1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

None The 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14. Medals Gold Silver BronzeEast GermanyKerstin WaltherSabine BuschMarita KochDagmar RübsamCzechoslovakiaTatána KocembováMilena MatějkovičováZuzana MoravčíkováJarmila KratochvílováSoviet UnionYelena KorbanMarina IvanovaIrina BaskakovaMariya Pinigina Records Existing records at the start of the event. World recordEast Germany GDR3:19.04Athens, GreeceSeptember 11, 1982Championship recordNew event Results Heats All times shown are in minutes. Heat 1 United States (Roberta Belle, Easter Gabriel, Rosalyn Bryant, Denean Howard) 3:26.82 Q Canada (Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne) 3:27.21 Q Czechoslovakia (Milena Matějkovičová, Zuzana Moravčíková, Taťána Kocembová, Jarmila Kratochvílová) 3:27.60 Q West Germany (Rita Daimer, Ute Thimm, Gisela Gottwald, Gaby Bußmann) 3:29.70 q Romania 1965 (Iulia Radu, Daniela Matei, Cristieana Cojocaru, Elena Lina) 3:30.96 q Heat 2 Soviet Union (Yelena Korban, Marina Ivanova, Irina Baskakova, Mariya Pinigina) 3:28.77 Q East Germany (Kerstin Walther, Undine Bremer, Ellen Fiedler, Sabine Busch) 3:29.05 Q Bulgaria 1971 (Svobodka Damyanova, Rositsa Stamenova, Katya Ilieva, Galina Penkova) 3:31.11 Q Jamaica (Cathy Rattray, Ovrill Dwyer-Brown, Jacqueline Pusey, Grace Jackson) 3:34.17 Puerto Rico (Madeline De Jesus, Vilma Paris, Margaret De Jesus, Nilsa Paris) 3:42.79 Final East Germany (Kerstin Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam) 3:19.73 Czechoslovakia (Taťána Kocembová, Milena Matějkovičová, Zuzana Moravčíková, Jarmila Kratochvílová) 3:20.32 Soviet Union (Yelena Korban, Marina Ivanova, Irina Baskakova, Mariya Pinigina) 3:21.16 Canada (Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne) 3:27.41 United States (Roberta Belle, Easter Gabriel, Rosalyn Bryant, Denean Howard) 3:27.57 West Germany (Rita Daimer, Ute Thimm, Gisela Gottwald, Gaby Bußmann) 3:29.43 Bulgaria 1971 (Svobodka Damyanova, Rositsa Stamenova, Katya Ilieva, Galina Penkova) 3:30.36 Romania 1965 (Iulia Radu, Daniela Matei, Cristieana Cojocaru, Elena Lina) 3:35.61 References IAAF results, heats IAAF results, final IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (pp. 299–300) 4 x 400 metres relay women Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships