Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was the only women's relay on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 15 teams, for a total of 60 athletes, from 15 nations competed. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October.[1] The world record time of the Polish team was erased in 1969, after Ewa Klobukowska failed a gendertest in Kiev, but their gold medal result was allowed to stand.

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–21 October 1964
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Medalists
Teresa Ciepły
Irena Kirszenstein
Halina Górecka
Ewa Kłobukowska
 Poland
Willye White
Wyomia Tyus
Marilyn White
Edith McGuire
 United States
Janet Simpson
Mary Rand
Daphne Arden
Dorothy Hyman
 Great Britain

Results

First round

The top four teams in each of the 2 heats advanced.

First round, heat 1

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1 PolandTeresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska44.6
2 Great BritainJanet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman44.9
3 Soviet UnionGalina Gayda, Renāte Lāce, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Galina Popova44.9
4 AustraliaDianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett45.2
5 JamaicaAdlin Mair, Una Morris, Vilma Charlton, Carmen Smith46.0
6 PanamaDelceita Oakley, Lorraine Dunn, Jean Mitchell, Marcela Daniel47.6
7 South KoreaPark Hui-suk, Han Myung Hee, Lee Hak-ja, Song Yang Ja50.1

First round, heat 2

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1 United StatesWillye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire44.8
2 United Team of GermanyKarin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine45.0
3 HungaryErzsébet Bartos, Margit Nemesházi, Antónia Munkácsi, Ida Such45.9
4 FranceMarlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard46.0
5 ArgentinaMaria Formeiro, Susana Ritchie, Evelia Farina, Alicia Kaufmanas46.7
6 JapanReiko Ezoe, Ikuko Yoda, Etsuko Miyamoto, Takako Inoguchi47.0
7 PhilippinesAida Molinos, Loretta Barcenas, Nelly Restar, Mona Sulaiman48.8
8 ThailandPreya Dechdumrong, Kusolwan Soraja, Budsabong Yimploy, Samroey Charanggool50.3

Final

Daphne Arden and Dorothy Hyman (UK), Willye White and Edith McGuire (USA), and Halina Górecka and Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) compete in the final

All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final.

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1 PolandTeresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska43.6
2 United StatesWillye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire43.9 WR
3 Great BritainJanet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman44.0
4 Soviet UnionGalina Gayda, Renāte Lāce, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Galina Popova44.4
5 United Team of GermanyKarin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine44.7
6 AustraliaDianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett45.0
7 HungaryErzsébet Bartos, Margit Nemesházi, Antónia Munkácsi, Ida Such45.2
8 FranceMarlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard46.1

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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