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4 × 400 metres Relay, Women

Date	10 – 11 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	47 from 10 countries

With the Soviet Union and the GDR not competing, there was really nobody to challenge the United States, who had placed three runners in the 400 metre final. There were only 10 teams entered so the heats served only to eliminate two squads. In the final, the US won easily by 30 metres over Canada, breaking the Olympic record set by the GDR in 1980.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	3:22.82 (1 h1)	3:18.29 (1)	Gold	OR
		Lillie Leatherwood • Sherri Howard • Valerie Brisco-Hooks • Chandra Cheeseborough • Diane Dixon • Denean Howard • Roberta Belle (DNS)
2	–	Canada	CAN	3:33.78 (3 h2)	3:21.21 (2)	Silver
		Charmaine Crooks • Jill Richardson • Molly Killingbeck • Marita Payne • Dana Wright
3	–	West Germany	FRG	3:33.63 (2 h2)	3:22.98 (3)	Bronze
		Heike Schulte-Mattler • Ute Thimm • Heide-Elke Gaugel • Gaby Bußmann • Nicole Leistenschneider • Christina Sussiek • Ulrike Sommer (DNS)
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:27.68 (3 h1)	3:25.51 (4)
		Michelle Scutt • Helen Barnett • Gladys Taylor • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith • Tracy Lawton (DNS) • Jane Parry (DNS)
5	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:26.56 (2 h1)	3:27.51 (5)
		Ilrey Oliver • Cynthia Green • Cathy Rattray • Grace Jackson • Andrea Thomas • Merlene Ottey-Page (DNS) • Marcia Tate (DNS)
6	–	Italy	ITA	3:32.55 (1 h2)	3:30.82 (6)
		Patrizia Lombardo • Cosetta Campana • Marisa Masullo • Erica Rossi • Giuseppina Cirulli
7	–	India	IND	3:33.85 (4 h1)	3:32.49 (7)
		M. D. Valsamma • Vandana Rao • Shiny Abraham • P. T. Usha
4 h2 r1/2	–	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:39.32 (4 h2)	–
		Jocelyn Joseph • Ruperta Charles • Monica Stevens • Laverne Bryan
5 h2 r1/2	–	Ghana	GHA	3:40.38 (5 h2)	–
		Martha Appiah • Mercy Addy • Mary Mensah • Grace Bakari • Doris Wiredu (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:37.39 (5 h1)	–
		Margaret de Jesús • Evelyn Mathieu • Marie Mathieu • Angelita Lind
DNS	–	Thailand	THA	–	–
		Jaree Patthaarath • Jaranee Pongkant • Ratjai Sripet • Rewadee Srithoa • Walapa Tangjitsusorn

Round One

Date	10 August 1984 — 17:10
Format	Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	United States	USA	3:22.82	Q
2	Jamaica	JAM	3:26.56	Q
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:27.68	Q
4	Italy	ITA	3:32.55	Q
5	West Germany	FRG	3:33.63	Q
6	Canada	CAN	3:33.78	Q
7	India	IND	3:33.85	q
8	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:37.39	q
9	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:39.32
10	Ghana	GHA	3:40.38

