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
editRecords
editThese 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
edit- 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
edit- Held on August 11, 1984
Heat 1
edit| 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
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2017.