| | Event type
Windsurfer (Windsurfer), Women
| Date | 10 – 11 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic (non-medal) |
| Location | East Beach, Santa Barbara, California |
| Participants | 16 from 8 countries |
While men competed in Los Angeles in windsurfing (boardsailing) as a medal sport, using the Windglider, and as a demonstration sport, using the Windsurfer One board, women had only a demonstration sport, using the Windsurfer One, designed by Hoyle Schwitzer. The competition consisted of three phases – slalom, freestyle, and long-distance. Sixteen (16) sailors started with the event won by Canadian Karen Morch, who won the slalom phase, was third in freestyle, and fifth in the long-distance phase. Morch was followed by two Americans – Anne Gardner-Nelson and Andrea Livingston.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Slalom Place | Freestyle Place | Long-distance Place | Slalom | Freestyle | Long-distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Morch |  CAN | 5 | 2 | 1 | – (=5) | – (2) | – (1) | |||
| 2 | Anne Gardner-Nelson |  USA | 1 | 3 | 12 | – (1) | – (3) | – (12) | |||
| 3 | Andrea Livingston | USA | 4 | 1 | 9 | – (4) | – (1) | – (9) | |||
| 4 | Melanie Braund |  AUS | 3 | 6 | 6 | – (3) | – (6) | – (6) | |||
| 5 | Paola Toschi |  ITA | 2 | 10 | DNF | – (2) | – (10) | – ( | |||
| 6 | Cheri Swatek | USA | 9 | 4 | 7 | – (=9) | – (4) | – (7) | |||
| 7 | Sarah Kenney | AUS | 7 | 9 | 3 | – (=7) | – (9) | – (3) | |||
| 8 | Midori Matsunaga |  JPN | 13 | 5 | 5 | – (=13) | – (5) | – (5) | |||
| 9 | Kathy Ross | CAN | 9 | 8 | 8 | – (=9) | – (8) | – (8) | |||
| 10 | Kazuyo Kawahara | JPN | 9 | 12 | 4 | – (=9) | – (12) | – (4) | |||
| 11 | Hiromi Habino | JPN | 5 | 13 | 14 | – (=5) | – (13) | – (14) | |||
| 12 | Jessica Crisp | AUS | 13 | 14 | 2 | – (=13) | – (14) | – (2) | |||
| 13 | Jolanda de Jong |  NED | 9 | 11 | 13 | – (=9) | – (11) | – (13) | |||
| 14 | Åse Jaensson |  SWE | 7 | 16 | 11 | – (=7) | – (16) | – (11) | |||
| 15 | Lisa Penfield-Edwards |  ISV | 13 | 7 | 15 | – (=13) | – (7) | – (15) | |||
| 16 | Heidi Schaake | NED | 13 | 15 | 10 | – (=13) | – (15) | – (10) |