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...

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...

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...

Marita Johansson (born 1984), Swedish speed skater Marita Koch (born 1957), East German athlete Marita Lange (born 1943), East German athlete Marita Liabø...

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...

metres relay together with teammates Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch and Marita Koch. At the 1983 World Championships she finished seventh in the individual...

relay, together with teammates Christiane Marquardt, Barbara Krug and Marita Koch. She then duplicated her World Cup success at the 1979 IAAF World Cup...

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...

Championships. The mark places her only behind contested results of Marita Koch (47.60; 1985) and Jarmila Kratochvílová (47.99; 1983). Over the distance...

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...