Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on December 4 and 6.[1] This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Australia
Dawn Fraser
Faith Leech
Sandra Morgan
Lorraine Crapp		  United States
Sylvia Ruuska
Shelley Mann
Nancy Simons
Joan Rosazza		  South Africa
Natalie Myburgh
Susan Roberts
Moira Abernethy
Jeanette Myburgh

Results

Heats

Heat One
PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Natalie Myburgh, Susan Roberts, Moira Abernethy and Jeanette Myburgh (RSA)4:26.8
2 Joan Rosazza, Betty Brey, Kay Knapp and Marley Shriver (USA)4:27.3
3 Ingrid Künzel, Hertha Haase, Kati Jansen and Birgit Klomp (GER)4:27.5
4 Frances Hogben, Judith Grinham, Margaret Girvan and Fearne Ewart (GBR)4:34.6
5 Odile Vouaux, Viviane Gouverneur, Ginette Jany-Sendral and Héda Frost (FRA)4:36.6
Heat Two
PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Sandra Morgan, Lorraine Crapp, Margaret Gibson and Elizabeth Fraser (AUS)4:25.0
2 Mária Littomeritzky, Katalin Szőke, Judit Temes and Valéria Gyenge (HUN)4:28.1
3 Helen Stewart, Gladys Priestley, Sara Barber and Virginia Grant (CAN)4:29.3
4 Anita Hellström, Birgitta Wängberg, Karin Larsson and Kate Jobson (SWE)4:30.1
5 Hitomi Jinno, Eiko Wada, Yoshiko Sato and Yukiko Otaka (JPN)4:35.8

Final

[2]

PlaceNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) AustraliaDawn Fraser (1:04.0)
Faith Leech (1:05.3)
Sandra Morgan (1:04.7)
Lorraine Crapp (1:03.1)		4:17.1WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) United StatesSylvia Ruuska (1:06.3)
Shelley Mann (1:03.9)
Nancy Simons (1:04.6)
Joan Rosazza (1:04.4)		4:19.2
3rd, bronze medalist(s) South AfricaNatalie Myburgh (1:07.7)
Susan Roberts (1:05.3)
Moira Abernethy (1:08.0)
Jeanette Myburgh (1:04.7)		4:25.7
4 United Team of GermanyIngrid Künzel (1:06.6)
Hertha Haase (1:06.7)
Kati Jansen (1:05.7)
Birgit Klomp (1:07.1)		4:26.1
5 CanadaHelen Stewart (1:07.1)
Gladys Priestley (1:07.1)
Sara Barber (1:07.5)
Virginia Grant (1:06.6)		4:28.3
6 SwedenAnita Hellström (1:08.8)
Birgitta Wängberg (1:07.7)
Karin Larsson (1:07.4)
Kate Jobson (1:06.1)		4:30.0
7 HungaryMária Littomeritzky (1:09.9)
Katalin Szőke (1:06.7)
Judit Temes (1:06.7)
Valéria Gyenge (1:07.8)		4:31.1
8 Great BritainFrances Hogben (1:08.8)
Judy Grinham (1:09.0)
Margaret Girvan (1:09.4)
Fearne Ewart (1:08.6)		4:35.8

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay Final Results" (PDF). Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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