Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

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.^[1]

Medalists

Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough Diane Dixon Denean Howard

Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne Dana Wright

Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heide-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bußmann Nicole 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 Walther Sabine Busch Dagmar 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

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
			3:18.29 OR
			3:21.21
		• Heike Schulte-Mattler • Ute Thimm • Heide-Elke Gaugel • Gaby Bußmann	3:22.98
4.			3:25.51
5.			3:27.51
6.			3:30.82
7.			3:32.49
-			DNS

Semi-finals

• Held on August 10, 1984

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			3:22.82
2.			3:26.56
3.			3:27.68
4.			3:33.85
5.		• Evelyn Mathieu • "Madeline De Jesus" (de facto Margaret de Jesús^[2]) • Angelita Lind • Marie Lande Mathieu	3:37.39

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			3:32.55
2.		• Christina Sussiek • Heike Schulte-Mattler • Nicole Leistenschneider • Gaby Bußmann	3:33.63
3.			3:33.78
4.			3:39.32
5.			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)

External links

• Official Report
• Official Report Volume II part II, Page 17

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/womens-4-x-400-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.
2. After 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.