Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.
Medal summary
Men
| 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 | ||||
Women
* Athletes who ran in preliminary round and also received medals.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
16 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 2 |  West Germany (FRG) |
4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 |  Romania (ROU) |
3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) |
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Mexico (MEX) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Morocco (MAR) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  France (FRA) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Australia (AUS) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Portugal (POR) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Kenya (KEN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Brazil (BRA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Canada (CAN) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 |  China (CHN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
