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

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

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

• 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

• 1982 Women's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Athens)

References

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.

External links

• Final Results
• Official Report
• Official Report Volume III, Page 81