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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Paul van Winkel Belgium3:58.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Randy Snow United States4:00.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)André Viger Canada4:00.47
4Mel Fitzgerald Canada4:00.65
5Jürgen Geider West Germany4:00.71
6Peter Trotter Australia4:00.83
7Rick Hansen Canada4:02.75
8Jim Martinson United States4:21.37

Women's 800 m wheelchair

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sharon Hedrick United States2:15.73WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Monica Wetterström Sweden2:20.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Candace Cable United States2:28.37
4Sacajuwea Hunter United States2:32.22
5Anna-Maria Orvefors Sweden2:32.49
6Angela Leriti Canada2:41.43
7Connie Hansen Denmark2:41.53
8Ingrid Lauridsen Denmark2:43.06

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