World-record performances by Marita Koch and the 4×100-meter relay team carried the East Germany women`s team to victory Sunday in the World Cup in Canberra, Australia.Koch shattered the 400 ...

Thirty years ago today, on 6 October, 1985, East German athlete Marita Koch ran the 400m in a world record time of 47.6 seconds.

Track & Field News editors and other experts recognize East German Marita Koch’s 34.1 seconds--a hand-held split time from her world record 400 (47.60), set in 1985 at Canberra, Australia.

Marita Koch’s 11-year-old daughter, Ulrike, appreciates one of the many unusual aspects of having Olympic champion and millionaire Marie-Jose Perec of France training with Koch’s husband ...

For nearly 40 years, Marita Koch’s 400-meter world record has been track and field’s rock of ages. On Oct. 6, 1985, Koch, representing East Germany at the World Cup in Canberra, Australia ran ...

The Soviet bloc was powerful, and East German women, led by Marita Koch, won so many medals that I left the stadium one evening humming the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic.

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At the Bruce Stadium in Canberra on 6 October 1985, Marita Koch blitzed 400m in 47.60sec. Watching it now on YouTube, it remains a stunning sight to behold.

The 200m final in Helsinki was won by Marita Koch, the 400m world record holder and one of the many East German women who continue to deny involvement in doping despite conclusive evidence to the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - When Amantle Montsho snatched a landmark 400m gold medal at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea on Monday, world record holder Marita Koch was too busy to watch.