European Athletics Championships 1982/4 × 100 m women

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13th European Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
discipline 4 × 100 m relay of women
city GreeceGreece Athens
Stadion Athens Olympic Stadium
Participants 7 relays with 28 athletes
Competition phase September 11
Medalists
gold gold Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR
Silver medals silver United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Bronze medals bronze FranceFrance France
The Olympic Stadium of Athens in 2017

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1982 European Athletics Championships was held on September 11, 1982 in the Olympic Stadium in Athens .

The GDR became European champion with Gesine Walther , Bärbel Wöckel , Sabine Rieger and Marlies Göhr . Second place went to Great Britain with Wendy Hoyte , Kathy Smallwood , Beverley Callender and Shirley Thomas . Bronze went to France ( Laurence Bily , Marie-Christine Cazier , Rose-Aimée Bacoul , Liliane Gaschet ).

Records

Existing records

World record 41.60 s Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR
( Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )
OS Moscow , Soviet Union
(today Russia )
August 1, 1980
European record
EM record 42.51 s Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR
( Doris Maletzki , Renate Stecher , Christina Heinich , Bärbel Eckert )
EM Rome , Italy September 8, 1974

Record improvement

The European championship relay from the GDR improved the existing EM record in the line-up of Gesine Walther , Bärbel Wöckel , Sabine Rieger and Marlies Göhr in the final on September 11th by 32 hundredths of a second to 42.19 seconds.

execution

Only seven teams took part in this competition, so no preliminary runs were necessary. All seasons competed in the joint finale.

final

September 11, 1982

space Season occupation Time (s)
1 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Gesine Walther
Bärbel Wöckel
Sabine Rieger
Marlies Göhr
42.19 CR
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Wendy Hoyte
Kathy Smallwood
Beverley Callender
Shirley Thomas
42.66 SB
3 FranceFrance France Laurence Bily
Marie-Christine Cazier
Rose-Aimée Bacoul
Liliane Gaschet
42.68 SB
4th Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria Anelija Nunewa
Nadeschda Georgiewa
Jordanka Donkowa
Sofka Popowa
43.10 SB
5 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Tatiana Anissimowa
Irina Olchownikowa
Jelena Keltschewskaja
Lyudmila Kondratjewa
43.39 SB
6th ItalyItaly Italy Daniela Ferrian
Carla Mercurio
Marisa Masullo
Erica Rossi
43.99 SB
DNF CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Stepánka Sokolová
Radoslava Soborova
Taťána Kocembová
Jarmila Kratochvílová

The team from Czechoslovakia lost the baton at the second change.

Web links

References and comments

  1. IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed August 25, 2019