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Medal record
Jarmila Kratochvílová
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver	1980 Moscow	400 m
World Championships
Gold	1983 Helsinki	400 m
Gold	1983 Helsinki	800 m
Silver	1983 Helsinki	4x400 m relay
European Championships
Silver	1982 Athens	400 m
Silver	1982 Athens	4x400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1981 Grenoble	400 m
Gold	1982 Milan	400 m
Gold	1983 Budapest	400 m

Jarmila Kratochvílová (help·info) (pronounced [ˈjarmɪla ˈkratoxviːlovaː]) (born 26 January 1951 in Golčův Jeníkov) is a former late-developing Czech 400 m runner whose career was dogged by injury and illness. Always in the shadow of Marita Koch she hit peak form in 1983 aged 32. Entering a one-off 800 m in Munich reportedly as a training exercise, she broke the world record with 1:53.28. This convinced her to attempt an unlikely double in the inaugural World Championships 10 days later. Despite a seemingly impossible schedule, she won the 800 m easily and set a world record 47.99 to win the 400 m. Koch, having missed training through injury ran (and won) the 200 m. Though Koch beat her 400 m time in 1985, her 800 m record remains as one of the longest standing in Track and Field.

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profile

Records
Preceded by Nadezhda Olizarenko	Women's 800 metres World Record Holder 1983-07-26 —	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Marita Koch	United Press International Athlete of the Year 1983	Succeeded by Martina Navratilova
Preceded by Marita Koch	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1983	Succeeded by Evelyn Ashford

v • d • e IAAF World Cup Champions in Women's 400 m

1977: Irena Szewińska (POL) • 1979: Marita Koch (GDR) • 1981: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) • 1985: Marita Koch (GDR) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1992: Jearl Miles-Clark (USA) • 1994: Irina Privalova (RUS) • 1998: Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) • 2002: Ana Guevara (MEX) • 2006: Sanya Richards (USA)

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World's Best Year Performance in Women's 800 m

1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Ileana Silai (ROM) • 1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) • 1982: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) • 1984: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Ella Kovacs (ROM) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1988: Inna Yevseyeva and Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1991: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED) • 1993 – 1995: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1998: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 2000 – 2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) • 2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2004 – 2005: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) • 2006 – 2007: Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) • 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN)