,000 metersPaul Cummings 27:59.08Craig Virgin 28:02.27Pat Porter 28:03.86 110 meters hurdles Wind -1.1Greg Foster 13.21Tonie Campbell 13.34Roger Kingdom 13.36 400 meters hurdlesEdwin Moses 47.76Danny Harris 48.11Tranel Hawkins 48.28 3000 m s'chaseHenry Marsh 8:15.91Brian Diemer 8:17.00John Gregorek 8:18.45 20K racewalkMarco Evoniuk 1:26:17 Jim Heiring 1:27:18Dan O'Connor 1:29:12 50K racewalkMarco Evoniuk 4:02:25Vince O'Sullivan 4:14:04Carl Schueler 4:15:06 MarathonPete Pfitzinger 2:11:43Alberto Salazar 2:11:44John Tuttle 2:11:50

Men field events High jumpDwight Stones Doug Nordquist Milton Goode Pole vaultMike Tully NRDoug Lytle Earl Bell Long jumpCarl Lewis +0.1Larry Myricks w +0.8Mike McRae +0.7 Triple jumpMike Conley -0.5Al Joyner -0.8Willie Banks *2.0 Shot putDave Laut Augie Wolf Michael Carter Discus throwJohn Powell Mac Wilkins Art Burns Hammer throwBill Green Jud Logan Ed Burke Javelin throwDuncan Atwood Tom Petranoff Steve Roller DecathlonJohn Crist 8102Tim Bright 8098Jim Wooding 8072

Women

Women track events 100 meters Wind -0.6Evelyn Ashford 11.18 Alice Brown 11.20 Jeanette Bolden 11.24 200 meters Wind -0.2Valerie Brisco-Hooks 22.16 Florence Griffith 22.40 Randy Givens 22.59 400 metersChandra Cheeseborough 49.28 NR Valerie Brisco-Hooks 49.79 Lillie Leatherwood 50.19 800 metersKim Gallagher 1:58.50 Ruth Wysocki 1:59.34 Robin Campbell 1:59.77 1500 metersRuth Wysocki 4:00.18 Mary Decker 4:00.40 Diana Richburg 4:04.07 3000 metersMary Decker 8:34.91 Cindy Bremser 8:41.19 Joan Hansen 8:41.43 5000 metersJulie Brown 15:39.50 10,000 metersJoan Benoit 32:07.41 100 m hurdles Wind -0.9Kim Turner 13.12 Benita Fitzgerald 13.13Pam Page 13.13 400 m hurdlesJudi Brown 54.93 NRAugie Wright 55.33 Sharrieffa Barksdale 55.50 10 km walkEsther Lopez 50:41.18 MarathonJoan Benoit 2:31:04Julie Brown 2:31:41Julie Isphording 2:32:26

Women field events High jumpLouise Ritter Pam Spencer Joni Huntley Long jumpCarol Lewis +0.3Jackie Joyner -0.5 Angela Thacker -0.5 Shot putLorna Griffin Carol Cady Ramona Pagel Discus throwLeslie Deniz Laura DeSnoo Lorna Griffin Javelin throwKarin Smith Lynda Sutfin Cathy Sulinski HeptathlonJackie Joyner 6520 NRJodi Anderson 6413 Cindy Greiner 6204

References

External links USA Track and Field