1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Appearance
Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
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The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Results
[edit]Final
[edit]The official times were rounded to one-tenth of a second, with both first and second place credited with a new world record of 3:30.8.
19 September
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Great Britain | Rosemary Stirling Patricia Lowe Janet Simpson Lillian Board |
3:30.82 | WR | |
France | Bernadette Martin Nicole Duclos Eliane Jacq Colette Besson |
3:30.85 | WR | |
West Germany | Christa Czekay Antje Gleichfeld Inge Eckhoff Christel Frese |
3:32.7 | NR | |
4 | Soviet Union | Taysiya Kovalevskaya Olga Klein Anna Dundare Raisa Nikanorova |
3:33.7 | NR |
5 | East Germany | Waltraud Birnbaum Roswitha Becker Ingelore Lohse Hannelore Middecke |
3:35.2 | NR |
6 | Sweden | Elisabeth Östberg Elisabeth Randerz Ulla Ekblom Karin Lundgren |
3:35.4 | NR |
7 | Hungary | Antónia Munkácsi Magdolna Kulcsár Rozália Séfer Györgyi Balogh |
3:36.6 | NR |
8 | Finland | Mona-Lisa Strandvall Riitta Salin Pirjo Häggman Eeva Haimi |
3:40.6 | NR |
Heats
[edit]19 September
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | France | Bernadette Martin Eliane Jacq Nicole Duclos Colette Besson |
3:37.9 | Q |
2 | East Germany | Waltraud Birnbaum Roswitha Becker Ingelore Lohse Hannelore Middecke |
3:38.8 | Q |
3 | Finland | Mona-Lisa Strandvall Riitta Salin Pirjo Häggman Eeva Haimi |
3:40.7 | NR Q |
4 | Sweden | Elisabeth Randerz Birgitta Larsson Ulla Ekblom Karin Lundgren |
3:41.1 | Q |
5 | Italy | Maria Bruni Armida Guzzetti Silvana Zangirolami Donata Govoni |
3:42.3 |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | West Germany | Christa Czekay Antje Gleichfeld Inge Eckhoff Christel Frese |
3:33.9 | WR Q |
2 | Great Britain | Rosemary Stirling Patricia Lowe Janet Simpson Lillian Board |
3:34.3 | NR Q |
3 | Soviet Union | Taysiya Kovalevskaya Olga Klein Anna Dundare Raisa Nikanorova |
3:34.5 | NR Q |
4 | Hungary | Antónia Munkácsi Magdolna Kulcsár Rozalia Séfer Györgyi Balogh |
3:35.8 | NR Q |
5 | Denmark | Birgitte Jennes Kirsten Hoiler Pia Lund Annelise Damm Olesen |
3:36.2 | NR |
6 | Poland | Krystyna Hryniewicka Danuta Piecyk Anna Bełtowska Elżbieta Skowrońska |
3:38.1 | NR |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
- Denmark (4)
- East Germany (4)
- Finland (4)
- France (4)
- Hungary (4)
- Italy (4)
- Poland (4)
- Soviet Union (4)
- Sweden (5)
- Great Britain (4)
- West Germany (4)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014