Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 100 m relay 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]

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
DatesDecember 1 (heats, final)
Teams9
Winning time45.9
Medalists
Norma Croker
Betty Cuthbert
Fleur Mellor
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
June Foulds
Jean Scrivens
 Great Britain
Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
 United States
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Final classification

RANKNATIONNAME ATHLETESHEATTIME
 Australia (AUS) Norma Croker
Betty Cuthbert
Fleur Mellor
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
44.9 WR 44.5 WR
 Great Britain (GBR) Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
June Foulds
Jean Scrivens
45.3 44.7
 United States (USA) Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
45.4 44.9
4.  Soviet Union (URS) Irina Botchkareva
Maria Itkina
Vera Krepkina
Galina Rezchikova
46.1 45.6
5.  Italy (ITA) Letizia Bertoni
Milena Greppi
Giuseppina Leone
Maria Musso
45.9 45.7
6.  United Team of Germany (EUA) Gisela Köhler
Bärbel Mayer
Maria Sander
Christa Stubnick
44.9 WR 47.2
 France (FRA) Catherine Capdeville
Micheline Fluchot
Simone Henry
Angèle Picado
46.3 DNQ
 Poland (POL) Maria Kusion
Barbara Lerczak
Genowefa Minicka
Halina Richter
46.5 DNQ
 Canada (CAN) Eleanor Haslam
Dorothy Kozak
Diane Matheson
Maureen Rever
46.6 DNQ

References

  1. "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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