Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Appearance
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | ||
The 4 x 100 metres relay races at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested as part of the athletics program.[1]
Medalists
Abbreviations
Q | automatic qualification |
q | qualification by rank |
DNS | did not start |
NM | no mark |
OR | olympic record |
WR | world record |
AR | area record |
NR | national record |
PB | personal best |
SB | season best |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 37.86 | Carl Lewis Calvin Smith Willie Gault Emmit King |
Helsinki (FIN) | August 10, 1983 |
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Olympic Record | 38.19 | Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart |
Munich (FRG) | September 10, 1972 |
The United States set a new world record in the final.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
- United States (USA) (Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.89
- West Germany (FRG) (Christian Zirkelbach, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke) 39.04
- France (FRA) (Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose) 40.04
- Senegal (SEN) (Mamadou Sène, Hamidou Diawara, Saliou Seck, Charles-Louis Seck) 40.15
- Thailand (THA) (Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna) 40.58
- Qatar (QAT) (Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour) 40.60
- The Gambia (GAM) (Bakary Jarju, Dawda Jallow, Abdurahman Jallow, Omar Fye) 40.73
Heat 2
- Canada (CAN) (Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds) 39.20
- Brazil (BRA) (Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia) 39.27
- Italy (ITA) (Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea) 39.87
- Nigeria (NGR) (Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Lawrence Adegbeingbe, Chidi Imoh) 39.94
- Ghana (GHA) (Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby) 40.20
- Sierra Leone (SLE) (Abdul Mansaray, David Peter Sawyerr, Felix Sandy, Ivan Benjamin) 40.77
Heat 3
- Jamaica (JAM) (Norman Edwards, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Al Lawrence) 38.93
- Great Britain (GBR) (Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells) 39.00
- Indonesia (INA) (Johannes Kardiono, Mohamed Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa) 40.43
- Barbados (BAR) (John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones) 40.47
- Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) (Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller) 40.70
- Republic of the Congo (CGO) (Théophile Nkounkou, Henri Nding, Antoine Kiakouama, Jean-Didace Bemou) 40.74
- Liberia (LBR) (Wallace Obey, Hassan Tall, Oliver Daniels, Augustus Moulton) 42.05
Semi-final
Heat 1
- United States (USA) (Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.44
- Italy (ITA) (Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea) 39.32
- Canada (CAN) (Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds) 39.39
- Brazil (BRA) (Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia) 39.52
- Ghana (GHA) (Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby) 40.19
- Indonesia (INA) (Johanes Kardiono, Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa) 40.37
- Senegal (SEN) (Mamadou Sene, Hamidou Diawara, Ibrahima Fall, Charles-Louis Seck) 40.63
- Thailand (THA) (Vichan Choocherd, Rangsarn Inthachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna) 40.83
Heat 2
- Jamaica (JAM) (Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart) 38.67
- Great Britain (GBR) (Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells) 38.67
- West Germany (FRG) (Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke) 38.70
- France (FRA) (Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose) 38.91
- Nigeria (NGR) (Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh) 38.98
- Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) (Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller) 40.14
- Barbados (BAR) (John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones) 40.18
- Qatar (QAT) (Wahed Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour) 40.43
Final
- United States (USA) (Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 37.83 (WR)
- Jamaica (JAM) (Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart) 38.62
- Canada (CAN) (Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds) 38.70
- Italy (ITA) (Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea) 38.87
- West Germany (FRG) (Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke) 38.99
- France (FRA) (Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose) 39.10
- Great Britain (GBR) (Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells) 39.13
- Brazil (BRA) (Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia) 39.40
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.