Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 7, 1932
Competitors	24 (individuals) 6 (teams) from 6 nations
Medalists
Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Billie von Bremen   United States Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Mary Frizzell Hilda Strike   Canada Eileen Hiscock Gwen Porter Violet Webb Nellie Halstead   Great Britain
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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 7. ^[1]

Results

Final

As only six teams had entered, the teams requested that they run a straight final, which the officials accepted.

The Americans narrowly defeated the Canadians in a very close and exciting contest: both teams were credited with a new world record.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Billie von Bremen	United States	47.0	WR
	Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Mary Frizzell Hilda Strike	Canada	47.0	WR
	Eileen Hiscock Gwen Porter Violet Webb Nellie Halstead	Great Britain	47.6
4	Jo Dalmolen Cor Aalten Bep du Mée Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	47.7
5	Mie Muraoka Michi Nakanishi Asa Dogura Sumiko Watanabe	Japan	48.9
6	Grete Heublein Ellen Braumüller Tilly Fleischer Marie Dollinger	Germany	50.0

Key: WR = world record

References

1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2017.