1988 Olympic Women's 4x400 Relay - World Record, American Record
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Published 2012-05-09
1. USSR 3:15.18 WR, OR
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina
2. United States 3:15.51 AR, NR
Denean Howard (49.82), Diane Dixon (49.17), Valerie Brisco (48.44), Florence Griffith-Joyner (48.08)
3. East Germany 3:18.29 NR
All Comments (21)
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I will never say a negative word about FloJo. Not a 400 runner, yet put it all on the line for her country. Did we ever get to see Bolt, Maurice Greene, Carl Lewis, Justin Gatlin run the 4x400? You gotta love when someone goes out of their comfort zone for their country. RIP FloJo.
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Damn, I didn't know Flo ran the 400m too. She was just the greatest. May she rest peacefully
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"The record couldn't be broken in today's race in Paris. What kind of supernatural force was at work in this race?"
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My heart is beating so hard, despite the fact that I've known the outcome since I was a child.
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I was stationed in Germany during the 1988 Olympic. Games would come on 2:00 AM. Watched most of it before 6:00 AM formation. Remember my First Sergeant postpone formation one morning to allowed the company to watch Flo Jo run.
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I'm actually impressed with Flo Jo to have a 48.1 split considering she never practiced for the 400m. No way she was going to run her down. Too big of a lead. That 3rd U.S. anchor did make up alot of ground
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I'M 60 FULL YEARS OLD NOW AND THIS WAS A WORLD WHERE THERE WAS A SOVIET UNION,A EAST AND WEST GERMANY.IT'S AUGUST 10TH,2024 AS I TYPE.THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE THE 1988 OLYMPICS IN OUR WORLD.
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Great job ! I met Bryzgina several times..as a little girl, she had great dreams...fastest in school, then at 12yo ,then when 14 ,she had no choice but entering the System...lot of health problems now ...❤
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Man I get so pumped watching sprints. I feel like I'm getting ready to run one...so siked for olympics
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Both teams broke the women’s world record. Hell of a Olympics
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Состав той "золотой четвёрки" : 1.Татьяна Ледовская (1966г.р.) 2.Ольга Назарова (1965г.р.) 3.Мария Пинигина (1958г.р.) 4.Ольга Брызгина (1963г.р.)
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RIP Florence Joyner aka Flo Jo the Queen of the one hundred metres
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The best and most amazing Women's 4×400 meters race ever. The most classic and epic one!!
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props to that third leg, DAMN
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1) Tatyana Ledovskaya 50.12 2) Olga Nazarova 47.82 3) Mariya Pinigina 49.43 4) Olga Bryzgina 47.80
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In fact, 33 years later, its still a world record today. And US performance is still second fastest 4 x 400 all of time. Incredible!!
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I just love watching sprinting. Speed and power in the most raw and primal form ever. Gets me pumped every time.
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I was 11 and remember watching this. I had planned on running track for school bc both my parents did but watching Flo Jo run made me want to run even more
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man, Flojo was DOPE in her prime. I must be on DRUGS for ever doubting it. The way she INJECTED herself into this race is amazing. She's running at the speed of an aSTEROID impact.
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Crazy that this race was that fast, considering Flo Jo looked like she was just jogging the whole time.
