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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 3, 1984
Date Finished: August 3, 1984
Format: Top two in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Edwin Moses |
| Silver: | Danny Harris |
| Bronze: | Harald Schmid |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Moses | 28 | United States | USA | 49.33 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Antônio Ferreira | 24 | Brazil | BRA | 49.85 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Michel Zimmermann | 24 | Belgium | BEL | 49.90 | 3 | QC |
| 4 | Thomas Futterknecht | 21 | Austria | AUT | 50.25 | 6 | |
| 5 | Thomas Nyberg | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 50.47 | 2 | |
| 6 | Gérard Brunel | 26 | France | FRA | 50.99 | 7 | |
| 7 | Ahmed Ghanem | 25 | Egypt | EGY | 51.08 | 1 | |
| 8 | Phil Beattie | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.27 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Schmid | 26 | West Germany | FRG | 49.34 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Karl Smith | 24 | Jamaica | JAM | 49.66 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Franz Meier | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | 49.81 | 4 | QC |
| 4 | Rik Tommelein | 21 | Belgium | BEL | 50.05 | 3 | QC |
| 5 | Shigenori Omori | 24 | Japan | JPN | 50.14 | 6 | |
| 6 | Georgios Vamvakas | 24 | Greece | GRE | 50.39 | 7 | |
| 7 | Oswaldo Zea | 21 | Venezuela | VEN | 51.44 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Nylander | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 49.88 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Ryoichi Yoshida | 19 | Japan | JPN | 50.24 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | René Djédjémél | 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 50.27 | 5 | |
| 4 | Peter Rwamuhanda | 30 | Uganda | UGA | 50.55 | 8 | |
| 5 | Franck Jonot | 23 | France | FRA | 51.39 | 2 | |
| 6 | Martin Gillingham | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 52.15 | 1 | |
| 7 | Vincent Confait | 24 | Seychelles | SEY | 53.62 | 7 | |
| 8 | Nicolás Chaparro | 21 | Paraguay | PAR | 56.98 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tranel Hawkins | 21 | United States | USA | 49.51 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Simon Kitur | 25 | Kenya | KEN | 49.70 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Uwe Schmitt | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 49.77 | 4 | QC |
| 4 | Ahmed Hamada | 22 | Bahrain | BRN | 50.62 | 2 | |
| 5 | Ian Newhouse | 27 | Canada | CAN | 51.14 | 1 | |
| 6 | Christer Gullstrand | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 51.27 | 8 | |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Abossolo-Ze | 27 | Cameroon | CMR | 52.85 | 6 | |
| 8 | Domingos Mendes | 22 | Mozambique | MOZ | 54.52 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amadou Dia Bâ | 25 | Senegal | SEN | 49.94 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Henry Amike | 22 | Nigeria | NGR | 50.11 | 1 | QU |
| 3 | Ken Gray | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 50.46 | 5 | |
| 4 | Martin Briggs | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 50.80 | 6 | |
| 5 | Pierre Leveille | 22 | Canada | CAN | 51.47 | 7 | |
| 6 | Meshak Munyoro | 25 | Kenya | KEN | 51.99 | 2 | |
| 7 | Faustin Butéra | 28 | Rwanda | RWA | 54.36 | 3 | |
| 8 | Ibrahim Khamis | United Arab Emirates | UAE | 55.50 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Harris | 18 | United States | USA | 49.81 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Greg Rolle | 24 | Bahamas | BAH | 50.41 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Lloyd Guss | 25 | Canada | CAN | 51.02 | 8 | |
| 4 | Athanasios Kalogiannis | 18 | Greece | GRE | 51.27 | 6 | |
| 5 | Jasem Al-Dowaila | 21 | Kuwait | KUW | 51.45 | 7 | |
| AC | José Alonso | 27 | Spain | ESP | 3 | DNF |