Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date	9 August
Competitors	31 from 7 nations
Medalists
Eleanor Garatti Adelaide Lambert Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich  United States Iris Tanner  Great Britain Mary Bedford Freddie van der Goes Rhoda Rennie Kathleen Russell  South Africa
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Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
Breaststroke
200 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m		women
4 × 200 m	men
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Thursday 9 August 1928.

The United States replaced two swimmers between the semi-finals and the final, while France replaced one. Thirty-one swimmers from seven nations competed.

Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows only these four swimmers from the United States as gold medalist. Susan Laird and Josephine McKim both swam in the semi-final are not credited with medals.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	4:58.8	Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	Paris (FRA)	18 July 1924
Olympic Record	4:58.8	Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	Paris (FRA)	18 July 1924

The United States with Adelaide Lambert, Josephine McKim, Susan Laird, and Albina Osipowich set a new world record in the semi-final with 4:55.6 minutes. In the final the United States with Adelaide Lambert, Albina Osipowich, Eleanor Garatti, and Martha Norelius bettered the world record to 4:47.6 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	United States	Adelaide Lambert Josephine McKim Susan Laird Albina Osipowich	4:55.6	Q, WR
2	Netherlands	Eva Smits Truus Baumeister Maria Vierdag Marie Braun	5:08.8	Q
3	South Africa	Rhoda Rennie Freddie van der Goes Mary Bedford Kathleen Russell	5:17.4	Q
4	Denmark	Lilian Staugaard Rigmor Olsen Gerda Bredgaard Agnete Olsen	Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	Iris Tanner Cissie Stewart Ellen King	5:16.6	Q
2	Germany	Irmintraut Schneider	5:19.0	Q
3	France	Bienna Pélégry Georgina Roty Marguerite Ledoux Claire Horrent	5:42.4	Q

Final

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	United States	Adelaide Lambert Albina Osipowich Eleanor Garatti Martha Norelius	4:47.6	WR
	Great Britain	Iris Tanner Ellen King	5:02.8
	South Africa	Kathleen Russell Rhoda Rennie Mary Bedford Freddie van der Goes	5:13.4
4	Germany	Irmintraut Schneider Reni Erkens	5:14.4
5	France	Bienna Pélégry Anne Dupire Marguerite Ledoux Claire Horrent	5:32.0
—	Netherlands	Eva Smits Truus Baumeister Maria Vierdag Marie Braun	DQ

References

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 October 2008.