| Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 3 August 1984 (heats & final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 52 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:08.34 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
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).
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 4 × 100m Medley Relay Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 500–501. Retrieved March 24, 2017.