Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:1964 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:20–21 October 1964
Competitors:60
Nations:15
Win Value:43.6
Goldnoc:POL
Silvernoc:USA
Bronzenoc:GBR
Prev:1960
Next:1968

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was the only women's relay on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 15 teams, for a total of 60 athletes, from 15 nations competed. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October.[1] The world record time of the Polish team was erased in 1969, after Ewa Klobukowska failed a gendertest in Kiev, but their gold medal result was allowed to stand.

Results

First round

The top four teams in each of the 2 heats advanced.

First round, heat 1

Place Nation Athletes Time
1 align=left align=left 44.6
2 align=left align=left 44.9
3 align=left align=left 44.9
4 align=left align=left 45.2
5 align=left align=left 46.0
6 align=left align=left 47.6
7 align=left align=left 50.1

First round, heat 2

Place Nation Athletes Time
1 align=left align=left 44.8
2 align=left align=left 45.0
3 align=left align=left 45.9
4 align=left align=left 46.0
5 align=left align=left 46.7
6 align=left align=left 47.0
7 align=left align=left 48.8
8 align=left align=left 50.3

Final

All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final.

Place Nation Athletes Time
1 align=left align=left Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska 43.6
2 align=left align=left Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire 43.9 WR
3 align=left align=left Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman 44.0
4 align=left align=left Galina Gayda, Renāte Lāce, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Galina Popova 44.4
5 align=left align=left Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine 44.7
6 align=left align=left Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett 45.0
7 align=left align=left Erzsébet Bartos, Margit Nemesházi, Antónia Munkácsi, Ida Such 45.2
8 align=left align=left Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard 46.1

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ATH/womens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.