1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Vera Krepkina Linda Kepp Nonna Polyakova Valentina Maslovskaya Soviet Union
Silver	Madeleine Weston Dorothy Hyman Claire Dew Carole Quinton Great Britain
Bronze	Maria Chojnacka Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Maria Bibro Poland

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Soviet Union	Vera Krepkina Linda Kepp Nonna Polyakova Valentina Maslovskaya	45.3	CR
	Great Britain	Madeleine Weston Dorothy Hyman Claire Dew Carole Quinton	46.0
	Poland	Maria Chojnacka Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Maria Bibro	46.0
4	Netherlands	Johanna Bloemhof Ine Spijk Ria van Kuik Joke Bijleveld	46.2
5	Italy	Sandra Valenti Letizia Bertoni Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone	46.3
6	East Germany	Brigitte Weinmeister Hannelore Sadau Gisela Birkemeyer Bärbel Mayer	46.4

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Brigitte Weinmeister Hannelore Sadau Gisela Birkemeyer Bärbel Mayer	45.9	Q
2	Italy	Sandra Valenti Letizia Bertoni Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone	46.2	Q
3	Poland	Maria Chojnacka Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Maria Bibro	46.5	Q
4	Switzerland	Gretel Bolliger Fry Frischknecht Alice Fischer Alice Merz	50.8

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Vera Krepkina Linda Kepp Nonna Polyakova Valentina Maslovskaya	45.7	CR Q
2	Netherlands	Johanna Bloemhof Ine Spijk Ria van Kuik Joke Bijleveld	46.1	Q
3	Great Britain	Madeleine Weston Dorothy Hyman Claire Dew Carole Quinton	46.3	Q
4	Sweden	Maj-Lena Lundström Marianne Johansson Ulla-Britt Johansson Britt Mårtensson	47.3
	France	Françoise Piccardy Juliette Angenieux Micheline Fluchot Catherine Capdevielle	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• East Germany (4)
• France (4)
• Italy (4)
• Netherlands (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (4)
• Great Britain (4)