These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 400 m Relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. A total of 10 teams competed. The final was held on August 11, 1984.
Medalists
Lillie LeatherwoodSherri HowardValerie Brisco-HooksChandra CheeseboroughDiane Dixon*Denean Howard* Charmaine CrooksJillian RichardsonMolly KillingbeckMarita PayneDana Wright* Heike Schulte-MattlerUte ThimmHeide-Elke GaugelGaby BußmannNicole Leistenschneider*Christina Sussiek*
Records These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
World record 3:15.92 Gesine WaltherSabine BuschDagmar Rübsam Marita Koch Erfurt (GDR) June 3, 1984 Olympic record 3:19.23 Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan Montreal (CAN) July 31, 1976
Final Held on August 11, 1984
RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME• Lillie Leatherwood• Sherri Howard• Valerie Brisco-Hooks• Chandra Cheeseborough 3:18.29 OR• Charmaine Crooks• Jillian Richardson• Molly Killingbeck• Marita Payne 3:21.21• Heike Schulte-Mattler• Ute Thimm• Heide-Elke Gaugel• Gaby Bußmann3:22.984.• Michelle Scutt• Helen Barnett• Gladys Taylor• Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 3:25.515.• llrey Oliver• Cynthia Green• Cathy Rattray• Grace Jackson 3:27.516.• Patrizia Lombardo• Cosetta Campana• Marisa Masullo• Erica Rossi 3:30.827.• M. D. Valsamma• Vandana Rao• Shiny Abraham• P. T. Usha 3:32.49–• Evelyn Mathieu• Madeline De Jesus• Angelita Lind• Marie Lande Mathieu DNS
Semi-finals Held on August 10, 1984
Heat 1 RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME1.• Lillie Leatherwood• Sherri Howard• Diane Dixon• Denean Howard 3:22.822.• llrey Oliver• Cathy Rattray• Andrea Thomas• Grace Jackson 3:26.563.• Michelle Scutt• Helen Barnett• Gladys Taylor• Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 3:27.684.• M. D. Valsamma• Vandana Rao• Shiny Abraham• P. T. Usha 3:33.855.• Evelyn Mathieu• "Madeline De Jesus" (de facto Margaret de JesúsAfter Puerto Rico’s Madeline de Jesus came up lame while competing in the long jump, she was unable to run in the 4 × 400-meter relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Madeline enlisted her identical twin sister, Margaret, as an imposter for a qualifying heat. Margaret ran the second leg of the qualifier, and the team advanced. When the chief coach of the Puerto Rican team learned of the ruse, however, he pulled his team out of the final.)• Angelita Lind• Marie Lande Mathieu3:37.39
Heat 2 RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME1.• Patrizia Lombardo• Cosetta Campana• Giuseppina Cirulli• Erica Rossi 3:32.552.• Christina Sussiek• Heike Schulte-Mattler• Nicole Leistenschneider• Gaby Bußmann3:33.633.• Dana Wright• Jillian Richardson• Charmaine Crooks• Marita Payne 3:33.784.• Joycelyn Joseph• Ruperta Charles• Monica Stevens• Laverne Bryan 3:39.325.• Martha Appiah• Mercy Addy• Mary Mensah• Grace Bakari 3:40.38
See also 1982 Women's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Athens) 1983 Women's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Helsinki) 1984 Women's Friendship Games 4 × 400 m Relay (Prague) 1987 Women's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Rome)
References
External links Official Report Official Report Volume II part II, Page 17