Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 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 | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
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
| 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 |
|
Records
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 | Bärbel Eckert
|
Montreal (CAN) | July 31, 1976 |
Final
- 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)
|
• | 42.43 |
| 4. |  Bulgaria (BUL)
|
• Galina Encheva
|
42.67 |
| 5. | France (FRA)
|
• | 42.84 |
| 6. |  Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Rose Allwood
• Merlene Ottey |
43.19 |
| 7. |  Poland (POL)
|
• | 44.49 |
| – |  Sweden (SWE)
|
• Linda Haglund • Lena Möller • Ann-Louise Skoglund • Helena Pihl |
DNF |
See also
- 1982 Women's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Athens)
References
- ^ "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.