Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
DatesDecember 1, 1956 (heats, final)
Teams9
Winning time45.9
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Norma Croker
Betty Cuthbert
Fleur Mellor
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
June Foulds
Jean Scrivens
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1952
1960  
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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were nine nations competing, with France, Poland and Canada failing to reach the final. The Australian team won in a world record time of 44.5 seconds. [1]

Final classification

RANKNATIONNAME ATHLETESHEATTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) Norma Croker
Betty Cuthbert
Fleur Mellor
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
44.9 WR44.5 WR
Med 2.png Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR) Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
June Foulds
Jean Scrivens
45.344.7
Med 3.png US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA) Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
45.444.9
4.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS) Irina Botchkareva
Maria Itkina
Vera Krepkina
Galina Rezchikova
46.145.6
5.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) Letizia Bertoni
Milena Greppi
Giuseppina Leone
Maria Musso
45.945.7
6.Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA) Gisela Köhler
Bärbel Mayer
Maria Sander
Christa Stubnick
44.9 WR47.2
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Catherine Capdeville
Micheline Fluchot
Simone Henry
Angèle Picado
46.3DNQ
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL) Maria Kusion
Barbara Lerczak
Genowefa Minicka
Halina Richter
46.5DNQ
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN) Eleanor Haslam
Dorothy Kozak
Diane Matheson
Maureen Rever
46.6DNQ

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2017.