Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na Coliseum, Carl Lewis nke United States jiri ọlaedo anọ nke ya n'asọmpi 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay, na asọmpi ịwụli elu nke ụmụ nwoke tụnyere ọlaedo anọ nke Jesse Owens setịpụrụ na 1936 Summer Olympics na Berlin. N'oge asọmpi marathon ụmụnwaanyị nke mbụ
N'ihe omume ahụ, Leda Díaz de Cano nke Honduras dara 6.5 nkeji n'azụ ndị na-edu ndú mgbe e mesịrị na 27.5 nkeji mgbe e mesịrị, n'ikpeazụ na-ahapụ usoro ahụ.