4 x 100 metres Relay, Women
| Date | 11 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California |
| Participants | 45 from 11 countries |
With the Soviet boycott, the best team in the world, the GDR (East Germany), was not present. They had won the 1983 World Championships and the 1982 European Championships, and had set the last eight world records, the most recent one in July 1983. In their absence, the United States was favored in front of the home crowd. Jamaica had won the bronze medal at the 83 Worlds, but dropped the baton on the first exchange of the final. They finished the race but were never a factor. Great Britain had been silver medalists at the 1983 World Championship, but the United States simply ran away from everyone, with 100 champion Evelyn Ashford running the anchor leg. The time of 41.65 was the fastest ever by a non-GDR team.
Round One (11 August 1984 — 10:00)
Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (A) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Jamaica |  JAM | 43.05 | |||||||||
| Merlene Ottey-Page • Janet Burke • Grace Jackson • Veronica Findlay | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 43.47 | |||||||||
| Simmone Jacobs • Kathy Cook • Bev Callender • Heather Oakes | |||||||||||||
| 3 | – | France |  FRA | 43.64 | |||||||||
| Rose-Aimée Bacoul • Liliane Gaschet • Marie-France Loval • Raymonde Naigre | |||||||||||||
| 4 | – | The Bahamas |  BAH | 44.15 | |||||||||
| Eldece Clarke • Pauline Davis • Debbie Greene • Oralee Fowler | |||||||||||||
| 5 | – | Thailand |  THA | 45.62 | |||||||||
| Ratjai Sripet • Walapa Tangjitsusorn • Jaree Patthaarath • Wassana Panyapuek | |||||||||||||
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (A) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States |  USA | 42.59 | |||||||||
| Alice Brown • Jeanette Bolden • Chandra Cheeseborough • Evelyn Ashford | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Canada |  CAN | 43.53 | |||||||||
| Angela Bailey • Marita Payne • Angella Taylor • France Gareau | |||||||||||||
| 3 | – | West Germany |  FRG | 44.30 | |||||||||
| Edith Oker • Michaela Schabinger • Heide-Elke Gaugel • Ute Thimm | |||||||||||||
| 4 | – | Trinidad and Tobago |  TTO | 44.78 | |||||||||
| Janice Bernard • Gillian Forde • Esther Hope-Washington • Angela Williams | |||||||||||||
| 5 | – | Ghana |  GHA | 45.20 | |||||||||
| Grace Armah • Mary Mensah • Cynthia Quartey • Doris Wiredu | |||||||||||||
| 6 | – | The Gambia |  GAM | 47.18 | |||||||||
| Jabou Jawo • Amie N'Dow • Victoria Decka • Georgiana Freeman | |||||||||||||
Final (11 August 1984 — 16:20)
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (A) | Split (Pos) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States | USA | 41.65 | 0.183 | |||
| 365 | Alice Brown | 11.38 | 11.38 (–) | |||||
| 362 | Jeanette Bolden | 10.18 | 21.56 (–) | |||||
| 370 | Chandra Cheeseborough | 10.32 | 31.88 (–) | |||||
| 358 | Evelyn Ashford | 9.77 | 41.65 (–) | |||||
| 2 | – | Canada | CAN | 42.77 | 0.174 | |||
| 38 | Angela Bailey | – | – (–) | |||||
| 54 | Marita Payne | – | – (–) | |||||
| 65 | Angella Taylor | – | – (–) | |||||
| 44 | France Gareau | 10.57 | – (–) | |||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 43.11 | 0.187 | |||
| 162 | Simmone Jacobs | – | – (–) | |||||
| 153 | Kathy Cook | – | – (–) | |||||
| 152 | Bev Callender | – | – (–) | |||||
| 167 | Heather Oakes | 10.36 | – (–) | |||||
| 4 | – | France | FRA | 43.15 | 0.204 | |||
| 101 | Rose-Aimée Bacoul | – | – (–) | |||||
| 107 | Liliane Gaschet | – | – (–) | |||||
| 108 | Marie-France Loval | – | – (–) | |||||
| 110 | Raymonde Naigre | 10.48 | – (–) | |||||
| 5 | – | West Germany | FRG | 43.57 | 0.171 | |||
| 130 | Edith Oker | – | – (–) | |||||
| 133 | Michaela Schabinger | – | – (–) | |||||
| 121 | Heide-Elke Gaugel | – | – (–) | |||||
| 139 | Ute Thimm | 10.49 | – (–) | |||||
| 6 | – | The Bahamas | BAH | 44.18 | 0.205 | |||
| 21 | Eldece Clarke | – | – (–) | |||||
| 22 | Pauline Davis | – | – (–) | |||||
| 25 | Debbie Greene | – | – (–) | |||||
| 24 | Oralee Fowler | 10.77 | – (–) | |||||
| 7 | – | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 44.23 | 0.184 | |||
| 348 | Janice Bernard | – | – (–) | |||||
| 350 | Gillian Forde | – | – (–) | |||||
| 351 | Esther Hope-Washington | – | – (–) | |||||
| 353 | Angela Williams | 10.50 | – (–) | |||||
| 8 | – | Jamaica | JAM | 53.54 | 0.318 | |||
| 237 | Juliet Cuthbert | – | – (–) | |||||
| 243 | Grace Jackson | – | – (–) | |||||
| 240 | Veronica Findlay | – | – (–) | |||||
| 246 | Merlene Ottey-Page | 15.27 | – (–) |