Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date 3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors 52 from 13 nations
Winning time 4:08.34
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher, Nancy Hogshead, Betsy Mitchell*, Susan Rapp*, Jenna Johnson*, Carrie Steinseifer*
2nd, silver medalist(s)  West Germany (FRG)
Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, Karin Seick
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada (CAN)
Reema Abdo, Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, Pamela Rai
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.

The final of the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record East Germany (GDR)
Ina Kleber (1:01.79)
Ute Geweniger (1:09.16)
Ines Geißler (1:00.09)
Birgit Meineke (54.75)
4:05.79Rome, Italy26 August 1983
Olympic record East Germany (GDR)
Rica Reinisch (1:01.51)
Ute Geweniger (1:09.46)
Andrea Pollack (1:00.14)
Caren Metschuck (55.56)
4:06.67Moscow, Soviet Union20 July 1980

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124 United StatesBetsy Mitchell (1:02.56)
Susan Rapp (1:11.49)
Jenna Johnson (59.37)
Carrie Steinseifer (55.81)
4:09.23Q
225 West GermanySvenja Schlicht (1:03.55)
Ute Hasse (1:11.72)
Ina Beyermann (1:01.91)
Karin Seick (56.40)
4:13.58Q
315 CanadaReema Abdo (1:04.97)
Anne Ottenbrite (1:11.72)
Michelle MacPherson (1:02.31)
Pamela Rai (56.70)
4:15.70Q
422 Great BritainBeverley Rose (1:04.81)
Jean Hill (1:13.23)
Nicola Fibbens (1:02.03)
June Croft (56.76)
4:16.83Q
523 JapanNaomi Sekido (1:05.86)
Hiroko Nagasaki (1:12.04)
Naoko Kume (1:01.74)
Kaori Yanase (57.95)
4:17.59Q
613 SwedenAnna-Karin Eriksson (1:05.33)
Eva-Marie Håkansson (1:12.21)
Agneta Eriksson (1:02.23)
Maria Kardum (57.88)
4:17.65Q
716 ItalyManuela Carosi (1:05.08)
Manuela Dalla Valle (1:11.80)
Roberta Lanzarotti (1:03.56)
Silvia Persi (57.46)
4:17.90Q
812 SwitzerlandEva Gysling (1:05.80)
Patricia Brülhart (1:12.67)
Carole Brook (1:03.73)
Marie-Thérèse Armentero (58.35)
4:20.55Q
917 ChinaGuo Huaying (1:09.92)
Liang Weifen (1:14.83)
Li Jinlan (1:03.38)
Ding Jilian (59.26)
4:27.39
1011 Hong KongLotta Flink (1:09.78)
Chow Lai Yee (1:19.45)
Kathy Wong (1:06.70)
Fenella Ng (1:02.69)
4:38.62
14 NetherlandsJolanda de Rover (1:03.73)
Petra van Staveren (1:10.58)
Annemarie Verstappen (1:00.61)
Desi Reijers
DSQ
26 AustraliaAudrey Moore (1:04.61)
Dimity Douglas (1:12.16)
Lisa Curry (1:02.69)
Angela Russell
DSQ
27 MexicoTeresa Rivera (1:06.39)
Sara Guido (1:14.97)
Maria Urbina (1:06.75)
Patricia Kohlmann
DSQ

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4 United StatesTheresa Andrews (1:04.00)
Tracy Caulkins (1:11.03)
Mary T. Meagher (58.04)
Nancy Hogshead (55.27)
4:08.34
2nd, silver medalist(s)5 West GermanySvenja Schlicht (1:03.20)
Ute Hasse (1:11.49)
Ina Beyermann (1:01.27)
Karin Seick (56.01)
4:11.97NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3 CanadaReema Abdo (1:04.19)
Anne Ottenbrite (1:10.87)
Michelle MacPherson (1:01.28)
Pamela Rai (56.64)
4:12.98NR
46 Great BritainBeverley Rose (1:04.14)
Jean Hill (1:12.00)
Nicola Fibbens (1:01.83)
June Croft (56.08)
4:14.05
51 ItalyManuela Carosi (1:05.48)
Manuela Dalla Valle (1:11.32)
Roberta Lanzarotti (1:03.50)
Silvia Persi (57.10)
4:17.40
68 SwitzerlandEva Gysling (1:05.61)
Patricia Brülhart (1:12.59)
Carole Brook (1:03.07)
Marie-Thérèse Armentero (57.75)
4:19.02
2 JapanNaomi Sekido (1:05.67)
Hiroko Nagasaki (1:12.09)
Naoko Kume
Kaori Yanase
DSQ
7 SwedenAnna-Karin Eriksson (1:05.70)
Eva-Marie Håkansson
Agneta Eriksson
Maria Kardum
DSQ

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 4 × 100m Medley Relay Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 500–501. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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