1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 11 September 1982.

Medalists

Gold	Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Rübsam Marita Koch East Germany
Silver	Věra Tylová Milena Matějkovičová Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Yelena Korban Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Mineyeva Irina Baskakova Soviet Union

Results

Final

11 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Rübsam Marita Koch	3:19.05	WR
	Czechoslovakia	Věra Tylová Milena Matějkovičová Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:22.17
	Soviet Union	Yelena Korban Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Mineyeva Irina Baskakova	3:22.79
4	West Germany	Ute Finger Heike Schmidt Christiane Brinkmann Gaby Bussmann	3:25.71
5	United Kingdom	Kathy Smallwood Linsey MacDonald Gladys Taylor Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	3:25.82	NR
6	Romania	Ibolya Korodi Cristieana Cojocaru Elen Tarita Daniela Matei	3:29.26
7	Poland	Elżbieta Kapusta Grażyna Oliszewska Jolanta Januchta Genowefa Błaszak	3:29.32
8	Sweden	Charlotte Holmström Ann-Louise Skoglund Eva-Maria Eriksson Susanna Bergman	3:35.83

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (4)
• East Germany (4)

• Poland (4)
• Romania (4)

• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)

• United Kingdom (4)
• West Germany (4)

See also

• 1978 Women's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Prague)
• 1980 Women's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Moscow)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Split)

References

• Results