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 (heats), August 9 (final)
Competitors from 8 nations
Teams8
Winning time46.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harriet Bland
Annette Rogers
Betty Robinson
Helen Stephens
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eileen Hiscock
Violet Olney
Audrey Brown
Barbara Burke
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
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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

Rank Country Competitors Time Notes
1  United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens 47.1 Q
2  Canada Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher 48.0 Q
3  Netherlands Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning 48.4 Q
4  Austria Charlotte Machmer, Johanna Vancura, Grete Neumann, Veronika Kohlbach 49.9

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank Country Competitors Time Notes
1  Germany 46.4 Q, WR
2  Great Britain Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke 47.5 Q
3  Italy Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni 48.6 Q
4  Finland Irja Lipasti, Ebba From, Raili Halttu, Rauni Essman 49.5

Key: Q = Qualified, WR = World record

Final

Rank Country Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens 46.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke 47.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher 47.8
4  Italy Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni 48.7
5  Netherlands Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning 48.8
 Germany 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.
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  7. , pp. 268–69, wrongly stating that the time of 46.9 s was half a second faster than the record 46.4.