1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	32 athletes from 8 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	August 4, 1928 (preliminary) August 5, 1928
Medalists  CAN  United States  DEU

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on August 4th and 5th, 1928 in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam . 32 athletes took part.

The Canadian relay secured the Olympic victory in a new world record time . Silver went to the USA, bronze to Germany.

Existing records

• World record : 49.7 s - TSV 1860 Munich ( Rosa Kellner , Luise Holzer , Agathe Karrer , Lisa Gelius ) Berlin , July 15, 1928
• The discipline was on the Olympic program for the first time. That is why there was no Olympic record yet .

Conducting the competition

On August 4th, two preliminary runs were completed. The three best seasons each qualified for the final, which took place on August 5th.

Note: The qualified relays are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: August 4, 1928

Forward 1

The Canadian team was able to beat the world record in the first run.

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Canada	Myrtle Cook Ethel Smith Fanny Rosenfeld Jane Bell	49.3 s	WR
2	Netherlands	Read Aengenendt Rie Briejer Nettie Grooss Bets ter Horst	50.4 s
3	France	Georgette Gagneux Yolande Plancke Marguerite Radideau Lucienne Velu	51.0 s
4th	Sweden	Maud Sundberg Inga Gentzel Emy Pettersson Ruth Svedberg	53.2 s

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn	49.8 s
2	German Empire	Anni Holdmann Leni Junker Rosa waiter Leni Schmidt	49.8 s
3	Italy	Luigia Bonfanti Giannina Marchini Derna Polazzo Vittorina Vivenza	k. A.
4th	Belgium	Elise van Truyen Rose van Crombrugge Juliette Segers Léontine Stevens	k. A.

final

The German bronze relay

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Canada	Myrtle Cook Ethel Smith Fanny Rosenfeld Jane Bell	48.4 s	WR
2	United States	Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn	48.8 s
3	German Empire	Anni Holdmann Leni Junker Rosa waiter Leni Schmidt	49.0 s
4th	France	Georgette Gagneux Yolande Plancke Marguerite Radideau Lucienne Velu	49.6 s
5	Netherlands	Read Aengenendt Rie Briejer Nettie Grooss Bets ter Horst	49.8 s
6th	Italy	Luigia Bonfanti Giannina Marchini Derna Polazzo Vittorina Vivenza	53.6 s

Date: August 5, 1928

The world record set by the TSV 1860 Munich squad with 49.7 seconds at this year's German championships was already set in advance . In the final, the Canadian relay with the silver and bronze medalists over 100 meters Fanny Rosenfeld and Ethel Smith was even faster and won the gold medal in the new world record time of 48.3 seconds. At first, the US squadron was still in the lead, but Canada caught up with the first move and then secured victory. The US women won the silver medal with 100-meter Olympic champion Betty Robinson as the final runner in 48.8 seconds. With 49.0 s, the German runners were just behind and won the bronze medal. The French season also remained below the world record valid until the games.

literature

Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 217f

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m ,
• Official report pp. 479-480, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 14, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 218
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)