Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Dates | December 1 (heats, final) | ||||||||||||
Teams | 9 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 45.9 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The women's
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
RANK | NATION | NAME ATHLETES | HEAT | TIME |
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Australia (AUS) | Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor Shirley Strickland de la Hunty |
44.9 WR | 44.5 WR | |
Great Britain (GBR) | Heather Armitage Anne Pashley June Foulds Jean Scrivens |
45.3 | 44.7 | |
United States (USA) | Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph |
45.4 | 44.9 | |
4. | Soviet Union (URS) | 46.1 | 45.6 | |
5. | Italy (ITA) | Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi Giuseppina Leone Maria Musso |
45.9 | 45.7 |
6. | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 44.9 WR | 47.2 | |
— | France (FRA) | 46.3 | DNQ | |
— | Poland (POL) | Halina Richter
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46.5 | DNQ |
— | Canada (CAN) | Eleanor Haslam Dorothy Kozak Diane Matheson Maureen Rever |
46.6 | DNQ |
References
- ^ "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.