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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xenia Stad-de Jong
Netty Witziers-Timmer
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Fanny Blankers-Koen		  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shirley Strickland
June Maston
Betty McKinnon
Joyce King		  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viola Myers
Nancy Mackay
Diane Foster
Patricia Jones		  Canada
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Video on YouTube Official Video
@ 48:25
Athletics at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
10 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

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]

Records

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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

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 7 August 1948 15:15 Round 1
Saturday, 7 August 1948 16:40 Final

Results

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Round 1

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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  Canada Diane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers 47.9 Q
2  Australia Joyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland 48.0 Q
3  France Rosine Faugouin, Jeanine Moussier, Liliane Sprécher, Jeanine Toulouse 48.1
4  Brazil Benedicta de Oliveira, Melânia Luz, Gertrudes Morg, Lucila Pini 49.0

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Great Britain Maureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker 48.4 Q
2  Austria Grete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer 50.0 Q
3  Chile Marion Huber, Betty Kretschmer, Adriana Millard, Annegret Weller-Schneider 51.5
4  Italy Mirella Avalle, Anna Maria Cantù, Marcella Jeandeau, Liliana Tagliaferri DNF

Heat 3

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Netherlands Fanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer 47.6 Q
2  Denmark Bente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen 48.1 Q
3  United States Nell Jackson, Theresa Manuel, Mickey Patterson, Mabel Walker 48.5

Final

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands Fanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer 47.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia Joyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland 47.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada Diane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers 47.8
4  Great Britain Maureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker 48.0
5  Denmark Bente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen 48.2
6  Austria Grete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer 49.2

Wind: 0.2 m/s

References

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  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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