Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Lenin Central Stadium
Dates	25 July 1980 (heats) 27 July 1980 (semi-finals) 28 July 1980 (final)
Competitors	39 from 22 nations
Winning time	48.88 OR
Medalists
Marita Koch   East Germany Jarmila Kratochvílová   Czechoslovakia Christina Lathan   East Germany
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These are the official results of the women's 400 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held from July 25 to July 28, 1980. ^[1]

Final

• Held on Monday July 28, 1980

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Marita Koch	East Germany	48.88	OR
	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	49.46	NR
	Christina Lathan	East Germany	49.66
4	Irina Nazarova	Soviet Union	50.07
5	Nina Zyuskova	Soviet Union	50.17
6	Gabriele Löwe	East Germany	51.33
7	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	51.35
8	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	52.40

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday July 27, 1980

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Marita Koch	East Germany	50.57
2	Gabriele Löwe	East Germany	50.85
3	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	51.02
4	Nina Zyuskova	Soviet Union	51.12
5	Lyudmila Chernova	Soviet Union	51.30
6	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	Great Britain	51.47
7	Małgorzata Dunecka	Poland	51.93
8	Rositsa Stamenova	Bulgaria	52.96

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Christina Lathan	East Germany	50.16
2	Irina Nazarova	Soviet Union	50.18
3	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	50.79
4	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	51.60
5	Michelle Probert	Great Britain	51.89
6	Ilona Pál	Hungary	51.99
7	Grażyna Oliszewska	Poland	52.36
8	Irena Szewińska	Poland	53.13

Heats

• Held on Friday July 25, 1980

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Christina Lathan	East Germany	51.33
2	Ilona Pál	Hungary	51.99
3	Michelle Probert	Great Britain	52.16
4	Svobodka Damyanova	Bulgaria	52.23
5	Niculina Lazarciuc	Romania	52.52
6	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	52.78
7	Kehinde Vaughan	Nigeria	53.54
8	Eugenia Osho-Williams	Sierra Leone	1:00.44

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Nina Ziuskova	Soviet Union	51.42
2	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	52.57
3	Rositsa Stamenova	Bulgaria	52.71
4	Maria Samungi	Romania	52.89
5	Sophie Malbranque	France	53.46
6	Hala El-Moughrabi	Syria	59.33
7	Xiomara Larios	Nicaragua	1:01.50

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Irina Nazarova	Soviet Union	51.66
2	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	52.56
3	Irena Szewińska	Poland	52.57
4	Karoline Käfer	Austria	52.82
5	Erica Rossi	Italy	52.98
6	Judit Forgács	Hungary	53.06
7	Marième Boye	Senegal	55.16

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	Great Britain	52.24
2	Gabriele Löwe	East Germany	52.43
3	Grażyna Oliszewska	Poland	52.62
4	Mary Akinyemi	Nigeria	52.64
5	Elena Tărîţă	Romania	52.96
6	Malena Andonova	Bulgaria	53.30
7	Anne Michel	Belgium	54.22
8	Acacia Mate	Mozambique	1:00.90

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	51.04
2	Marita Koch	East Germany	51.06
3	Lyudmila Chernova	Soviet Union	51.51
4	Małgorzata Dunecka	Poland	51.84
5	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	52.00
6	Gloria Ayanlaja	Nigeria	53.55
7	Ruth Williams-Simpson	Jamaica	55.59
8	Trần Thị Ngọc Anh	Vietnam	1:00.62

See also

• 1976 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Montreal)
• 1978 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Prague)
• 1982 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Los Angeles)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

External links

• Results