• Marita Koch (later Meier-Koch; born 18 February 1957) is a German former sprint track and field athlete. During her career she set 16 world records in...
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    a time of 44.49 seconds. The current women's world record is held by Marita Koch, with a time of 47.60 seconds. Marileidy Paulino is the current women's...
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  • character actress Marita Grabiak, 21st century American television director Marita Johansson (born 1984), Swedish speed skater Marita Koch (born 1957), East...
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    seconds stood for two years until it was broken by her great rival Marita Koch in 1985. Koch's 400-metre world record of 47.60 seconds still stands in 2024...
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    4x400 metres relays. She is also the second athlete in history, behind Marita Koch to win medals in the 100, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400 metres at the World...
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    1982 21.76 +0.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 3 July Dresden 1983 21.82 +1.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 18 June Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984 21.71 +0.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 21 July Potsdam...
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    Profile | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-28. "Marita Koch | Profile | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30...
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  • only being beaten once with 1985's still standing world record 47.60 by Marita Koch. In addition to Kratochvílová remaining the #2 performer in history,...
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    relay, together with teammates Christiane Marquardt, Barbara Krug and Marita Koch. She then duplicated her World Cup success at the 1979 IAAF World Cup...
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  • Calvert also ran 10.30+ (2011). Debbie Ferguson also ran 10.31+ (2011) Marita Koch also ran 10.33i (1979, 1981). Ferguson, George (7 June 1975). "NCAA gun...
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    Seidler (GDR) 1974: Riitta Salin (FIN) 1978: Marita Koch (GDR) 1982: Marita Koch (GDR) 1986: Marita Koch (GDR) 1990: Grit Breuer (GDR) 1994: Marie-José...
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    on the second leg, Felix became only the second female athlete, after Marita Koch in 1983, to win three gold medals at a single IAAF World Championships...
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  • women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres. Other prominent athletes included Marita Koch, who won the 200 m and both relay golds, as well as the 100 m silver...
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  • York City 10 6.09 Zhanna Block  Ukraine 2 February 1993 Moscow 11 6.11 Marita Koch  East Germany 2 February 1980 Grenoble 6.11+ Liliana Allen  Mexico 13...
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    Awards and achievements Preceded by Marita Koch East German Sportswoman of the Year 1984 Succeeded by Marita Koch...
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  • 11 months and 3 days 49.19 Marita Koch  East Germany Leipzig, East Germany 2 July 1978 1 month and 17 days 49.03 Marita Koch  East Germany Potsdam, East...
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    metres relay together with teammates Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch and Marita Koch. At the 1983 World Championships she finished seventh in the individual...
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    Olympics Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985 Olympic record  Marie-José...
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    Brehmer  East Germany Ellen Streidt  East Germany 1980 Moscow details Marita Koch  East Germany Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia Christina Lathan...
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    July 2024. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 35.73: Marita Koch also ran 34.66+ (1984). Jarmila Kratochvílová also ran 35.06+ (1983)...
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    Pavličić (YUG) 1975: Verona Elder (GBR) 1976: Rita Wilden (FRG) 1977: Marita Koch (GDR) 1978: Marina Sidorova (URS) 1979: Verona Elder (GBR) 1980: Elke...
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    Seidler (GDR) 1974: Riitta Salin (FIN) 1978: Marita Koch (GDR) 1982: Marita Koch (GDR) 1986: Marita Koch (GDR) 1990: Grit Breuer (GDR) 1994: Marie-José...
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  • 4), and the 3000 m (7:32.1). In the course of the season East German Marita Koch also broke a world record four times, running 22.06 for the 200 m and...
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    World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985 Championship record  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 47.99 Helsinki, Finland 10 August...
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    Devers  United States 8 August 1997 Athens 19 41.53 Silke Gladisch-Möller Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald-Lange Marlies Göhr  German Democratic Republic 31 July...
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    Seidler (GDR) 1974: Riitta Salin (FIN) 1978: Marita Koch (GDR) 1982: Marita Koch (GDR) 1986: Marita Koch (GDR) 1990: Grit Breuer (GDR) 1994: Marie-José...
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    1988 Olympic Games Seoul  KOR [39] P 400 m 47.60 18.798 (30.252) 1304 Marita Koch  GDR 6 Oct 1985 World Cup Canberra  AUS [40] P 800 m 1:53.28 15.798 (25...
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    metres; beating both favoured East German runners Bärbel Wöckel and Marita Koch respectively. She would be ranked number 1 in the world for 200 m and...
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  • singer and producer 1955 – Lisa See, American writer and novelist 1957 – Marita Koch, German sprinter 1957 – Vanna White, American television personality...
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  • Brehmer  East Germany Ellen Streidt  East Germany 1980 Moscow details Marita Koch  East Germany Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia Christina Lathan...
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