Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 3 August 1984 (heats & final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 52 from 13 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:08.34 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The final of the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | East Germany (GDR) Ina Kleber (1:01.79) Ute Geweniger (1:09.16) Ines Geißler (1:00.09) Birgit Meineke (54.75) | 4:05.79 | Rome, Italy | 26 August 1983 |
Olympic record | East Germany (GDR) Rica Reinisch (1:01.51) Ute Geweniger (1:09.46) Andrea Pollack (1:00.14) Caren Metschuck (55.56) | 4:06.67 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 20 July 1980 |
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | United States | Theresa Andrews (1:04.00) Tracy Caulkins (1:11.03) Mary T. Meagher (58.04) Nancy Hogshead (55.27) | 4:08.34 | ||
5 | West Germany | Svenja Schlicht (1:03.20) Ute Hasse (1:11.49) Ina Beyermann (1:01.27) Karin Seick (56.01) | 4:11.97 | NR | |
3 | Canada | Reema Abdo (1:04.19) Anne Ottenbrite (1:10.87) Michelle MacPherson (1:01.28) Pamela Rai (56.64) | 4:12.98 | NR | |
4 | 6 | Great Britain | Beverley Rose (1:04.14) Jean Hill (1:12.00) Nicola Fibbens (1:01.83) June Croft (56.08) | 4:14.05 | |
5 | 1 | Italy | Manuela Carosi (1:05.48) Manuela Dalla Valle (1:11.32) Roberta Lanzarotti (1:03.50) Silvia Persi (57.10) | 4:17.40 | |
6 | 8 | Switzerland | Eva Gysling (1:05.61) Patricia Brülhart (1:12.59) Carole Brook (1:03.07) Marie-Thérèse Armentero (57.75) | 4:19.02 | |
2 | Japan | Naomi Sekido (1:05.67) Hiroko Nagasaki (1:12.09) Naoko Kume Kaori Yanase | DSQ | ||
7 | Sweden | Anna-Karin Eriksson (1:05.70) Eva-Marie Håkansson Agneta Eriksson Maria Kardum | DSQ |
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