1983 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 400 metres relay

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The 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.

[edit] Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
East Germany Gesine Walther Sabine Busch Marita Koch Dagmar Rübsam	Czechoslovakia Tatána Kocembová Milena Matejkovicova-Strnadova Zuzana Moravcikova Jarmila Kratochvílová	Soviet Union Yelena Didilenko-Korban Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova Irina Baskakova Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina

[edit] Results

[edit] Heats

All times shown are in minutes.

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

[edit] Heat 1

1.  United States (Roberta Belle, Easter Gabriel, Rosalyn Bryant, Denean Howard-Hill) 3:26.82
2.  Canada (Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins) 3:27.21
3.  Czechoslovakia (Milena Matejkovičová-Strnadová, Zuzana Moravčíková, Taťána Kocembová, Jarmila Kratochvílová) 3:27.60
4.  West Germany (Rita Daimer, Ute Thimm, Gisela Gottwald, Gaby Bussmann) 3:29.70
5.  Romania (Iulia Radu, Daniela Matei, Cristeana Cojocaru, Elena Lina) 3:30.96

[edit] Heat 2

1.  Soviet Union (Yelena Didilenko-Korban, Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova, Irina Baskakova, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina) 3:28.77
2.  East Germany (Kerstin Walther, Undine Bremer, Ellen Neumann-Fiedler, Sabine Busch) 3:29.05
3.  Bulgaria (Svobodka Damyanova, Rositsa Stamenova, Katya Ilieva, Galina Penkova) 3:31.11
4.  Jamaica (Cathy Rattray-Williams, Ovrill Dwyer-Brown, Jacqueline Pusey, Grace Jackson) 3:34.17
5.  Puerto Rico (Madeline De Jesus, Vilma Paris, Margaret De Jesus, Nilsa Paris) 3:42.79

[edit] Final

1.  East Germany (Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam) 3:19.73
2.  Czechoslovakia (Taťána Kocembová, Milena Matejkovičová-Strnadová, Zuzana Moravčíková, Jarmila Kratochvílová) 3:20.32
3.  Soviet Union (Yelena Didilenko-Korban, Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova, Irina Baskakova, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina) 3:21.16
4.  Canada (Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins) 3:27.41
5.  United States (Roberta Belle, Easter Gabriel, Rosalyn Bryant, Denean Howard-Hill) 3:27.57
6.  West Germany (Rita Daimer, Ute Thimm, Gisela Gottwald, Gaby Bussmann) 3:29.43
7.  Bulgaria (Svobodka Damyanova, Rositsa Stamenova, Katya Ilieva, Galina Penkova) 3:30.36
8.  Romania (Iulia Radu, Daniela Matei, Cristeana Cojocaru, Elena Lina) 3:35.61

[edit] References

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final

1983 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland

Men's Competition

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1,500 m | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 110 m Hurdles | 400 m Hurdles | 3,000 m Steeplechase | 4x100 m relay | 4x400 m relay | Marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | Long Jump | Triple Jump | High Jump | Pole Vault | Shot Put | Hammer | Discus | Javelin | Decathlon

Women's Competition

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1,500 m | 3,000 m | 100 m Hurdles | 400 m Hurdles | 4x100 m relay | 4x400 m relay | Marathon | Long Jump | High Jump | Shot Put | Discus | Javelin | Heptathlon