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


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.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.
World Record3:19.23 Doris Maletzki
Brigitte Rohde
Ellen Streidt
Christina Lathan
Montreal 31 July 1976
Olympic Record3:19.23 Doris Maletzki
Brigitte Rohde
Ellen Streidt
Christina Lathan
Montreal 31 July 1976

Final

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
• Tatyana Prorochenko
• Tatyana Goyshchik
• Nina Ziuskova
Irina Nazarova
3:20.12
Barbara Krug
Gabriele Löwe
• Christina Lathan
Marita Koch
3:20.35
Linsey MacDonald
Michelle Probert
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
Donna Hartley
3:27.5
4.Iboia Korodi
Niculina Lazarciuc
Maria Samungi
Elena Tarfta
3:27.74
5.Iren Orosz
Judit Forgecs
Eva Toth
Ilona Pal
3:27.9
6.Grazyna Oliszewska
Elzbieta Katolik
Jolanta Januchta
Malgorzata Dunecka
3:27.9
7.Lea Alaerts
Regine Berg
Anne Michel
Rosine Wallez
3:31.6
-Svobodka Damianova
Rositsa Stamenova
Malena Andonova
Bonka Dimova
DNF

Semi-finals

Heat 2