Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 100 m relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Only 8 teams competed, thus there were no heats. The final was held on August 1, 1980.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  East Germany (GDR)
Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
  Soviet Union (URS)
Vera Komisova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Vera Anisimova
Natalya Bochina
  Great Britain (GBR)
Heather Hunte
Kathy Smallwood
Beverley Goddard
Sonia Lannaman

Records

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These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record 41.85   Romy Müller
  Bärbel Wöckel
  Ingrid Auerswald
  Marlies Göhr
Potsdam (GDR) July 13, 1980
Olympic Record 42.55   Marlies Oelsner
  Renate Stecher
  Carla Bodendorf
  Bärbel Eckert
Montreal (CAN) July 31, 1976

Final

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  • Held on Friday August 1, 1980


RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
    East Germany (GDR) Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
41.60
    Soviet Union (URS) Vera Komisova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Vera Anisimova
Natalya Bochina
42.10
    Great Britain (GBR) Heather Hunte
Kathy Smallwood
Beverley Goddard
Sonia Lannaman
42.43
4.   Bulgaria (BUL) Sofka Popova
Liliana Panaiotova
Maria Shishkova
Galina Encheva
42.67
5.   France (FRA) Veronique Grandrieux
Chantal Réga
Raymonde Naigre
Emma Sulter
42.84
6.   Jamaica (JAM) Leleith Hodges
Jacqueline Pusey
Rose Allwood
Merlene Ottey
43.19
7.   Poland (POL) Lucyna Langer
Elzbieta Stachurska
Zofia Bielczyk
Grażyna Rabsztyn
44.49
  Sweden (SWE) Linda Haglund
Lena Möller
Ann-Louise Skoglund
Helena Pihl
DNF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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