Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue
McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date31 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors54 from 12 nations
Winning time3:43.43 AM
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  
Nancy Hogshead, Jill Sterkel*, Mary Wayte
*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands (NED)
Annemarie Verstappen, Elles Voskes, Desi Reijers, Conny van Bentum, Wilma van Velsen*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany (FRG)
Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, Karin Seick
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Swimming at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The final of the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the

Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  East Germany (GDR)
Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)		 3:42.71 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980
Olympic record  East Germany (GDR)
Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)		 3:42.71 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4  United States Dara Torres (56.88)
Jill Sterkel (55.42)
Jenna Johnson (55.63)
Mary Wayte (55.63)		 3:43.56 Q, AM
2 1 4  West Germany Iris Zscherpe (57.04)
Susanne Schuster (56.50)
Christiane Pielke (56.90)
Karin Seick (56.05)		 3:46.49 Q, NR
3 2 5  Netherlands Annemarie Verstappen (56.30)
Elles Voskes (56.98)
Desi Reijers (56.80)
Wilma van Velsen (57.57)		 3:47.65 Q
4 1 6  Australia Lisa Curry (57.79)
Angela Russell (57.11)
Janet Tibbits (58.16)
Michelle Pearson (56.55)		 3:49.61 Q
5 2 3  Canada Jane Kerr (57.82)
Maureen New (57.66)
Cheryl McArton (57.48)
Carol Klimpel (57.44)		 3:50.40 Q
6 2 6  Great Britain Annabelle Cripps (58.67)
Nicola Fibbens (57.24)
Debra Gore (58.50)
June Croft (57.06)		 3:51.47 Q
7 1 5  Sweden Maria Kardum (58.32)
Agneta Eriksson (56.92)
Petra Hildér (58.18)
Malin Rundgren (58.85)		 3:52.27 Q
8 1 3  France Sophie Kamoun (58.40)
Carole Amoric (57.74)
Laurence Bensimon (58.74)
Véronique Jardin (57.79)		 3:52.67 Q
9 2 7  Italy Monica Olmi (59.02)
Silvia Persi (57.02)
Grazia Colombo (58.40)
Manuela Dalla Valle (58.45)		 3:52.89 NR
10 2 2  Japan
Kaori Yanase
(58.37)		 3:54.68
11 1 2  Mexico Patricia Kohlmann (58.58)
Teresa Rivera (59.01)
Rosa Fuentes (1:00.80)
Irma Huerta (59.92)		 3:58.31
12 1 7  Hong Kong Kathy Wong (1:00.67)
Fenella Ng (1:02.51)
Lotta Flink (1:03.61)
Chow Lai Yee (1:05.84)		 4:12.63

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States
Nancy Hogshead
(55.18)		 3:43.43 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Netherlands Annemarie Verstappen (55.94)
Elles Voskes (56.77)
Desi Reijers (55.62)
Conny van Bentum (56.07)		 3:44.40 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  West Germany Iris Zscherpe (57.26)
Susanne Schuster (56.32)
Christiane Pielke (56.24)
Karin Seick (55.74)		 3:45.56 NR
4 6  Australia Michelle Pearson (56.51)
Angela Russell (56.97)
Anna McVann (58.26)
Lisa Curry (56.05)		 3:47.79 OC
5 2  Canada Pamela Rai (57.70)
Carol Klimpel (57.47)
Cheryl McArton (57.52)
Jane Kerr (56.81)		 3:49.50
6 7  Great Britain June Croft (57.49)
Nicola Fibbens (57.33)
Debra Gore (57.24)
Annabelle Cripps (58.06)		 3:50.12 NR
7 1  Sweden Maria Kardum (57.93)
Agneta Eriksson (57.19)
Petra Hildér (57.90)
Karin Furuhed (58.22)		 3:51.24
8 8  France Carole Amoric (58.58)
Sophie Kamoun (57.24)
Véronique Jardin (57.83)
Laurence Bensimon (58.50)		 3:52.15 NR

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  2. Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation
    . pp. 501–502. Retrieved March 24, 2017.

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