Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 7, 1960 (heats)
September 8, 1960 (final)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
  1956
1964  

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and September 8. [1]

Results

Heats

The fastest three teams in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Carole Quinton
Dorothy Hyman
Jenny Smart
Mary Rand
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 45.92
2 Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 45.96
3 Letizia Bertoni
Sandra Valenti
Piera Tizzoni
Giuseppina Leone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.76
4 Erzsébet Heldt
Mária Bácskai
Antónia Munkácsi
Ildikó Jónás
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 47.54
5 Nancy Lewington
Sally McCallum
Valerie Jerome
Eleanor Haslam
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 48.05

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.50WR
2 Vera Krepkina
Valentina Maslovskaya
Mariya Itkina
Irina Press
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 45.15
3 Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 45.40
4 Silvia Hunte
Carlota Gooden
Lorraine Dunn
Jean Holmes-Mitchell
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 46.66
- Marlene Mathews
Norma Thrower
Norma Croker
Pat Duggan
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia [47.59]DQ

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.72
Silver medal icon.svg Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 45.00
Bronze medal icon.svg Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 45.19
4 Vera Krepkina
Valentina Maslovskaya
Mariya Itkina
Irina Press
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 45.39
5 Letizia Bertoni
Sandra Valenti
Piera Tizzoni
Giuseppina Leone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45.80
- Carole Quinton
Dorothy Hyman
Jenny Smart
Mary Rand
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain DNF

Key: WR = world record; DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.