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
v t e

The 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested as part of the athletics program.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Ron Brown Sam Graddy Carl Lewis Calvin Smith	Jamaica (JAM) Al Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart Norman Edwards*	Canada (CAN) Sterling Hinds Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	37.86	Carl Lewis Calvin Smith Willie Gault Emmit King	Helsinki (FIN)	August 10, 1983
Olympic Record	38.19	Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart	Munich (FRG)	September 10, 1972

The United States set a new world record in the final.

Rank	Lane	Team	Name	Result	Notes
	5	United States (USA)	Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	37.83	WR
	1	Jamaica (JAM)	Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart	38.62
	6	Canada (CAN)	Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds	38.70
4	3	Italy (ITA)	Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea	38.87
5	2	West Germany (FRG)	Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke	38.99
6	7	France (FRA)	Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose	39.10
7	4	Great Britain (GBR)	Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells	39.13
8	8	Brazil (BRA)	Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia	39.40

Heat 1

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1	United States (USA)	Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	38.44
2	Italy (ITA)	Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea	39.32
3	Canada (CAN)	Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds	39.39
4	Brazil (BRA)	Arnaldo da Silva, Nelson Rocha Santos, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia	39.52
5	Ghana (GHA)	Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby	40.19
6	Indonesia (INA)	Johannes Kardiono, Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa	40.37
7	Senegal (SEN)	Mamadou Sene, Hamidou Diawara, Ibrahima Fall, Charles-Louis Seck	40.63
8	Thailand (THA)	Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna	40.83

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1	Jamaica (JAM)	Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Ray Stewart	38.67
2	Great Britain (GBR)	Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells	38.67
3	West Germany (FRG)	Jürgen Koffler, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke	38.70
4	France (FRA)	Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose	38.91
5	Nigeria (NGR)	Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh	38.98
6	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller	40.14
7	Barbados (BAR)	John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones	40.18
8	Qatar (QAT)	Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour	40.43

Heat 1

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1	United States (USA)	Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	38.89
2	West Germany (FRG)	Christian Zirkelbach, Peter Klein, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke	39.04
3	France (FRA)	Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Marc Gasparoni, Bruno Marie-Rose	40.04
4	Senegal (SEN)	Mamadou Sène, Hamidou Diawara, Saliou Seck, Charles-Louis Seck	40.15
5	Thailand (THA)	Vichan Choocherd, Rangsam Intharachai, Prasit Boonprasert, Sumet Promna	40.58
6	Qatar (QAT)	Waheed Khamis Al-Salem, Faraj Abdulla, Jamal Al-Abdulla, Talal Mansour	40.60
7	The Gambia (GAM)	Bakary Jarju, Dawda Jallow, Abdurahman Jallow, Omar Fye	40.73

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1	Canada (CAN)	Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Sterling Hinds	39.20
2	Brazil (BRA)	Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva, Katsuiko Nakaia, Paulo Correia	39.27
3	Italy (ITA)	Antonio Ullo, Giovanni Bongiorni, Stefano Tilli, Pietro Mennea	39.87
4	Nigeria (NGR)	Iziaq Adeyanju, Eseme Ikpoto, Lawrence Adegbeingbe, Chidi Imoh	39.94
5	Ghana (GHA)	Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby	40.20
6	Sierra Leone (SLE)	Abdul Mansaray, David Peter Sawyerr, Felix Sandy, Ivan Benjamin	40.77

Heat 3

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1	Jamaica (JAM)	Norman Edwards, Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie, Al Lawrence	38.93
2	Great Britain (GBR)	Daley Thompson, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells	39.00
3	Indonesia (INA)	Johannes Kardiono, Mohamed Purnomo, Christian Nenepath, Ernawan Witarsa	40.43
4	Barbados (BAR)	John Mayers, Hamil Grimes, Clyde Edwards, Anthony Jones	40.47
5	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	Anthony Henry, Lester Benjamin, Alfred Browne, Larry Miller	40.70
6	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	Théophile Nkounkou, Henri Nding, Antoine Kiakouama, Jean-Didace Bemou	40.74
7	Liberia (LBR)	Wallace Obey, Hassan Tall, Oliver Daniels, Augustus Moulton	42.05

• Results