European Athletics Championships 1958/4 × 100 m women
6th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | 4 × 100 m relay of women |
city | Stockholm |
Stadion | Olympic Stadium |
Participants | 9 relays with 36 athletes |
Competition phase | August 23rd (preliminary) August 24th (final) |
Medalists | |
gold | Soviet Union |
silver | Great Britain |
bronze | Poland |
The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held on August 23 and 24, 1958 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
The defending champions from the Soviet Union with Wera Krepkina , Linda Kepp , Nonna Poljakowa and Walentyna Maslowska became European champions . Great Britain won the silver medal in the cast of Madeleine Weston , Dorothy Hyman , Claire Dew and Carole Quinton . Bronze went to Poland ( Maria Chojnacka , Barbara Janiszewska , Celina Jesionowska , Maria Bibro).
Records
Existing records
World record | 44.5 s |
Australia ( Shirley Strickland de la Hunty , Norma Croker , Fleur Mellor , Betty Cuthbert ) |
OS Melbourne , Australia |
1st December 1956 |
European record | 44.7 s |
Great Britain ( Anne Pashley , Jean Scrivens , June Foulds , Heather Armitage ) |
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EM record | 45.8 s |
Soviet Union ( Wera Krepkina , Rimma Ulitkina, Marija Itkina , Irina Turowa ) |
EM Bern , Switzerland |
August 29, 1954 |
Record improvement
The relay of European champions from the Soviet Union ( Wera Krepkina , Linda Kepp , Nonna Poljakowa , Walentyna Maslowska ) improved the existing EM record at these European championships twice:
- 45.7 s - 2nd lead, August 23
- 45.3 s - final, August 24
Preliminary round
August 23, 1958, 5:10 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Germany |
Brigitte Weinmeister Hannelore Sadau Gisela Birkemeyer Bärbel Mayer |
45.9 |
2 | Italy |
Sandra Valenti Letizia Bertoni Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone |
46.2 |
3 | Poland |
Maria Chojnacka Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Maria Bibro |
46.5 |
4th | Switzerland |
Gretel Bolliger Fry Frischknecht Alice Fischer Alice Merz |
50.8 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Soviet Union |
Wera Krepkina Linda Kepp Nonna Polyakowa Walentyna Maslowska |
45.7 CR |
2 | Netherlands |
Johanna Bloemhof Ine Spijk Ria van Kuik Joke Bijleveld |
46.1 |
3 | Great Britain |
Madeleine Weston Dorothy Hyman Claire Dew Carole Quinton |
46.3 |
4th | Sweden |
Maj-Lena Lundström Marianne Johansson Ulla-Britt Johansson Britt Mårtensson |
47.3 |
DSQ | France |
Françoise Piccardy Juliette Angenieux Micheline Fluchot Catherine Capdevielle |
final
August 24, 1958, 3:05 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Soviet Union |
Wera Krepkina Linda Kepp Nonna Polyakowa Walentyna Maslowska |
45.3 CR |
2 | Great Britain |
Madeleine Weston Dorothy Hyman Claire Dew Carole Quinton |
46.0 |
3 | Poland |
Maria Chojnacka Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Maria Bibro |
46.0 |
4th | Italy | Sandra Valenti Letizia Bertoni Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone |
46.7 |
5 | Netherlands | Johanna Bloemhof Ine Spijk Ria van Kuik Joke Bijleveld |
46.3 |
6th | Germany | Brigitte Weinmeister Hannelore Sadau Gisela Birkemeyer Bärbel Mayer |
46.4 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Stockholm 1958 at european-athletics.org, accessed May 3, 2019
- 4x100m Relay European Championship 1958 Stockholm on todor66.com, accessed May 3, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1958 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed May 3, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1958, 4 × 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on May 3, 2019
- 6th European Athletics Championships 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on May 3, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed on May 3, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 4 × 100 m Women , p. 70 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on May 3, 2019 (French / English)