Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 7. The Dutch team won with a time of 47.5.[1]

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesAugust 7 (heats & final)
Competitors from 11 nations
Teams11
Winning time47.5
Medalists
Xenia Stad-de Jong
Netty Witziers-Timmer
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
Shirley Strickland
June Maston
Betty McKinnon
Joyce King
 Australia
Viola Myers
Nancy Mackay
Diane Foster
Patricia Jones
 Canada
Video on YouTube Official Video
@ 48:25

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
Olympic record
 Germany
(Emmy Albus, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt, Käthe Krauß)
46.4 Berlin, Germany 8 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 7 August 194815:15Round 1
Saturday, 7 August 194816:40Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 7 August. The first two teams from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 CanadaDiane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers47.9Q
2 AustraliaJoyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland48.0Q
3 FranceRosine Faugouin, Jeanine Moussier, Liliane Sprécher, Jeanine Toulouse48.1
4 BrazilBenedicta de Oliveira, Melânia Luz, Gertrudes Morg, Lucila Pini49.0

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 Great BritainMaureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker48.4Q
2 AustriaGrete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer50.0Q
3 ChileMarion Huber, Betty Kretschmer, Adriana Millard, Annegret Weller-Schneider51.5
4 ItalyMirella Avalle, Anna Maria Cantù, Marcella Jeandeau, Liliana TagliaferriDNF

Heat 3

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 NetherlandsFanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer47.6Q
2 DenmarkBente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen48.1Q
3 United StatesNell Jackson, Theresa Manuel, Mickey Patterson, Mabel Walker48.5

Final

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 NetherlandsFanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer47.5
 AustraliaJoyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland47.6
 CanadaDiane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers47.8
4 Great BritainMaureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker48.0
5 DenmarkBente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen48.2
6 AustriaGrete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer49.2

Wind: 0.2 m/s

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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