Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 10, 1984.

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	9 August 1984 (heats) 10 August 1984 (semi-finals and finals)
Competitors	22 from 14 nations
Winning time	12.84
Medalists
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown  United States Shirley Strong  Great Britain Kim Turner  United States Michèle Chardonnet  France

Medalists

Gold	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown  United States
Silver	Shirley Strong  Great Britain
Bronze	Kim Turner  United States
Bronze	Michèle Chardonnet  France

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	12.36	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Warsaw (POL)	June 12, 1980
Olympic Record	12.56	Vera Komisova	Moscow (URS)	July 28, 1980

Final

Held on August 10, 1984

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown	United States	12.84
	Shirley Strong	Great Britain	12.88
	Kim Turner	United States	13.06
	Michèle Chardonnet	France	13.06
5	Glynis Nunn	Australia	13.20
6	Marie-Noëlle Savigny	France	13.28
7	Ulrike Denk	West Germany	13.32
8	Pam Page	United States	13.40

Semifinals

• Held on August 10, 1984

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kim Turner	United States	13.11
2	Shirley Strong	Great Britain	13.16
3	Marie-Noëlle Savigny	France	13.30
4	Pam Page	United States	13.36
5	Edith Oker	West Germany	13.37
6	Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave	Canada	13.42
7	Cécile Ngambi	Cameroon	13.70
8	Sophia Hunter	Jamaica	13.84

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown	United States	12.98
2	Michèle Chardonnet	France	13.09
3	Glynis Nunn	Australia	13.14
4	Ulrike Denk	West Germany	13.20
5	Sharon Danville	Great Britain	13.35
6	Maria Usifo	Nigeria	13.52
7	Liu Huajin	China	13.57
8	Sue Bradley-Kameli	Canada	13.65

Round one

• Held on August 9, 1984

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown	United States	13.13
2	Michèle Chardonnet	France	13.46
3	Sharon Danville	Great Britain	13.46
4	Cécile Ngambi	Cameroon	13.54
5	Karen Nelson	Canada	13.77
6	Barbara Ingiro	Papua New Guinea	15.39

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Shirley Strong	Great Britain	12.86w
2	Edith Oker	West Germany	13.14w
3	Glynis Nunn	Australia	13.29w
4	Sophia Hunter	Jamaica	13.44w
5	Liu Huajin	China	13.64w
6	Elissavet Pantazi	Greece	14.20w

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ulrike Denk	West Germany	13.32
2	Kim Turner	United States	13.33
3	Marie-Noëlle Savigny	France	13.36
4	Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave	Canada	13.47
5	Semra Aksu	Turkey	13.96

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pam Page	United States	13.32
2	Maria Usifo	Nigeria	13.54
3	Sue Bradley-Kameli	Canada	13.72
4	Beatriz Capotosto	Argentina	13.90
5	Laurence Elloy-Machabey	France	13.98

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 100 metres hurdles (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 100 metres hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1984 Friendship Games 100 metres hurdles (Prague)
• 1985 Women's World Championships 100 metres hurdles (Rome)