World Athletics Championships 1983/4 × 400 m women

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	4 x 400 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	10 relay teams with 42 runners
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (preliminary) August 14th (final)
Medalists  German Democratic Republic  Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place in Helsinki , Finland , on August 13-14, 1983 .

Ten relays took part in the competition with 42 runners. The gold medal was won by the German Democratic Republic after 3: 19.73 minutes with Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch (final) and Dagmar Rübsam (final) as well as Undine Bremer and Ellen Fiedler, who were also used in the preliminary run .
Silver went to Czechoslovakia in 3: 20.32 minutes ( Taťána Kocembová , Milena Matějkovičová , Zuzana Moravčíková and Jarmila Kratochvílová ).
The Soviet Union secured the bronze medal with Jelena Korban , Marina Iwanowa , Irina Baskakowa and Marija Pinigina in 3: 21.16 minutes.

The GDR runners only used in the preliminary run also received a gold medal. The world championship record, on the other hand, was only available to the athletes of this team who actually started in the final.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	German Democratic Republic Kirsten Siemon , Sabine Busch Dagmar Rübsam , Marita Koch	3: 19.04 min	European Championships in Athens , Greece	September 11, 1982
World Cup record	There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time.

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The World Cup record was gradually increased to 3: 19.73 min. During this time, the GDR world championship relay set the world championship record, which is now valid for at least four years, in the final on August 10, 1983 with the cast of Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch and Dagmar Rübsam .

Prelims

August 13, 1983

From the two preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. Only two of the teams that started were eliminated.

Run 1

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Roberta Belle Easter Gabriel Rosalyn Bryant Denean Howard	3: 26.82 CR
2	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne	3: 27.21
3	Czechoslovakia	Milena Matějkovičová Zuzana Moravčíková Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3: 27.60
4th	BR Germany	Rita Daimer Ute Thimm Gisela Gottwald Gaby Bußmann	3: 29.70
5	Romania	Iulia Radu Daniela Matei Cristieana Cojocaru Elena Lina	3: 30.96

Run 2

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Soviet Union	Jelena Korban Marina Iwanowa Irina Baskakowa Marija Pinigina	3: 27.77
2	German Democratic Republic	Kerstin Walther Undine Bremer (preliminary) Ellen Fiedler (preliminary) Sabine Busch	3: 29.05
3	Bulgaria	Svobodka Damjanowa Rossiza Stamenowa Katja Iliewa Galina Penkowa	3: 31.11
4th	Jamaica	Cathy Rattray Ovrill Brown Jacqueline Pusey Grace Jackson	3: 34.17
5	Puerto Rico	Madeline de Jesús Vilma Paris Margaret de Jesús Nilsa Paris	3: 42.79

final

August 14, 1983

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
	German Democratic Republic	Kerstin Walther Sabine Busch Marita Koch (final) Dagmar Rübsam (final) in the preliminary run also: Undine Bremer Ellen Fiedler	3: 19.73 CR
	Czechoslovakia	Taťána Kocembová Milena Matějkovičová Zuzana Moravčíková Jarmila Kratochvílová	3: 20.32
	Soviet Union	Jelena Korban Marina Iwanowa Irina Baskakowa Marija Pinigina	3: 21.16
4th	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne	3: 27.41
5	United States	Roberta Belle Easter Gabriel Rosalyn Bryant Denean Howard	3: 27.57
6th	BR Germany	Rita Daimer Ute Thimm Gisela Gottwald Gaby Bußmann	3: 29.43
7th	Bulgaria	Svobodka Damjanowa Rossiza Stamenowa Katja Iliewa Galina Penkowa	3: 30.36
8th	Romania	Iulia Radu Daniela Matei Cristieana Cojocaru Elena Lina	3: 35.61

Video

• 1983 World Champs 4x400m Relay Final women on youtube.com, accessed April 13, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 13, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 13, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 372f, English), accessed on April 13, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 13, 2020