Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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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These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 100 m Relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. A total of 11 teams competed. The final was held on August 11, 1984.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Alice Brown Jeanette Bolden Chandra Cheeseborough Evelyn Ashford	Canada (CAN) Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor-Issajenko France Gareau	Great Britain (GBR) Simmone Jacobs Kathy Cook Beverley Callender Heather Oakes

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	41.53	Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Berlin (GDR)	July 31, 1983
Olympic Record	41.60	Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Moscow (URS)	August 1, 1980

Final

• Held on August 11, 1984

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	United States (USA)	• Alice Brown • Jeanette Bolden • Chandra Cheeseborough • Evelyn Ashford	41.65
	Canada (CAN)	• Angela Bailey • Marita Payne • Angella Taylor-Issajenko • France Gareau	42.77
	Great Britain (GBR)	• Simmone Jacobs • Kathy Cook • Beverley Callender • Heather Oakes	43.11
4.	France (FRA)	• Rose-Aimée Bacoul • Liliane Gaschet • Marie France Loval • Raymonde Naigre	43.15
5.	West Germany (FRG)	• Edith Oker • Michaela Schabinger • Heidi-Elke Gaugel • Ute Thimm	43.57
6.	Bahamas (BAH)	• Eldece Clarke • Pauline Davis • Debbie Greene • Oralee Fowler	44.18
7.	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	• Janice Bernard • Gillian Forde • Ester Hope-Washington • Angela Williams	44.23
8.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Juliet Cuthbert • Grace Jackson • Veronica Findlay • Merlene Ottey	53.54

Semi-finals

• Held on August 11, 1984

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Janet Burke • Grace Jackson • Veronica Findlay • Merlene Ottey	43.05
2.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Simmone Jacobs • Kathy Cook • Beverley Callender • Heather Oakes	43.47
3.	France (FRA)	• Rose-Aimée Bacoul • Liliane Gaschet • Marie France Loval • Raymonde Naigre	43.64
4.	Bahamas (BAH)	• Eldece Clarke • Pauline Davis • Debbie Greene • Oralee Fowler	44.15
5.	Thailand (THA)	• Ratjai Sripet • Wallapa Tangjitnusom • Jaree Patthaarath • Wassana Panyapuek	45.62

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• Alice Brown • Jeanette Bolden • Chandra Cheeseborough • Evelyn Ashford	42.59
2.	Canada (CAN)	• Angela Bailey • Marita Payne • Angella Taylor-Issajenko • France Gareau	43.53
3.	West Germany (FRG)	• Edith Oker • Michaela Schabinger • Heidi-Elke Gaugel • Ute Thimm	44.30
4.	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	• Janice Bernard • Gillian Forde • Ester Hope-Washington • Angela Williams	44.78
5.	Ghana (GHA)	• Grace Armah • Mary Mensah • Cynthia Quartey • Doris Wiredu	45.20
6.	The Gambia (GAM)	• Jabou Jawo • Amie Ndow • Victoria Decka • Georgiana Freeman	47.18

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Helsinki)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Rome)

References

External links

• Official Report
• Official Report Volume II  part II, Page 16

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