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East German sprinter
Brigitte Köhn (née Rohde , born 8 October 1954 in Prenzlau , Bezirk Neubrandenburg ) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres and later 400 metres hurdles .
She won a gold medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Championships , together with teammates Waltraud Dietsch , Ellen Streidt and Angelika Handt . At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal she won another gold medal in same event, with her teammates Doris Maletzki , 400 m silver medalist Christina Brehmer and 400 m bronze medalist Ellen Streidt .[1]
After the 1976 Olympics she married, bore a child and changed event to the 400 metres hurdles. She placed fourth in her new event at the 1978 European Championships .
She competed for the club SC Neubrandenburg during her active career.
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1972 Käsling , Kühne , Seidler , Zehrt (GDR )
1976 Maletzki , Rohde , Streidt , Brehmer (GDR )
1980 Prorochenko , Goyshchik , Zyuskova , Nazarova (URS )
1984 Leatherwood , S. Howard , Brisco-Hooks , Cheeseborough , Dixon , D. Howard (USA )
1988 Ledovskaya , Nazarova , Pinigina , Bryzhina , Dzhyhalova (URS )
1992 Ruzina , Dzhyhalova , Nazarova , Bryzhina , Nurutdinova , Shmonina (EUN )
1996 Stevens , Malone-Wallace , Graham , Miles , Wilson (USA )
2000 Miles Clark , Hennagan , Colander , Anderson (USA )
2004 Trotter , Henderson , Richards , Hennagan , Robinson (USA )
2008 Wineberg , Felix , Henderson , Richards , Hastings (USA )
2012 Trotter , Felix , McCorory , Richards-Ross , Baker , Dixon (USA )
2016 Felix , Francis , Hastings , Okolo , Ellis-Watson , McCorory (USA )
2020 McLaughlin , Felix , Muhammad , Mu , Whitney , Jonathas , Ellis , Irby (USA )
1969: Great Britain (Stirling , Lowe , Simpson , Board )
1971: East Germany (Kühne , , Seidler , Zehrt )
1974: East Germany (Rohde , Dietsch , Handt , Streidt )
1978: East Germany (Marquardt , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1982: East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Rübsam , Koch )
1986: East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Müller , Koch )
1990: East Germany (Derr , Hesselbarth , Müller , Breuer )
1994: France (Landre , Elien , Dorsile , Pérec )
1998: Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Rieger , Breuer )
2002: Germany (Ekpo-Umoh , Rockmeier , Marx , Breuer )
2006: Russia (Pospelova , Ivanova , Zaytseva , Veshkurova )
2010: Germany (Lindenberg , Cremer , Kohlmann , Hoffmann )
2012: Ukraine (Olishevska , Zemlyak , Pyhyda , Lohvynenko )
2014: France (Gayot , Hurtis , Raharolahy , Gueï )
2016: Great Britain (Diamond , Onuora , Doyle , Bundy-Davies )
2018: Poland (Hołub-Kowalik , Baumgart-Witan , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty-Ersetic )
1977: East Germany (Popp , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1979: East Germany (Kotte , Brehmer , Köhn , Koch )
1981: East Germany (Rübsam , Steuk , Wöckel , Koch )
1985: East Germany (Emmelmann , Busch , Neubauer , Koch )
1989: Americas (Crooks , Davis , Jackson , Quirot )
1992: Americas (Edeh , Crooks , Carabali , Restrepo )
1994: Great Btitain (Smith , Keough , Neef , Gunnell )
1998: Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Urbansky , Breuer )
2002: Americas (Richards , Pernía , Amertil , Guevara )
2006: Americas (S. Williams , Darling , Amertil , N. Williams )
2010: Americas (Williams , Dunn , Wilson , Amertil )
2014: Americas (Day , McCorory , McPherson , Williams-Mills )
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