Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
DatesAugust 8, 1936 (heats), August 9, 1936 (final)
Competitors from 8 nations
Teams8
Winning time46.9
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Harriet Bland
Annette Rogers
Betty Robinson
Helen Stephens
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Eileen Hiscock
Violet Olney
Audrey Brown
Barbara Burke
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Dorothy Brookshaw
Mildred Dolson
Hilda Cameron
Aileen Meagher
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada
  1932
1948  

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 8 and August 9. [1] The American team won with a time of 46.9  s after the German team, which had been in the lead, dropped the baton on the final leg.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankCountryCompetitorsTimeNotes
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens 47.1Q
2Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher 48.0Q
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning 48.4Q
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Charlotte Machmer, Johanna Vancura, Grete Neumann, Veronika Kohlbach 49.9

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankCountryCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt 46.4Q, WR
2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke 47.5Q
3Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni 48.6Q
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Irja Lipasti, Ebba From, Raili Halttu, Rauni Essman 49.5

Key: Q = Qualified, WR = World record

Final

RankCountryCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens 46.9
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke 47.6
Bronze medal icon.svgCanadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher 47.8
4Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni 48.7
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning 48.8
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified

In the heats, the German team set a world record of 46.4 s. [2] In the final, they built a commanding lead, but their fourth runner, Ilse Dörffeldt, dropped the baton. [3] [4] The American team won in 46.9 s. [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. Report: Games of the Olympiad, New York: United States Olympic Committee, 1936, OCLC   17760969, p. 159.
  3. Bud Greenspan, 100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History, Los Angeles: General Publication Group, 1995, ISBN   9781881649663, p. 33.
  4. 1 2 Duff Hart-Davis, Hitler's games: the 1936 Olympics, New York: Harper, 1986, ISBN   9780060155544, p. 200.
  5. Louise Mead Tricard, American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 through 1980, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1996, ISBN   9780786402199, p. 227.
  6. Reinhard Rürup, ed., 1936, die Olympischen Spiele und der Nationalsozialismus: eine Dokumentation, Berlin: Argon, 1996, ISBN   9783870243500, p. 144 (in German)
  7. Guy Walters, Berlin Games: How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream, London: Hodder-John Murray, ISBN   978-0-7195-6783-4, pp. 26869, wrongly stating that the time of 46.9 s was half a second faster than the record 46.4.