1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
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The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Results
[edit]Final
[edit]29 August
Heats
[edit]28 August
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy |
Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi |
46.8 | CR NR Q |
| 2 |  West Germany |
Irmgard Egert Charlotte Böhmer Irene Brutting Maria Sander |
47.1 | Q |
| 3 |  Poland |
Maria Ilwicka Barbara Lerczak Celina Jesionowska Maria Kusion |
47.3 | NR Q |
| 4 |  France |
Henriette Robert Yvette Monginou Monique Jacquet Denise Laborie |
47.4 | NR |
| 5 |  Hungary |
Olga Gyarmati Ida Dénes Ibolya Greminger Vera Neszmélyi |
48.5 | |
| 6 |  Switzerland |
Edith Jakob Trudy Hänseler Gretel Bolliger Sonja Pretot |
48.8 | NR |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
Vera Krepkina Rimma Ulitkina Mariya Itkina Irina Turova |
46.1 | CR Q |
| 2 |  Great Britain |
Heather Armitage Jean Desforges Shirley Hampton Anne Pashley |
46.7 | Q |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia |
Zlata Ptáčková Jana Rábová Anna Kovaříková Libuše Strejčková |
48.3 | Q |
| 4 |  Austria |
Trude Wareka Elfriede Steurer Elfriede Geist Friedrike Harasek |
48.3 | NR |
| 5 |  Saar |
Inge Eckel Helga Hoffmann Trudi Schaller Ursula Finger |
48.3 | NR |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
Austria (4)
France (4)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Hungary (4)
Italy (4)
Poland (4)
Saar (4)
Soviet Union (4)
Switzerland (4)
Great Britain (4)
West Germany (4)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
