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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 4, 1984
Date Finished: August 4, 1984
Format: Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Gold: | Alonzo Babers |
| Silver: | Gabriel Tiacoh |
| Bronze: | Antonio McKay |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davison Lishebo | 29 | Zambia | ZAM | 46.20 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | David Peltier | 20 | Barbados | BAR | 46.57 | 1 | QU |
| 3 | Allan Ingraham | 22 | Bahamas | BAH | 46.72 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Boubacar Diallo | 29 | Senegal | SEN | 46.73 | 6 | |
| 5 | Dean Greenaway | 25 | British Virgin Islands | IVB | 47.33 | 2 | |
| 6 | Evaldo da Silva | 25 | Brazil | BRA | 47.55 | 3 | |
| 7 | Ibrahim Okash | 19 | Somalia | SOM | 47.91 | 4 | |
| 8 | Issaka Hassane | 25 | Chad | CHA | 49.64 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Tiacoh | 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 45.96 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | David Kitur | 21 | Kenya | KEN | 46.25 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Marcel Arnold | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 46.46 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Gary Minihan | 22 | Australia | AUS | 46.93 | 2 | |
| 5 | Nordin Mohamed Jadi | 22 | Malaysia | MAS | 47.12 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tommy Johansson | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 47.77 | 7 | |
| 7 | Daniel André | 18 | Mauritius | MRI | 49.09 | 8 | |
| 8 | Faustin Butéra | 28 | Rwanda | RWA | 51.41 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innocent Egbunike | 22 | Nigeria | NGR | 46.63 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Mark Senior | 20 | Jamaica | JAM | 46.73 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Gérson de Souza | 25 | Brazil | BRA | 47.02 | 8 | QU |
| 4 | Manuel Ramírez | 26 | Colombia | COL | 47.17 | 6 | |
| 5 | Brian Saunders | 32 | Canada | CAN | 47.40 | 7 | |
| 6 | Mohamed Al-Malky | 21 | Oman | OMA | 47.61 | 4 | |
| 7 | Syed Meshaq Rizvi | 22 | Pakistan | PAK | 49.58 | 3 | |
| AC | Secundino Borabota | 23 | Equatorial Guinea | GEQ | 2 | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert Cameron | 24 | Jamaica | JAM | 46.14 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Oddur Sigurðsson | 25 | Iceland | ISL | 46.30 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Doug Hinds | 26 | Canada | CAN | 46.42 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Richard Louis | 20 | Barbados | BAR | 46.70 | 1 | |
| 5 | Jean-Didiace Bémou | 25 | Congo (Brazzaville) | CGO | 47.26 | 5 | |
| 6 | Hector Llatser | 26 | France | FRA | 47.30 | 3 | |
| 7 | Phillip Pipersburg | 29 | Belize | BIZ | 48.04 | 8 | |
| 8 | Alberto López | 21 | Guatemala | GUA | 52.21 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alonzo Babers | 22 | United States | USA | 45.81 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Mike Paul | 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.18 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Phil Brown | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 46.26 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Moses Kyeswa | 26 | Uganda | UGA | 46.78 | 1 | |
| 5 | Tim Bethune | 22 | Canada | CAN | 46.98 | 8 | |
| 6 | Joseph Ramotshabi | 22 | Botswana | BOT | 48.11 | 6 | |
| 7 | Dawda Jallow | 17 | Gambia | GAM | 48.36 | 5 | |
| 8 | René López | 21 | El Salvador | ESA | 48.71 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Frayne | 26 | Australia | AUS | 46.08 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Aldo Canti | 23 | France | FRA | 46.14 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Susumu Takano | 23 | Japan | JPN | 46.26 | 8 | QU |
| 4 | Nafi Mersal | 24 | Egypt | EGY | 46.46 | 6 | |
| 5 | Alfred Browne | 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 47.29 | 3 | |
| 6 | Rashid Al-Jirbi | United Arab Emirates | UAE | 48.71 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Siegfried Cruden | 24 | Suriname | SUR | 50.07 | 4 | |
| AC | Hassan El-Kashief | 28 | Sudan | SUD | 5 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunder Nix | 22 | United States | USA | 45.42 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Elvis Forde | 24 | Barbados | BAR | 45.47 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Antonio Sánchez | 20 | Spain | ESP | 46.03 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Anton Skerritt | 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.30 | 4 | QC |
| 5 | James Atuti | 30 | Kenya | KEN | 47.04 | 5 | |
| 6 | Adjé Adjeoda Vignon | Togo | TOG | 47.43 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Lapule Tamean | 21 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 47.60 | 3 | |
| 8 | Pushpa Raj Ojha | 24 | Nepal | NEP | 52.12 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio McKay | 20 | United States | USA | 45.55 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | John Anzrah | 29 | Kenya | KEN | 46,12 | 1 | QU |
| 3 | Isidro del Prado | 25 | Philippines | PHI | 46,82 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Leonardo Loforte | 27 | Mozambique | MOZ | 47.07 | 6 | |
| 5 | Joe Rodan | 33 | Fiji | FIJ | 49.00 | 3 | |
| 6 | Agripa Mwausegha | 28 | Malawi | MAW | 49.12 | 8 | |
| 7 | Charles Moses | 30 | Ghana | GHA | 50.39 | 4 | |
| AC | Ali St. Louis | 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 2 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erwin Skamrahl | 26 | West Germany | FRG | 45.94 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Ángel Heras | 25 | Spain | ESP | 46.06 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Todd Bennett | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 46.09 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Yann Quentrec | 22 | France | FRA | 46.94 | 4 | |
| 5 | Wilson dos Santos | 29 | Brazil | BRA | 47.55 | 7 | |
| 6 | Mark Handelsman | 23 | Israel | ISR | 48.17 | 8 | |
| 7 | Christopher Madzokere | 30 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 48.49 | 1 | |
| 8 | Arsène Randriamahazomana | 22 | Madagascar | MAD | 48.86 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kriss Akabusi | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 45.64 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Darren Clark | 18 | Australia | AUS | 45.68 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Sunday Uti | 21 | Nigeria | NGR | 45.74 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Devon Morris | 23 | Jamaica | JAM | 45.80 | 2 | QC |
| 5 | Mike Okot | 25 | Uganda | UGA | 46.68 | 1 | |
| 6 | Samuel Sarkpa | 23 | Liberia | LBR | 47.65 | 8 | |
| 7 | Mama Moluh | 26 | Cameroon | CMR | 48.90 | 7 | |
| AC | Vincent Confait | 24 | Seychelles | SEY | 4 | DQ |