Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Dates | August 8 (heats), August 9 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 46.9 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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1 | Germany | Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt |
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 |
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United States | Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens | 46.9 | ||
Great Britain | Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke | 47.6 | ||
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 | 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
- ^ "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.
- .
- ISBN 9781881649663, p. 33.
- ^ ISBN 9780060155544, p. 200.
- ISBN 9780786402199, p. 227.
- ISBN 9783870243500, p. 144(in German)
- ISBN 978-0-7195-6783-4, pp. 268–69, wrongly stating that the time of 46.9 s was half a second faster than the record 46.4.