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

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Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 7, 1932
Competitors24 (individuals) 6 (teams) from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mary Carew
Evelyn Furtsch
Annette Rogers
Billie von Bremen
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Mildred Fizzell
Lillian Palmer
Mary Frizzell
Hilda Strike
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Eileen Hiscock
Gwen Porter
Violet Webb
Nellie Halstead
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
  1928
1936  

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.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mary Carew
Evelyn Furtsch
Annette Rogers
Billie von Bremen
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 47.0 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Mildred Fizzell
Lillian Palmer
Mary Frizzell
Hilda Strike
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 47.0 WR
Bronze medal icon.svg Eileen Hiscock
Gwen Porter
Violet Webb
Nellie Halstead
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 47.6
4 Jo Dalmolen
Cor Aalten
Bep du Mée
Tollien Schuurman
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 47.7
5 Mie Muraoka
Michi Nakanishi
Asa Dogura
Sumiko Watanabe
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 48.9
6 Grete Heublein
Ellen Braumüller
Tilly Fleischer
Marie Dollinger
Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  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.