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

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Lenin Central Stadium
Dates:	25 July 1980 (heats) 27 July 1980 (semi-finals) 28 July 1980 (final)
Competitors:	39
Nations:	22
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Marita Koch
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Jarmila Kratochvílová
Silvernoc:	TCH
Bronze:	Christina Lathan
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Win Value:	48.88
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

These are the official results of the women's 400 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 25, 1980, and on July 28, 1980.^[1]

Final

• Held on Monday July 28, 1980

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
			48.88 OR
			49.46
			49.66
4			50.07
5			50.17
6			51.33
7			51.35
8			52.40

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday July 27, 1980

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			50.57
2			50.85
3			51.02
4			51.12
5			51.30
6			51.47
7			51.93
8			52.96

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			50.16
2			50.18
3			50.79
4			51.60
5			51.89
6			51.99
7			52.36
8			53.13

Heats

• Held on Friday July 25, 1980

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.33
2			51.99
3			52.16
4			52.23
5			52.52
6			52.78
7			53.54
8			1:00.44

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.42
2			52.57
3			52.71
4			52.89
5			53.46
6			59.33
7			1:01.50

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.66
2			52.56
3			52.57
4			52.82
5			52.98
6			53.06
7			55.16

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			52.24
2			52.43
3			52.62
4			52.64
5			52.96
6			53.30
7			54.22
8			1:00.90

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			51.04
2			51.06
3			51.51
4			51.84
5			52.00
6			53.55
7			55.59
8			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)

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 400 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ATH/womens-400-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.