[1] The 1984 tournament used a three-phase format similar to that of 1976 and 1980, though the final phase was different.

There were three pool rounds: The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

(This was changed from a 6-woman final round-robin pool in previous years.)

Sinigaglia had won the round-robin bout between the two, but Bradford prevailed 5–0 in the barrage to advance to the second round.