Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 400 m Relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. A total of 10 teams competed. The final was held on August 11, 1984.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough Diane Dixon* Denean Howard*	Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne Dana Wright*	West Germany (FRG) Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heide-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bußmann Nicole Leistenschneider* Christina Sussiek*

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:15.92	Gesine Walther Sabine Busch Dagmar Rübsam Marita Koch	Erfurt (GDR)	June 3, 1984
Olympic Record	3:19.23	Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan	Montreal (CAN)	July 31, 1976

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	United States (USA)	• Lillie Leatherwood • Sherri Howard • Valerie Brisco-Hooks • Chandra Cheeseborough	3:18.29 OR
	Canada (CAN)	• Charmaine Crooks • Jillian Richardson • Molly Killingbeck • Marita Payne	3:21.21
	West Germany (FRG)	• Heike Schulte-Mattler • Ute Thimm • Heide-Elke Gaugel • Gaby Bußmann	3:22.98
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Michelle Scutt • Helen Barnett • Gladys Taylor • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	3:25.51
5.	Jamaica (JAM)	• llrey Oliver • Cynthia Green • Cathy Rattray • Grace Jackson	3:27.51
6.	Italy (ITA)	• Patrizia Lombardo • Cosetta Campana • Marisa Masullo • Erica Rossi	3:30.82
7.	India (IND)	• M. D. Valsamma • Vandana Rao • Shiny Abraham • P. T. Usha	3:32.49
–	Puerto Rico (PUR)	• Evelyn Mathieu • Madeline De Jesus • Angelita Lind • Marie Lande Mathieu	DNS^[2]

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• Lillie Leatherwood • Sherri Howard • Diane Dixon • Denean Howard	3:22.82
2.	Jamaica (JAM)	• llrey Oliver • Cathy Rattray • Andrea Thomas • Grace Jackson	3:26.56
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Michelle Scutt • Helen Barnett • Gladys Taylor • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	3:27.68
4.	India (IND)	• M. D. Valsamma • Vandana Rao • Shiny Abraham • P. T. Usha	3:33.85
5.	Puerto Rico (PUR)	• Evelyn Mathieu • "Madeline De Jesus" (de facto Margaret de Jesús^[2]) • Angelita Lind • Marie Lande Mathieu	3:37.39

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Italy (ITA)	• Patrizia Lombardo • Cosetta Campana • Giuseppina Cirulli • Erica Rossi	3:32.55
2.	West Germany (FRG)	• Christina Sussiek • Heike Schulte-Mattler • Nicole Leistenschneider • Gaby Bußmann	3:33.63
3.	Canada (CAN)	• Dana Wright • Jillian Richardson • Charmaine Crooks • Marita Payne	3:33.78
4.	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	• Joycelyn Joseph • Ruperta Charles • Monica Stevens • Laverne Bryan	3:39.32
5.	Ghana (GHA)	• Martha Appiah • Mercy Addy • Mary Mensah • Grace Bakari	3:40.38

^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b After Puerto Rico’s Madeline de Jesus came up lame while competing in the long jump, she was unable to run in the 4 × 400-meter relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Madeline enlisted her identical twin sister, Margaret, as an imposter for a qualifying heat. Margaret ran the second leg of the qualifier, and the team advanced. When the chief coach of the Puerto Rican team learned of the ruse, however, he pulled his team out of the final.