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

Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors52 from 13 nations
Winning time4:08.34
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher, Nancy Hogshead, Betsy Mitchell*, Susan Rapp*, Jenna Johnson*, Carrie Steinseifer*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany (FRG)
Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, Karin Seick
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada (CAN)
Reema Abdo, Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, Pamela Rai
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
← 1980
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The final of the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.

Records

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

World record  East Germany (GDR)
Ina Kleber (1:01.79)
Ute Geweniger (1:09.16)
Ines Geißler (1:00.09)
Birgit Meineke (54.75)
4:05.79 Rome, Italy 26 August 1983
Olympic record  East Germany (GDR)
Rica Reinisch (1:01.51)
Ute Geweniger (1:09.46)
Andrea Pollack (1:00.14)
Caren Metschuck (55.56)
4:06.67 Moscow, Soviet Union 20 July 1980

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4  United States Betsy Mitchell (1:02.56)
Susan Rapp (1:11.49)
Jenna Johnson (59.37)
Carrie Steinseifer (55.81)
4:09.23 Q
2 2 5  West Germany Svenja Schlicht (1:03.55)
Ute Hasse (1:11.72)
Ina Beyermann (1:01.91)
Karin Seick (56.40)
4:13.58 Q
3 1 5  Canada Reema Abdo (1:04.97)
Anne Ottenbrite (1:11.72)
Michelle MacPherson (1:02.31)
Pamela Rai (56.70)
4:15.70 Q
4 2 2  Great Britain Beverley Rose (1:04.81)
Jean Hill (1:13.23)
Nicola Fibbens (1:02.03)
June Croft (56.76)
4:16.83 Q
5 2 3  Japan Naomi Sekido (1:05.86)
Hiroko Nagasaki (1:12.04)
Naoko Kume (1:01.74)
Kaori Yanase (57.95)
4:17.59 Q
6 1 3  Sweden Anna-Karin Eriksson (1:05.33)
Eva-Marie Håkansson (1:12.21)
Agneta Eriksson (1:02.23)
Maria Kardum (57.88)
4:17.65 Q
7 1 6  Italy Manuela Carosi (1:05.08)
Manuela Dalla Valle (1:11.80)
Roberta Lanzarotti (1:03.56)
Silvia Persi (57.46)
4:17.90 Q
8 1 2  Switzerland Eva Gysling (1:05.80)
Patricia Brülhart (1:12.67)
Carole Brook (1:03.73)
Marie-Thérèse Armentero (58.35)
4:20.55 Q
9 1 7  China Guo Huaying (1:09.92)
Liang Weifen (1:14.83)
Li Jinlan (1:03.38)
Ding Jilian (59.26)
4:27.39
10 1 1  Hong Kong Lotta Flink (1:09.78)
Chow Lai Yee (1:19.45)
Kathy Wong (1:06.70)
Fenella Ng (1:02.69)
4:38.62
1 4  Netherlands Jolanda de Rover (1:03.73)
Petra van Staveren (1:10.58)
Annemarie Verstappen (1:00.61)
Desi Reijers
DSQ
2 6  Australia Audrey Moore (1:04.61)
Dimity Douglas (1:12.16)
Lisa Curry (1:02.69)
Angela Russell
DSQ
2 7  Mexico Teresa Rivera (1:06.39)
Sara Guido (1:14.97)
Maria Urbina (1:06.75)
Patricia Kohlmann
DSQ

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Theresa Andrews (1:04.00)
Tracy Caulkins (1:11.03)
Mary T. Meagher (58.04)
Nancy Hogshead (55.27)
4:08.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  West Germany Svenja Schlicht (1:03.20)
Ute Hasse (1:11.49)
Ina Beyermann (1:01.27)
Karin Seick (56.01)
4:11.97 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Canada Reema Abdo (1:04.19)
Anne Ottenbrite (1:10.87)
Michelle MacPherson (1:01.28)
Pamela Rai (56.64)
4:12.98 NR
4 6  Great Britain Beverley Rose (1:04.14)
Jean Hill (1:12.00)
Nicola Fibbens (1:01.83)
June Croft (56.08)
4:14.05
5 1  Italy Manuela Carosi (1:05.48)
Manuela Dalla Valle (1:11.32)
Roberta Lanzarotti (1:03.50)
Silvia Persi (57.10)
4:17.40
6 8  Switzerland Eva Gysling (1:05.61)
Patricia Brülhart (1:12.59)
Carole Brook (1:03.07)
Marie-Thérèse Armentero (57.75)
4:19.02
2  Japan Naomi Sekido (1:05.67)
Hiroko Nagasaki (1:12.09)
Naoko Kume
Kaori Yanase
DSQ
7  Sweden Anna-Karin Eriksson (1:05.70)
Eva-Marie Håkansson
Agneta Eriksson
Maria Kardum
DSQ

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