East German sprinter (born 1958)
Christina Lathan (née Brehmer ; born 28 February 1958) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres .
Born in Altdöbern , Brehmer started training in 1969 at the sports club SG Dynamo Senftenberg , and was transferred to SC Dynamo Berlin in 1973. At the 1975 European Junior Championships she won three gold medals , in 400 m, 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay .
In 1976 she set world record 49.77 seconds, first electronic time under 50 seconds. The record was broken by Poland 's Irena Szewińska a month later. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal she won the silver medal in the 400 m behind Irena Szewinska, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay with her teammates Brigitte Rohde , 400 m bronze medalist Ellen Streidt and Doris Maletzki .
The next year Lathan won another relay gold medal at the IAAF World Cup 1977 . At the 1978 European Championships she won a silver medal in the individual event and another gold medal in 4 x 400 m relay, together with teammates Christiane Marquardt , Barbara Krug and Marita Koch . She then duplicated her World Cup success at the 1979 IAAF World Cup .
She returned to the 1980 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 400 m behind Marita Koch and Jarmila Kratochvílová . In the 4 x 400 m relay she was the sole survivor of the 1976 winning team and could only win the silver medal with her teammates Gabriele Löwe , Barbara Krug and Marita Koch.[ 1]
1972 : Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt (GDR )
1976 : Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer (GDR )
1980 : Tatyana Prorochenko , Tatyana Goyshchik , Nina Zyuskova , Irina Nazarova (URS )
1984 : Lillie Leatherwood , Sherri Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough , Diane Dixon , Denean Howard (USA )
1988 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Ruzina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Liliya Nurutdinova , Marina Shmonina (EUN )
1996 : Rochelle Stevens , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Kim Graham , Jearl Miles , Linetta Wilson (USA )
2000 : Jearl Miles Clark , Monique Hennagan , LaTasha Colander , Andrea Anderson (USA )
2004 : DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Moushaumi Robinson (USA )
2008 : Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings (USA )
2012 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory , Sanya Richards-Ross , Keshia Baker , Diamond Dixon (USA )
2016 : Allyson Felix , Phyllis Francis , Natasha Hastings , Courtney Okolo , Taylor Ellis-Watson , Francena McCorory (USA )
2020 : Sydney McLaughlin , Allyson Felix , Dalilah Muhammad , Athing Mu , Kaylin Whitney , Wadeline Jonathas , Kendall Ellis , Lynna Irby (USA )
2024 : Shamier Little , Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , Gabrielle Thomas , Alexis Holmes , Quanera Hayes , Aaliyah Butler , Kaylyn Brown (USA )
1969 : Great Britain (Stirling , Lowe , Simpson , Board )
1971 : East Germany (Kühne , Lohse , Seidler , Zehrt )
1974 : East Germany (Rohde , Dietsch , Handt , Streidt )
1978 : East Germany (Marquardt , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1982 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Rübsam , Koch )
1986 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Müller , Koch )
1990 : East Germany (Derr , Hesselbarth , Müller , Breuer )
1994 : France (Landre , Elien , Dorsile , Pérec )
1998 : Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Rieger , Breuer )
2002 : Germany (Ekpo-Umoh , Rockmeier , Marx , Breuer )
2006 : Russia (Pospelova , Ivanova , Zaytseva , Veshkurova )
2010 : Germany (Lindenberg , Cremer , Kohlmann , Hoffmann )
2012 : Ukraine (Olishevska , Zemlyak , Pyhyda , Lohvynenko )
2014 : France (Gayot , Hurtis , Raharolahy , Gueï )
2016 : Great Britain (Diamond , Onuora , Doyle , Bundy-Davies )
2018 : Poland (Hołub-Kowalik , Baumgart-Witan , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty-Ersetic )
2022 : Netherlands (Saalberg , Klaver , Bol , de Witte )
2024 : Netherlands (Klaver , Peeters , de Witte , Bol )
1977: East Germany (Popp , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1979: East Germany (Kotte , Brehmer , Köhn , Koch )
1981: East Germany (Rübsam , Steuk , Wöckel , Koch )
1985: East Germany (Emmelmann , Busch , Neubauer , Koch )
1989: Americas (Crooks , Davis , Jackson , Quirot )
1992: Americas (Edeh , Crooks , Carabali , Restrepo )
1994: Great Btitain (Smith , Keough , Neef , Gunnell )
1998: Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Urbansky , Breuer )
2002: Americas (Richards , Pernía , Amertil , Guevara )
2006: Americas (S. Williams , Darling , Amertil , N. Williams )
2010: Americas (Williams , Dunn , Wilson , Amertil )
2014: Americas (Day , McCorory , McPherson , Williams-Mills )