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

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Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueLenin Central Stadium
Dates25 July 1980 (heats)
27 July 1980 (semi-finals)
28 July 1980 (final)
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning time48.88 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marita Koch
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jarmila Kratochvílová
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christina Lathan
 East Germany
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These are the official results of the women's 400 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 25, 1980, and on July 28, 1980.[1]

Final[edit]

  • Held on Monday July 28, 1980
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marita Koch  East Germany 48.88 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 49.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christina Lathan  East Germany 49.66
4 Irina Nazarova  Soviet Union 50.07
5 Nina Zyuskova  Soviet Union 50.17
6 Gabriele Löwe  East Germany 51.33
7 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 51.35
8 Linsey MacDonald  Great Britain 52.40

Semifinals[edit]

  • Held on Sunday July 27, 1980
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marita Koch  East Germany 50.57
2 Gabriele Löwe  East Germany 50.85
3 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 51.02
4 Nina Zyuskova  Soviet Union 51.12
5 Lyudmila Chernova  Soviet Union 51.30
6 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith  Great Britain 51.47
7 Małgorzata Dunecka  Poland 51.93
8 Rositsa Stamenova  Bulgaria 52.96


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Christina Lathan  East Germany 50.16
2 Irina Nazarova  Soviet Union 50.18
3 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 50.79
4 Linsey MacDonald  Great Britain 51.60
5 Michelle Probert  Great Britain 51.89
6 Ilona Pál  Hungary 51.99
7 Grażyna Oliszewska  Poland 52.36
8 Irena Szewińska  Poland 53.13

Heats[edit]

  • Held on Friday July 25, 1980
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Christina Lathan  East Germany 51.33
2 Ilona Pál  Hungary 51.99
3 Michelle Probert  Great Britain 52.16
4 Svobodka Damyanova  Bulgaria 52.23
5 Niculina Lazarciuc  Romania 52.52
6 Ann-Louise Skoglund  Sweden 52.78
7 Kehinde Vaughan  Nigeria 53.54
8 Eugenia Osho-Williams  Sierra Leone 1:00.44


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Nina Ziuskova  Soviet Union 51.42
2 Linsey MacDonald  Great Britain 52.57
3 Rositsa Stamenova  Bulgaria 52.71
4 Maria Samungi  Romania 52.89
5 Sophie Malbranque  France 53.46
6 Hala El-Moughrabi  Syria 59.33
7 Xiomara Larios  Nicaragua 1:01.50


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Irina Nazarova  Soviet Union 51.66
2 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 52.56
3 Irena Szewińska  Poland 52.57
4 Karoline Käfer  Austria 52.82
5 Erica Rossi  Italy 52.98
6 Judit Forgács  Hungary 53.06
7 Marième Boye  Senegal 55.16


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith  Great Britain 52.24
2 Gabriele Löwe  East Germany 52.43
3 Grażyna Oliszewska  Poland 52.62
4 Mary Akinyemi  Nigeria 52.64
5 Elena Tărîţă  Romania 52.96
6 Malena Andonova  Bulgaria 53.30
7 Anne Michel  Belgium 54.22
8 Acacia Mate  Mozambique 1:00.90


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 51.04
2 Marita Koch  East Germany 51.06
3 Lyudmila Chernova  Soviet Union 51.51
4 Małgorzata Dunecka  Poland 51.84
5 Rosine Wallez  Belgium 52.00
6 Gloria Ayanlaja  Nigeria 53.55
7 Ruth Williams-Simpson  Jamaica 55.59
8 Trần Thị Ngọc Anh  Vietnam 1:00.62

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

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