title: Athletics at the Friendship Games – Women's 400 metres
text: # Athletics at the Friendship Games – Women's 400 metres
  
  The women's 400 metres event at the Friendship Games was held on 16 August 1984 at the Evžen Rošický Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Marita Koch East Germany | Taťána Kocembová Czechoslovakia | Olga Vladykina Soviet Union |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Olga Vladykina | Soviet Union | 49.94 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Mariya Pinigina | Soviet Union | 49.98 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Marita Koch | East Germany | 50.29 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Taťána Kocembová | Czechoslovakia | 50.58 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Rositsa Stamenova | Bulgaria | 50.82 | q |
  | 5 | 2 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 50.82 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 50.87 | q |
  | 8 | 2 | Kirsten Emmelmann | East Germany | 51.02 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Liliya Novoseltsova | Soviet Union | 51.23 | qB |
  | 10 | 2 | Petra Müller | East Germany | 51.77 | qB |
  | 11 | 1 | Alena Bulířová | Czechoslovakia | 52.21 | qB |
  | 12 | 2 | Regine Berg | Belgium | 53.01 | qB |
  | 13 | 1 | Patricia Duboux | Switzerland | 55.44 | qB |
  
  ### "A" Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Marita Koch | East Germany | 48.16 |
  | | Taťána Kocembová | Czechoslovakia | 48.73 |
  | | Olga Vladykina | Soviet Union | 49.52 |
  | 4 | Mariya Pinigina | Soviet Union | 49.89 |
  | 5 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 49.94 |
  | 6 | Rositsa Stamenova | Bulgaria | 50.85 |
  | 7 | Kirsten Emmelmann | East Germany | 50.96 |
  | 8 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 51.94 |
  
  ### "B" Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Liliya Novoseltsova | Soviet Union | 50.67 |
  | 2 | Petra Müller | East Germany | 51.38 |
  | 3 | Alena Bulířová | Czechoslovakia | 52.66 |
  | 4 | Regine Berg | Belgium | 53.11 |
  | 5 | Patricia Duboux | Switzerland | 56.11 |
  