Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates31 July & 1 August
Competitors from 20 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Ziuskova, Irina Nazarova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Barbara Krug, Gabriele Löwe, Christina Lathan, Marita Koch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Linsey MacDonald, Michelle Probert, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Donna Hartley Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain
  1976
1984  

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 m relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. A total of 11 nations competed. The final was held on 1 August 1980. The event was won by the Soviet Union team of Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Ziuskova and Irina Nazarova, which beat the East German team. Great Britain came third. [1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Tatyana Prorochenko
Tatyana Goyshchik
Nina Ziuskova
Irina Nazarova
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Barbara Krug
Gabriele Löwe
Christina Lathan
Marita Koch
Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Linsey MacDonald
Michelle Probert
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
Donna Hartley

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record3:19.23 Flag of East Germany.svg Doris Maletzki
Flag of East Germany.svg Brigitte Rohde
Flag of East Germany.svg Ellen Streidt
Flag of East Germany.svg Christina Lathan
Montreal (CAN)31 July 1976
Olympic Record3:19.23 Flag of East Germany.svg Doris Maletzki
Flag of East Germany.svg Brigitte Rohde
Flag of East Germany.svg Ellen Streidt
Flag of East Germany.svg Christina Lathan
Montreal (CAN)31 July 1976

Final


RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)Tatyana Prorochenko
Tatyana Goyshchik
Nina Ziuskova
Irina Nazarova
3:20.12
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)Barbara Krug
Gabriele Löwe
Christina Lathan
Marita Koch
3:20.35
Bronze medal with cup.svg Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Linsey MacDonald
Michelle Probert
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
Donna Hartley
3:27.5
4.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROM)Iboia Korodi
Niculina Lazarciuc
Maria Samungi
Elena Tarfta
3:27.74
5.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)Iren Orosz
Judit Forgecs
Eva Toth
Ilona Pal
3:27.9
6.Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)Grazyna Oliszewska
Elzbieta Katolik
Jolanta Januchta
Malgorzata Dunecka
3:27.9
7.Olympic flag.svg  Belgium  (BEL)Lea Alaerts
Regine Berg
Anne Michel
Rosine Wallez
3:31.6
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)Svobodka Damianova
Rositsa Stamenova
Malena Andonova
Bonka Dimova
DNF

Semi-finals

Heat 1

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)Olga Mineyeva
Tatyana Goyshchik
Lyudmila Chernova
Tatyana Prorochenko
3:25.3
2.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)Svobodka Damyanova
Rositsa Stamenova
Malena Andonova
Bonka Dimova
3:28.7
3.Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Linsey MacDonald
Michelle Probert
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
Donna Hartley
3:29.0
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Ruth Williams-Simpson
Jacqueline Pusey
Cathy Rattray
Merlene Ottey
3:31.5
5.Olympic flag.svg  Italy  (ITA)Rossana Lombardo
Agnese Possamai
Daniela Porcelli
Erika Rossi
3:46.2

Heat 2

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)Gabriele Löwe
Barbara Krug
Christina Lathan
Marita Koch
3:28.7
2.Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)Grazyna Oliszewska
Jolanta Januchta
Elzbieta Katolik
Malgorzata Dunecka
3:29.7
3.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)Iren Orosz
Judit Forgecs
Iboiya Petrika
Ilona Pal
3:29.7
4.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROM)Ibolya Korodi
Niculina Lazarciuc
Maria Samungi
Elena Tarfta
3:29.8
5.Olympic flag.svg  Belgium  (BEL)Lea Alaerts
Regine Berg
Anne Michel
Rosine Wallez
3:30.7
6.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)Gloria Ayanlaja
Kehinde Vaughan
Asele Woy
Mary Akinyemi
3:36.0

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2017.