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

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date31 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors54 from 12 nations
Winning time3:43.43 AM
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Jenna Johnson, Carrie Steinseifer, Dara Torres, Nancy Hogshead, Jill Sterkel*, Mary Wayte*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands (NED)
Annemarie Verstappen, Elles Voskes, Desi Reijers, Conny van Bentum, Wilma van Velsen*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany (FRG)
Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, Karin Seick
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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1988 →

The final of the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984.[1]

Records

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

World record  East Germany (GDR)
Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)
3:42.71 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980
Olympic record  East Germany (GDR)
Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)
3:42.71 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4  United States Dara Torres (56.88)
Jill Sterkel (55.42)
Jenna Johnson (55.63)
Mary Wayte (55.63)
3:43.56 Q, AM
2 1 4  West Germany Iris Zscherpe (57.04)
Susanne Schuster (56.50)
Christiane Pielke (56.90)
Karin Seick (56.05)
3:46.49 Q, NR
3 2 5  Netherlands Annemarie Verstappen (56.30)
Elles Voskes (56.98)
Desi Reijers (56.80)
Wilma van Velsen (57.57)
3:47.65 Q
4 1 6  Australia Lisa Curry (57.79)
Angela Russell (57.11)
Janet Tibbits (58.16)
Michelle Pearson (56.55)
3:49.61 Q
5 2 3  Canada Jane Kerr (57.82)
Maureen New (57.66)
Cheryl McArton (57.48)
Carol Klimpel (57.44)
3:50.40 Q
6 2 6  Great Britain Annabelle Cripps (58.67)
Nicola Fibbens (57.24)
Debra Gore (58.50)
June Croft (57.06)
3:51.47 Q
7 1 5  Sweden Maria Kardum (58.32)
Agneta Eriksson (56.92)
Petra Hildér (58.18)
Malin Rundgren (58.85)
3:52.27 Q
8 1 3  France Sophie Kamoun (58.40)
Carole Amoric (57.74)
Laurence Bensimon (58.74)
Véronique Jardin (57.79)
3:52.67 Q
9 2 7  Italy Monica Olmi (59.02)
Silvia Persi (57.02)
Grazia Colombo (58.40)
Manuela Dalla Valle (58.45)
3:52.89 NR
10 2 2  Japan Junko Sakurai (59.18)
Chikako Nakamori (58.15)
Miki Saito (58.98)
Kaori Yanase (58.37)
3:54.68
11 1 2  Mexico Patricia Kohlmann (58.58)
Teresa Rivera (59.01)
Rosa Fuentes (1:00.80)
Irma Huerta (59.92)
3:58.31
12 1 7  Hong Kong Kathy Wong (1:00.67)
Fenella Ng (1:02.51)
Lotta Flink (1:03.61)
Chow Lai Yee (1:05.84)
4:12.63

Final

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Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Jenna Johnson (56.46)
Carrie Steinseifer (55.87)
Dara Torres (55.92)
Nancy Hogshead (55.18)
3:43.43 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Netherlands Annemarie Verstappen (55.94)
Elles Voskes (56.77)
Desi Reijers (55.62)
Conny van Bentum (56.07)
3:44.40 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  West Germany Iris Zscherpe (57.26)
Susanne Schuster (56.32)
Christiane Pielke (56.24)
Karin Seick (55.74)
3:45.56 NR
4 6  Australia Michelle Pearson (56.51)
Angela Russell (56.97)
Anna McVann (58.26)
Lisa Curry (56.05)
3:47.79 OC
5 2  Canada Pamela Rai (57.70)
Carol Klimpel (57.47)
Cheryl McArton (57.52)
Jane Kerr (56.81)
3:49.50
6 7  Great Britain June Croft (57.49)
Nicola Fibbens (57.33)
Debra Gore (57.24)
Annabelle Cripps (58.06)
3:50.12 NR
7 1  Sweden Maria Kardum (57.93)
Agneta Eriksson (57.19)
Petra Hildér (57.90)
Karin Furuhed (58.22)
3:51.24
8 8  France Carole Amoric (58.58)
Sophie Kamoun (57.24)
Véronique Jardin (57.83)
Laurence Bensimon (58.50)
3:52.15 NR

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 501–502. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
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