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Athletics At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres Hurdles
] The Hurdling, Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ..., California, United States, had an entry list of 26 competitors, with four qualifying heats (26 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on August 8, 1984. The event made its Olympic debut at these games. Medalists Abbreviations Final Semi-finals Qualifying heats See also * 1982 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens) * 1983 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki) * 1984 Women's Friendship Games 400m Hurdles (Prague) * 1986 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart) * 1987 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Rome) * 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. Completed in 1923, it will become the first stadium to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times when it hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics; the stadium previously hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 27, 1984, a day before the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics. The stadium serves as the home of the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans football team of the Pac-12 Conference. The Coliseum is jointly owned by the State of California's Sixth District Agricultural Association, Los Angeles County, and the city of Los Angeles. It is managed and operated by the Auxiliary Services Department of the University of Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppina Cirulli
Giuseppina "Pinuccia" Cirulli (born 19 March 1959, in Rome) is an Italian hurdler. She won three medals, to individual level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography She was semifinalist at 1982 European Athletics Championships in Athens, in the 400 m hurdles. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she reached the semi-finals of the 400 m hurdles. She also ran in the heats of the 4 × 400 m relay, before being replaced by Marisa Masullo for the final. Her personal best, on 400 metres hurdles, is 56"44 set in 1984 in Catania. She has 47 caps in national team from 1975 to 1988. Olympic results * # - Italy went on to run 3:30.82 in the final. National titles Giuseppina Cirulli has won 13 times the individual national championship. *11 wins in the 400 metres hurdles (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987) *1 win in the 400 metres indoor (1976) *1 win in the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track runni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agripina De La Cruz
Agrippina de la Cruz (born 7 November 1960) is a Filipino hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1960 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Filipino female hurdlers Olympic track and field athletes of the Philippines Place of birth missing (living people) {{Philippines-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Wright-Scott
Angela Wright-Scott (born November 10, 1961) is an American hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics American female hurdlers Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overill Dwyer-Brown
Overill Dwyer-Brown (born 4 January 1961) is a Jamaican hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1961 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Jamaican female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Jamaica Place of birth missing (living people) {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Wright
Dana Wright (born September 20, 1959) is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. She had personal bests of 57.35 seconds for the hurdles and 53.14 for the 400 metres sprint. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she attended and competed for Old Dominion University.Dana Wright Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-30. She placed third in the 400 m hurdles at the Canadian Athletics Championships in 1982, 1984 and 1985, with her best finish at the national level coming in 1987, when she was runner-up to Gwen Wall. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn Grime
Lynnette Kay Grime (later Lyn Massey and now Lynnette O'Connor; born 10 September 1962) is a New Zealand hurdler. Grime was born in 1962 in Matamata. She attended Matamata College from 1976 to 1980 where she was coached by Warwick Fenton. From 1979, she was a New Zealand record holder, first in 100 m hurdles junior, and from 1984 in 400 m hurdles senior. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics and is listed as New Zealand Olympian number 440. She competed at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo and came 17th in the 400 m hurdles. The O'Connors live in Greymouth Greymouth () (Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coas ... with their three children, and she works at the Greymouth Aquatic Centre. References 1962 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Vázquez
Alma Delia Vázquez Acosta (born 9 August 1963) is a Mexican hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1963 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Mexican female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Pan American Games competitors for Mexico Sportspeople from Guerrero People from Chilpancingo 20th-century Mexican women 21st-century Mexican women {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Lee-chiao
Lai Lee-chiao (born 15 January 1955) is a Taiwanese hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1955 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Taiwanese female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Taiwan Place of birth missing (living people) {{Taiwan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Usifo
Maria Usifo (born 1 August 1964) is Nigerian athlete and former Olympian who represented Nigeria at Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988) Olympic Games. She specialized in the 100 and 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a .... She is one of the female athletes in Nigerian sports history who dominated athletic events both at national and international levels. Career in sports Usifo started her career in sports in Nigeria in the 1970s when the school sports system was functional. She was a former hurdler and quarter-miler whose athletic opened opportunities for her to choose from 10 foreign universities after her outstanding performance at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia in 1982. She participated in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Kyalisima
Ruth Kyalisima (born 21 November 1955) is a Ugandan sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1955 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Ugandan female sprinters Ugandan female hurdlers Olympic athletes of Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Uganda African Games silver medalists for Uganda African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Commandeur
Olga Alida Divera Commandeur (born 30 October 1958) is a Dutch television presenter and track and field athlete. She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final. She won five national titles in this event in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1984. She also won gold medals in the 800 metres at the 1975 European Athletics Junior Championships and 1977 national championships. Biography Commandeur started competing in athletics in 1973 and soon became a leading junior Dutch runner and javelin thrower. Next year she won national youth titles in the 800 m (indoor) and 300 m. In 1975 she finished second in the 400 metres senior Dutch championships. She later won the 800 m at the 1975 European Athletics Junior Championships in a time of 2:05.8. She shaved 4.2 s from it two weeks later in Aalst, setting a Dutch seniors record and a world youth record. Commandeur missed the 1976 Olympics due to injuries that kept returning in 1977–1978. In earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
