1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	24 athletes from 6 countries
Competition location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase	August 7, 1932
Medalists  United States  CAN  GBR

The women's 4-by-100-meter relay at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 7, 1932 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 24 athletes took part in six seasons. For the first time at the Olympic Games, starting pistols , electronic timekeeping and target photos were used, but electronic timekeeping was only used unofficially.

The US relay with Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch , Annette Rogers and Wilhelmina von Bremen won the gold medal in a new world record time . Silver went to Canada at the same time ( Mildred Fizzell , Lillian Palmer , Mary Frizzell , Hilda Strike ) - also a world record. Great Britain won bronze with Eileen Hiscock , Gwendoline Porter , Violet Webb and Nellie Halstead .

Existing records

• World record : 48.4 s - Canada ( Myrtle Cook , Ethel Smith , Fanny Rosenfeld , Florence Bell ), Amsterdam , June 30, 1928
• Olympic record : 48.4 s - Canada ( Myrtle Cook , Ethel Smith , Fanny Rosenfeld , Florence Bell ), Amsterdam Olympic final , August 5, 1928

Conducting the competition

Since only six teams were registered, the relays started without any preliminary to the final on August 7th.

final

Date: August 7, 1932

This season was impressive, exciting and high-class. The teams from Canada and the USA were considered favorites. Mary Carew and Evelyn Furtsch initially brought the US relay forward two meters. But in the final corner, Mary Frizzell made a very strong race for Canada and made up the gap. The last change of the Canadians did not work out. The 100-meter Olympic runner-up Hilda Strike took up the pursuit of the 100-meter Olympic third party Wilhelmina von Bremen, two meters behind. But it wasn't quite enough for Canada. Both seasons were at the same time and ran a new world record with 47.0 s . There was bronze for Great Britain. Fourth place just behind the British went to the Dutch. The German relay ran with three throwers and only one real sprinter and was so clearly behind without a chance.

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina of Bremen	47.0 s	WR / electronic: 46.86 s
2	Canada	Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Mary Frizzell Hilda Strike	47.0 s	WR
3	Great Britain	Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb Nellie Halstead	47.6 s
4th	Netherlands	Johanna Dalmolen Cornelia Aalten Elly du Mée Tollien Schuurman	47.7 s
5	Japan	Mie Muraoka Michi Nakanishi Asa Dogura Sumiko Watanabe	48.9 s
6th	German Empire	Grete Heublein Ellen Braumüller Tilly Fleischer Marie Dollinger	50.0 s

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 251f

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m relay , accessed on September 18, 2017
• Official report pp. 470–471, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 18, 2017
• 1932 USA Gold Medal 4x11 Womans Relay Los Angeles Olympics , published February 19, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed September 18, 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. 2512
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)