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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date Started: August 8, 1984
Date Finished: August 8, 1984
Format: Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Gold: | Valerie Brisco-Hooks |
| Silver: | Florence Griffith Joyner |
| Bronze: | Merlene Ottey |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Griffith Joyner | 24 | United States | USA | 22.56 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Joan Baptiste | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 23.31 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Raymonde Naigre | 24 | France | FRA | 23.50 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Angela Bailey | 22 | Canada | CAN | 24.15 | 1 | QU |
| 5 | Semra Aksu | 22 | Turkey | TUR | 24.27 | 5 | QU |
| 6 | Lydia de Vega | 19 | Philippines | PHI | 25.10 | 2 | |
| 7 | Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault | 32 | Fiji | FIJ | 26.82 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace Jackson-Small | 23 | Jamaica | JAM | 22.70 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | 18 | Bahamas | BAH | 23.37 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Heidi-Elke Gaugel | 25 | West Germany | FRG | 23.37 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Ruth Enang Mesode | 26 | Cameroon | CMR | 24.39 | 5 | QU |
| 5 | Nzaeli Kyomo | 27 | Tanzania | TAN | 24.68 | 3 | QU |
| 6 | Soraima Martha | 17 | Netherlands Antilles | AHO | 25.56 | 7 | |
| 7 | Marie-Ange Wirtz | 21 | Seychelles | SEY | 25.88 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | 24 | United States | USA | 23.30 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Els Scharn-Vader | 24 | Netherlands | NED | 23.65 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Teresa Rioné | 19 | Spain | ESP | 24.48 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Mo Myeong-Hui | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 24.86 | 4 | QU |
| 5 | Amie N'Dow | 26 | Gambia | GAM | 25.41 | 5 | QU |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | 24 | Jamaica | JAM | 22.90 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Marisa Masullo | 25 | Italy | ITA | 23.30 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Liliane Gaschet | 22 | France | FRA | 23.32 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Angela Williams | 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | TRI | 23.38 | 4 | QU |
| 5 | Christa Schumann-Lottmann | 20 | Guatemala | GUA | 24.91 | 3 | QU |
| 6 | Emma Tahapari | 23 | Indonesia | INA | 25.07 | 2 | QC |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Givens | 22 | United States | USA | 22.88w | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Rose-Aimée Bacoul | 32 | France | FRA | 23.11w | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Sandra Whittaker | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 23.22w | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Ruth Waithera | 25 | Kenya | KEN | 23.42w | 8 | QU |
| 5 | Janet Burke | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 23.75w | 3 | QU |
| 6 | Binta Jambane | 42 | Mozambique | MOZ | 25.14w | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy Smallwood-Cook | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 23.71 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Helinä Laihorinne-Marjamaa | 28 | Finland | FIN | 24.10 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Michaela Schabinger | 23 | West Germany | FRG | 24.12 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Divina Estrella | 27 | Dominican Republic | DOM | 24,72 | 5 | QU |
| 5 | Elanga Buala | 20 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 24.82 | 7 | QU |
| 6 | Françoise M'Pika | 28 | Congo (Brazzaville) | CGO | 25.05 | 3 | QC |