European Athletics Championships 1958/4 × 100 m women

6th European Athletics Championships
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

Official postcard of the Stockholm Olympic Stadium from 1912

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 )
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)
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)
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)
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

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed on May 3, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 4 × 100 m Women , p. 70 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on May 3, 2019 (French / English)