Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	19 October & 20 October
Competitors	60 from 15 nations
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was held on the 19th and 20 October 1968. There were a total number of 15 nations competing.^[1]

Results

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	United States (USA)	• Margaret Bailes • Barbara Ferrell • Mildrette Netter • Wyomia Tyus	42.88 (WR)
	Cuba (CUB)	• Violetta Quesada • Miguelina Cobián • Marlene Elejarde • Fulgencia Romay	43.36
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Galina Bukharina • Lyudmila Samotyosova • Vera Popkova • Lyudmila Zharkova	43.41
4.	Netherlands (NED)	• Wilma van den Berg • Mieke Sterk • Truus Hennipman • Corrie Bakker	43.4
5.	Australia (AUS)	• Jennifer Lamy • Joyce Bennett • Raelene Boyle • Dianne Burge	43.4
6.	West Germany (FRG)	• Renate Meyer • Jutta Stock • Rita Jahn • Ingrid Becker	43.7
7.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Anita Neil • Maureen Tranter • Janet Simpson • Lillian Board	43.8
8.	France (FRA)	• Michele Alayrangues • Gabrielle Meyer • Nicole Montandon • Silviane Telliez	44.2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• Margaret Bailes • Barbara Ferrell • Mildrette Netter • Wyomia Tyus	43.4
2.	Australia (AUS)	• Jennifer Lamy • Joyce Bennett • Raelene Boyle • Dianne Burge	43.7
3.	West Germany (FRG)	• Renate Meyer • Jutta Stock • Rita Jahn • Ingrid Becker	44.1
4.	France (FRA)	• Michèle Alayrangues • Gabrielle Meyer • Nicole Montandon • Sylviane Telliez	44.3
5.	Canada (CAN)	• Deborah Miller • Stephanie Berto • Joan Hendry • Irene Piotrowski	44.7
6.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Olajumoke Bodunrin • Janet Omorogbe • Mairo Jinadu • Oyeronke Akindele	45.2
7.	Mexico (MEX)	• Alma Rosa Martínez • Mercedes Román • Enriqueta Basilio • Esperanza Girón	47.0

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Netherlands (NED)	• Wilma van den Berg • Mieke Sterk • Truus Hennipman • Corrie Bakker	43.4
2.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Lyudmila Zharkova • Galina Bukharina • Vera Popkova • Lyudmila Samotyosova	43.6
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Anita Neil • Maureen Tranter • Janet Simpson • Lillian Board	43.9
4.	Cuba (CUB)	• Marlene Elejarde • Fulgencia Romay • Violetta Quesada • Miguelina Cobián	44.1
5	Hungary (HUN)	• Etelka Kispál • Margit Nemesházi • Györgyi Balogh • Annamária Tóth	44.6
6.	Taiwan (ROC)	• Chi Cheng • Chui-Mei Yeh • Lin Chun-yu • A-Mei Tien	47.2
7.	Poland (POL)	• Danuta Straszyńska • Mirosława Sarna • Urszula Jóźwik • Irena Kirszenstein	53.0
8.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Adlin Mair-Clarke • Carmen Smith • Una Morris • Vilma Charlton	DQ

v t e 4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics
Summary
Men	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Women	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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