Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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Dates | December 1 (heats, final) |
Teams | 9 |
Winning time | 45.9 |
Medalists | |
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
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 | ||
Decathlon | men | |
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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were nine nations competing, with France, Poland and Canada failing to reach the final. The Australian team won in a world record time of 44.5 seconds.[1]
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Transcription
Final classification
RANK | NATION | NAME ATHLETES | HEAT | TIME |
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Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor Shirley Strickland de la Hunty |
44.9 WR | 44.5 WR |
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Heather Armitage Anne Pashley June Foulds Jean Scrivens |
45.3 | 44.7 |
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Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph |
45.4 | 44.9 |
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Irina Botchkareva Maria Itkina Vera Krepkina Galina Rezchikova |
46.1 | 45.6 |
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Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi Giuseppina Leone Maria Musso |
45.9 | 45.7 |
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Gisela Köhler Bärbel Mayer Maria Sander Christa Stubnick |
44.9 WR | 47.2 |
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Catherine Capdeville Micheline Fluchot Simone Henry Angèle Picado |
46.3 | DNQ |
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Maria Kusion Barbara Lerczak Genowefa Minicka Halina Richter |
46.5 | DNQ |
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Eleanor Haslam Dorothy Kozak Diane Matheson Maureen Rever |
46.6 | DNQ |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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