Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 11 August 1984. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men. Medals were not awarded, as the sport was not part of the official competition.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Paul van Winkel	Belgium	3:58.50
02 !	Randy Snow	United States	4:00.02
03 !	André Viger	Canada	4:00.47
4	Mel Fitzgerald	Canada	4:00.65
5	Jürgen Geider	West Germany	4:00.71
6	Peter Trotter	Australia	4:00.83
7	Rick Hansen	Canada	4:02.75
8	Jim Martinson	United States	4:21.37

Women's 800 m wheelchair

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Sharon Hedrick	United States	2:15.73	WR
02 !	Monica Wetterström	Sweden	2:20.73
03 !	Candace Cable	United States	2:28.37
4	Sacajuwea Hunter	United States	2:32.22
5	Anna-Maria Orvefors	Sweden	2:32.49
6	Angela Leriti	Canada	2:41.43
7	Connie Hansen	Denmark	2:41.53
8	Ingrid Lauridsen	Denmark	2:43.06

See also

• Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

References

• Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
• Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.