Jarmila Kratochvílová
Jarmila Kratochvílová in 2010 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
| Representing Czechoslovakia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1980 Moscow | 400 m | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1983 Helsinki | 400 m | |
| 1983 Helsinki | 800 m | |
| 1983 Helsinki | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| European Championships | ||
| 1982 Athens | 400 m | |
| 1982 Athens | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
| 1981 Grenoble | 400 m | |
| 1982 Milan | 400 m | |
| 1983 Budapest | 400 m | |
| 1984 Gothenburg | 200 m | |
Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjarmɪla ˈkratoxviːlovaː] ⓘ; born 26 January 1951 in Golčův Jeníkov) is a Czechoslovak former track and field athlete. She won the 400 metres and 800 metres at the 1983 World Championships, setting a world record in the 400 m.
In 1983, she set the world record for the 800 metres, which still stands and is currently the longest-standing world record in athletics. Only two athletes, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya (2008), and Caster Semenya of South Africa (2018), have come within a second of Kratochvílová's mark since it was set.