Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
---|---|---|
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 | ||
Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 11 August 1984. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men.
Men's 1500 m wheelchair
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paul van Winkel | Belgium | 3:58.50 | ||
Randy Snow | United States | 4:00.02 | ||
André Viger | Canada | 4:00.47 | ||
4 | Mel Fitzgerald | Canada | 4:00.65 | |
5 | Jürgen Geider | West Germany | 4:00.71 | |
6 | Peter Trotter | Australia | 4:00.83 | |
7 | Rick Hansen | Canada | 4:02.75 | |
8 | Jim Martinson | United States | 4:21.37 |
Women's 800 m wheelchair
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sharon Hedrick | United States | 2:15.73 | WR | |
Monica Wetterström | Sweden | 2:20.73 | ||
Candace Cable | United States | 2:28.37 | ||
4 | Sacajuwea Hunter | United States | 2:32.22 | |
5 | Anna-Maria Orvefors | Sweden | 2:32.49 | |
6 | Angela Leriti | Canada | 2:41.43 | |
7 | Connie Hansen | Denmark | 2:41.53 | |
8 | Ingrid Lauridsen | Denmark | 2:43.06 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
- Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.