Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 8 and August 9.[1] The American team won with a time of 46.9 s after the German team, which had been in the lead, dropped the baton on the final leg.

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
DatesAugust 8 (heats), August 9 (final)
Competitors from 8 nations
Teams8
Winning time46.9
Medalists
Harriet Bland
Annette Rogers
Betty Robinson
Helen Stephens		  United States
Eileen Hiscock
Violet Olney
Audrey Brown
Barbara Burke		  Great Britain
Dorothy Brookshaw
Mildred Dolson
Hilda Cameron
Aileen Meagher		  Canada
Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplemen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankCountryCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 United StatesHarriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens47.1Q
2 CanadaDorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher48.0Q
3 NetherlandsKitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning48.4Q
4 AustriaCharlotte Machmer, Johanna Vancura, Grete Neumann, Veronika Kohlbach49.9

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankCountryCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 GermanyEmmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt46.4Q, WR
2 Great BritainEileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke47.5Q
3 ItalyLidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni48.6Q
4 FinlandIrja Lipasti, Ebba From, Raili Halttu, Rauni Essman49.5

Key: Q = Qualified, WR = World record

Final
RankCountryCompetitorsTimeNotes
 United StatesHarriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens46.9
 Great BritainEileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke47.6
 CanadaDorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher47.8
4 ItalyLidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni48.7
5 NetherlandsKitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning48.8
 GermanyEmmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse DörffeldtDSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified

In the heats, the German team set a world record of 46.4 s.[2] In the final, they built a commanding lead, but their fourth runner, Ilse Dörffeldt, dropped the baton.[3][4] The American team won in 46.9 s.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. Report: Games of the Olympiad, New York: United States Olympic Committee, 1936, OCLC 17760969, p. 159.
  3. Bud Greenspan, 100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History, Los Angeles: General Publication Group, 1995, ISBN 9781881649663, p. 33.
  4. Duff Hart-Davis, Hitler's games: the 1936 Olympics, New York: Harper, 1986, ISBN 9780060155544, p. 200.
  5. Louise Mead Tricard, American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 through 1980, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1996, ISBN 9780786402199, p. 227.
  6. Reinhard Rürup, ed., 1936, die Olympischen Spiele und der Nationalsozialismus: eine Dokumentation, Berlin: Argon, 1996, ISBN 9783870243500, p. 144 (in German)
  7. Guy Walters, Berlin Games: How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream, London: Hodder-John Murray, ISBN 978-0-7195-6783-4, pp. 268–69, wrongly stating that the time of 46.9 s was half a second faster than the record 46.4.
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