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

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[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough Diane Dixon* Denean Howard*	Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne Dana Wright*	West Germany (FRG) 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
	United States (USA)	• Lillie Leatherwood • Sherri Howard • Valerie Brisco-Hooks • Chandra Cheeseborough	3:18.29 OR
	Canada (CAN)	• Charmaine Crooks • Jillian Richardson • Molly Killingbeck • Marita Payne	3:21.21
	West Germany (FRG)	• Heike Schulte-Mattler • Ute Thimm • Heide-Elke Gaugel • Gaby Bußmann	3:22.98
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Michelle Scutt • Helen Barnett • Gladys Taylor • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	3:25.51
5.	Jamaica (JAM)	• llrey Oliver • Cynthia Green • Cathy Rattray • Grace Jackson	3:27.51
6.	Italy (ITA)	• Patrizia Lombardo • Cosetta Campana • Marisa Masullo • Erica Rossi	3:30.82
7.	India (IND)	• M. D. Valsamma • Vandana Rao • Shiny Abraham • P. T. Usha	3:32.49
–	Puerto Rico (PUR)	• Evelyn Mathieu • Madeline De Jesus • Angelita Lind • Marie Lande Mathieu	DNS^[2]

Semi-Finals[]

Held on August 10, 1984

Heat 1[]

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• Lillie Leatherwood • Sherri Howard • Diane Dixon • Denean Howard	3:22.82
2.	Jamaica (JAM)	• llrey Oliver • Cathy Rattray • Andrea Thomas • Grace Jackson	3:26.56
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Michelle Scutt • Helen Barnett • Gladys Taylor • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	3:27.68
4.	India (IND)	• M. D. Valsamma • Vandana Rao • Shiny Abraham • P. T. Usha	3:33.85
5.	Puerto Rico (PUR)	• 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.	Italy (ITA)	• Patrizia Lombardo • Cosetta Campana • Giuseppina Cirulli • Erica Rossi	3:32.55
2.	West Germany (FRG)	• Christina Sussiek • Heike Schulte-Mattler • Nicole Leistenschneider • Gaby Bußmann	3:33.63
3.	Canada (CAN)	• Dana Wright • Jillian Richardson • Charmaine Crooks • Marita Payne	3:33.78
4.	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	• Joycelyn Joseph • Ruperta Charles • Monica Stevens • Laverne Bryan	3:39.32
5.	Ghana (GHA)	• Martha Appiah • Mercy Addy • Mary Mensah • Grace Bakari	3:40.38

References[]

^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b 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.

External links[]

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[cheating-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.

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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
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v t 4 × 400 metres relay at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Women	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Mixed	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
See also: 1908 Men's medley relay