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

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	31 July & 1 August
Competitors	from 20 nations
Medalists
Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Ziuskova, Irina Nazarova  Soviet Union Barbara Krug, Gabriele Löwe, Christina Lathan, Marita Koch  East Germany Linsey MacDonald, Michelle Probert, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Donna Hartley  Great Britain
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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Goyshchik Nina Ziuskova Irina Nazarova	East Germany (GDR) Barbara Krug Gabriele Löwe Christina Lathan Marita Koch	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 Record	3:19.23	Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan	Montreal (CAN)	31 July 1976
Olympic Record	3:19.23	Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan	Montreal (CAN)	31 July 1976

Final[]

• Held on Friday 1 August 1980

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

Semi-finals[]

• Held on Thursday 31 July 1980

Heat 1[]

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

Heat 2[]

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

See also[]

• 1982 Women's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Athens)
• 1983 World Championships in Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m Relay (Helsinki)

References[]

External links[]

• Final Results
• Official Report
• Official Report Volume III, Page 83