Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_4_×_400_metres_relay

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	31 July & 1 August
Competitors	from 20 nations
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 m relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. A total of 11 nations competed. The final was held on 1 August 1980. The event was won by the Soviet Union team of Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Ziuskova and Irina Nazarova, which beat the East German team. Great Britain came third.^[1]

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World Record	3:19.23	Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan	Montreal (CAN)	31 July 1976
Olympic Record	3:19.23	Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan	Montreal (CAN)	31 July 1976

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Tatyana Prorochenko • Tatyana Goyshchik • Nina Ziuskova • Irina Nazarova	3:20.12
	East Germany (GDR)	• Barbara Krug • Gabriele Löwe • Christina Lathan • Marita Koch	3:20.35
	Great Britain (GBR)	• Linsey MacDonald • Michelle Probert • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith • Donna Hartley	3:27.5
4.	Romania (ROM)	• Iboia Korodi • Niculina Lazarciuc • Maria Samungi • Elena Tarfta	3:27.74
5.	Hungary (HUN)	• Iren Orosz • Judit Forgecs • Eva Toth • Ilona Pal	3:27.9
6.	Poland (POL)	• Grazyna Oliszewska • Elzbieta Katolik • Jolanta Januchta • Malgorzata Dunecka	3:27.9
7.	Belgium (BEL)	• Lea Alaerts • Regine Berg • Anne Michel • Rosine Wallez	3:31.6
–	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Svobodka Damianova • Rositsa Stamenova • Malena Andonova • Bonka Dimova	DNF

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Olga Mineyeva • Tatyana Goyshchik • Lyudmila Chernova • Tatyana Prorochenko	3:25.3
2.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Svobodka Damyanova • Rositsa Stamenova • Malena Andonova • Bonka Dimova	3:28.7
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Linsey MacDonald • Michelle Probert • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith • Donna Hartley	3:29.0
4.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Ruth Williams-Simpson • Jacqueline Pusey • Cathy Rattray • Merlene Ottey	3:31.5
5.	Italy (ITA)	• Rossana Lombardo • Agnese Possamai • Daniela Porcelli • Erika Rossi	3:46.2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	East Germany (GDR)	• Gabriele Löwe • Barbara Krug • Christina Lathan • Marita Koch	3:28.7
2.	Poland (POL)	• Grazyna Oliszewska • Jolanta Januchta • Elzbieta Katolik • Malgorzata Dunecka	3:29.7
3.	Hungary (HUN)	• Iren Orosz • Judit Forgecs • Iboiya Petrika • Ilona Pal	3:29.7
4.	Romania (ROM)	• Ibolya Korodi • Niculina Lazarciuc • Maria Samungi • Elena Tarfta	3:29.8
5.	Belgium (BEL)	• Lea Alaerts • Regine Berg • Anne Michel • Rosine Wallez	3:30.7
6.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Gloria Ayanlaja • Kehinde Vaughan • Asele Woy • Mary Akinyemi	3:36.0

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay