Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesAugust 7, 1948 (heats & final)
Competitors from 11 nations
Teams11
Winning time47.5
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Xenia Stad-de Jong
Netty Witziers-Timmer
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Shirley Strickland
June Maston
Betty McKinnon
Joyce King
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Viola Myers
Nancy Mackay
Diane Foster
Patricia Jones
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 7. The Dutch team won with a time of 47.5. [1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
Olympic record
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
(Emmy Albus, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt, Käthe Krauß)
46.4 Berlin, Germany 8 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 7 August 194815:15Round 1
Saturday, 7 August 194816:40Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 7 August. The first two teams from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada Diane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers 47.9Q
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Joyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland 48.0Q
3Flag of France.svg  France Rosine Faugouin, Jeanine Moussier, Liliane Sprécher, Jeanine Toulouse 48.1
4Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Benedicta de Oliveira, Melânia Luz, Gertrudes Morg, Lucila Pini 49.0

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Maureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker 48.4Q
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Grete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer 50.0Q
3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Marion Huber, Betty Kretschmer, Adriana Millard, Annegret Weller-Schneider 51.5
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mirella Avalle, Anna Maria Cantù, Marcella Jeandeau, Liliana Tagliaferri DNF

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Fanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer 47.6Q
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Bente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen 48.1Q
3US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Nell Jackson, Theresa Manuel, Mickey Patterson, Mabel Walker 48.5

Final

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Fanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer 47.5
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Joyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland 47.6
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada Diane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers 47.8
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Maureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker 48.0
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Bente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen 48.2
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Grete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer 49.2

Wind: 0.2 m/s

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.