Jarmila Kratochvílová

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Medal record
Jarmila Kratochvílová
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver	1980 Moscow	400 m
World Championships
Gold	1983 Helsinki	400 m
Gold	1983 Helsinki	800 m
Silver	1983 Helsinki	4x400 m relay
European Championships
Silver	1982 Athens	400 m
Silver	1982 Athens	4x400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1981 Grenoble	400 m
Gold	1982 Milan	400 m
Gold	1983 Budapest	400 m

Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjarmɪla ˈkratoxviːlovaː]  ( listen); born 26 January 1951 in Golčův Jeníkov) is a former Czech 400 m runner. Along with a late development, her career was dogged by injury and illness. Always in the shadow of Marita Koch she hit peak form in 1983 aged 32. Entering a one-off 800 m race in Munich, reportedly as a training exercise, she broke the world record with 1:53.28. This convinced her to attempt an unlikely double in the inaugural World Championships 10 days later. Despite a seemingly impossible schedule, she won the 800 m easily and set a world record 47.99 to win the 400 m. Koch, having missed training through injury ran (and won) the 200 m. Though Koch beat her 400 m time in 1985, Kratochvílová's 800 m record remains as one of the longest standing in Track and Field.

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Records
Preceded by Nadezhda Olizarenko	Women's 800 metres World Record Holder 1983-07-26 —	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Marita Koch	United Press International Athlete of the Year 1983	Succeeded by Martina Navratilova
Preceded by Marita Koch	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1983	Succeeded by Evelyn Ashford

v • d • e World Champions in the Women's 400 m 1983 Jarmila Kratochvílová | 1987 Olga Bryzgina | 1991 Marie-José Pérec | 1993 Jearl Miles Clark | 1995 Marie-José Pérec | 1997 Cathy Freeman | 1999 Cathy Freeman | 2001 Amy Mbacke Thiam | 2003 Ana Guevara | 2005 Tonique Williams-Darling | 2007 Christine Ohuruogu | 2009 Sanya Richards

v • d • e World Champions in Women's 800 m 1983 Jarmila Kratochvílová | 1987 Sigrun Wodars | 1991 Liliya Nurutdinova | 1993 Maria Mutola | 1995 Ana Fidelia Quirot | 1997 Ana Fidelia Quirot | 1999 Ludmila Formanová | 2001 Maria Mutola | 2003 Maria Mutola | 2005 Zulia Calatayud | 2007 Janeth Jepkosgei | 2009 Caster Semenya

v • d • e IAAF World/Continental Cup Champions in Women's 400 m  1977: Irena Szewińska (POL)  •  1979: Marita Koch (GDR)  •  1981: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)  •  1985: Marita Koch (GDR)  •  1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  •  1992: Jearl Miles (USA)  •  1994: Irina Privalova (RUS)  •  1998: Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)  •  2002: Ana Guevara (MEX)  •  2006: Sanya Richards (USA)

v • d • e World Best Year Performance in Women's 800 m  1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS)  •  1977: Ileana Silai (ROM)  •  1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS)  •  1979: Totka Petrova (BUL)  •  1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)  •  1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS)  •  1982: Doina Melinte (ROM)  •  1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)  •  1984: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)  •  1985: Ella Kovacs (ROM)  •  1986: Doina Melinte (ROM)  •  1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR)  •  1988: Inna Yevseyeva and Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)  •  1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  •  1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR)  •  1991: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)  •  1992: Ellen van Langen (NED)  •  1993 – 1995: Maria Mutola (MOZ)  •  1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)  •  1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  •  1998: Maria Mutola (MOZ)  •  1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)  •  2000–2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ)  •  2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)  •  2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ)  •  2004–2005: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS)  •  2006–2007: Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (KEN)  •  2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN)