Wheelchair racing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul van Winkel	Belgium	3:58.50
	Randy Snow	United States	4:00.02
	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
	Sharon Hedrick	United States	2:15.73	WR
	Monica Wetterström	Sweden	2:20.73
	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.