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	3:22.82	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	389	Lillie Leatherwood		–	51.68 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	384	Sherri Howard		–	49.93 (1)	1:41.61 (1)
3rd Leg	375	Diane Dixon		–	50.24 (1)	2:31.85 (1)
Anchor	383	Denean Howard-Hill		–	50.97 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:26.56	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	251	Andrea Thomas		–	50.85 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	241	Cynthia Green		–	51.77 (2)	1:42.62 (2)
3rd Leg	247	Cathy Rattray-Williams		–	51.77 (3)	2:34.39 (2)
Anchor	245	Ilrey Oliver		–	52.17 (4)	– (–)
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:27.68	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	173	Michelle Probert-Scutt		–	52.32 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	148	Helen Barnett-Burkart		–	52.47 (3)	1:44.79 (3)
3rd Leg	178	Gladys Taylor		–	51.12 (2)	2:35.91 (3)
Anchor	161	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith		–	51.77 (3)	– (–)
4	–	India	IND	3:33.85	– (–)	– (–)	q
Lead-Off	211	M. D. Valsamma		–	55.00 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	208	Vandana Rao		–	54.28 (4)	1:49.28 (4)
3rd Leg	207	Shiny Abraham-Wilson		–	52.94 (4)	2:42.22 (4)
Anchor	210	P. T. Usha		–	51.63 (2)	– (–)
5	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:37.39	– (–)	– (–)	q
Lead-Off	307	Evelyn Mathieu		–	56.40 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	305	Margaret de Jesús		–	54.71 (5)	1:51.11 (5)
3rd Leg	306	Angelita Lind		–	53.09 (5)	2:44.20 (5)
Anchor	308	Marie Mathieu		–	53.19 (5)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Split	Exchange
1	–	Italy	ITA	3:32.55	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	228	Patrizia Lombardo		–	53.76 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	224	Cosetta Campana		–	52.50 (2)	1:46.26 (2)
3rd Leg	225	Giuseppina Cirulli		–	53.49 (1)	2:39.75 (1)
Anchor	234	Erica Rossi		–	52.80 (2)	– (–)
2	–	West Germany	FRG	3:33.63	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	137	Christina Sussiek		–	53.16 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	135	Heike Schulte-Mattler		–	53.08 (3)	1:46.24 (1)
3rd Leg	126	Nicole Leistenschneider		–	54.72 (4)	2:40.96 (3)
Anchor	117	Gaby Bußmann		–	52.67 (1)	– (–)
3	–	Canada	CAN	3:33.78	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	68	Dana Wright		–	54.60 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	58	Jill Richardson-Briscoe		–	52.02 (1)	1:46.62 (3)
3rd Leg	41	Charmaine Crooks		–	54.08 (3)	2:40.70 (2)
Anchor	54	Marita Payne Wiggins		–	53.08 (3)	– (–)
4	–	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	3:39.32	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	5	Jocelyn Joseph		–	53.91 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	4	Ruperta Charles		–	53.25 (4)	1:47.16 (4)
3rd Leg	6	Monica Stevens		–	55.61 (5)	2:42.77 (4)
Anchor	3	Laverne Bryan		–	56.55 (5)	– (–)
5	–	Ghana	GHA	3:40.38	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	184	Martha Appiah		–	54.90 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	183	Mercy Addy		–	56.69 (5)	1:51.59 (5)
3rd Leg	187	Mary Mensah		–	53.73 (2)	2:45.32 (5)
Anchor	186	Grace Bakari		–	55.06 (4)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	11 August 1984 — 17:20

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	3:18.29	– (–)	– (–)	OR
Lead-Off	389	Lillie Leatherwood		–	50.50 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	384	Sherri Howard		–	48.83 (1)	1:39.33 (1)
3rd Leg	364	Valerie Brisco-Hooks		–	49.23 (1)	2:28.56 (1)
Anchor	370	Chandra Cheeseborough		–	49.73 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Canada	CAN	3:21.21	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	41	Charmaine Crooks		–	50.30 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	58	Jill Richardson-Briscoe		–	50.22 (2)	1:40.52 (2)
3rd Leg	48	Molly Killingbeck		–	50.62 (2)	2:31.14 (2)
Anchor	54	Marita Payne Wiggins		–	50.07 (2)	– (–)
3	–	West Germany	FRG	3:22.98	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	135	Heike Schulte-Mattler		–	51.73 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	139	Ute Thimm		–	50.25 (3)	1:41.98 (3)
3rd Leg	121	Heide-Elke Gaugel		–	50.65 (3)	2:32.63 (3)
Anchor	117	Gaby Bußmann		–	50.35 (3)	– (–)
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:25.51	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	173	Michelle Probert-Scutt		–	51.92 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	148	Helen Barnett-Burkart		–	51.31 (4)	1:43.23 (4)
3rd Leg	178	Gladys Taylor		–	51.32 (4)	2:34.55 (4)
Anchor	161	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith		–	50.96 (4)	– (–)
5	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:27.51	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	245	Ilrey Oliver		–	51.82 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	241	Cynthia Green		–	51.89 (5)	1:43.71 (5)
3rd Leg	247	Cathy Rattray-Williams		–	51.53 (5)	2:35.24 (5)
Anchor	243	Grace Jackson-Small		–	52.27 (6)	– (–)
6	–	Italy	ITA	3:30.82	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	228	Patrizia Lombardo		–	53.16 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	224	Cosetta Campana		–	52.74 (6)	1:45.90 (6)
3rd Leg	229	Marisa Masullo		–	52.41 (7)	2:38.31 (6)
Anchor	234	Erica Rossi		–	52.51 (7)	– (–)
7	–	India	IND	3:32.49	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	211	M. D. Valsamma		–	54.70 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	208	Vandana Rao		–	54.15 (7)	1:48.85 (7)
3rd Leg	207	Shiny Abraham-Wilson		–	51.89 (6)	2:40.74 (7)
Anchor	210	P. T. Usha		–	51.75 (5)	– (–)