1936 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	Olympiastadion Berlin
Competition phase	August 8, 1936 (preliminary) August 9, 1936 (final)
Medalists  United States  GBR  CAN

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 8th and 9th, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 32 athletes took part in eight seasons.

The US relay won the gold medal. Silver went to the British team, the Canadian relay won the bronze medal.

Existing records

• World record : 46.5 s - Germany ( Emmy Albus , Käthe Krauss , Marie Dollinger , Grete Winkels ), Cologne , June 21, 1936
• Olympic record : 47.0 s - USA ( Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch , Annette Rogers , Wilhelmina von Bremen ), final in Los Angeles , August 7, 1932

Conducting the competition

Two preliminary runs were completed on August 8th. The three best seasons qualified for the final on August 9th.

Note: The qualified relays are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

August 8, 1936, 3:30 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 19.4 ° C, wind speeds of approx. 1.9 m / s crosswind on the straight.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens	47.1 s
2	Canada	Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher	48.0 s
3	Netherlands	Kitty ter Braake Fanny Blankers-Koen Alida de Vries Elisabeth Koning	48.4 s
4th	Austria	Charlotte Machmer Johanna Vancura Grete Neumann Veronika Kohlbach	49.9 s

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	German Empire	Emmy Albus Käthe Krauß Marie Dollinger Ilse Dörffeldt	46.4 s	WR
2	Great Britain	Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke	47.5 s
3	Italy	Lidia Bongiovanni Trebisonda Valla Fernanda Bullano Claudia Testoni	48.6 s
4th	Finland	Irja Lipasti Ebba From Raili Halttu Rauni Essman	49.5 s

Award ceremony: on the left the Canadian relay, in the middle the US relay, on the right the British team

final

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens	46.9 s
2	Great Britain	Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke	47.6 s
3	Canada	Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher	47.8 s
4th	Italy	Lidia Bongiovanni Trebisonda Valla Fernanda Bullano Claudia Testoni	48.7 s
5	Netherlands	Kitty ter Braake Fanny Blankers-Koen Alida de Vries Elisabeth Koning	48.8 s
DSQ	German Empire	Emmy Albus Käthe Krauß Marie Dollinger Ilse Dörffeldt

August 9, 1936, 3:15 p.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, 22.3 ° C, wind speed of 1.6 m / s cross wind on the straights.

The audience experienced a season drama in Berlin . The German team ran a world record with 46.4 seconds . The team that brought three runners to the 100 meter final was the favorite. But the Americans, who competed with two 100-meter finalists, including Olympic champion Helen Stephens, were also highly regarded.
In the final, Germany led the last exchange with eight meters ahead of the US relay. Marie Dollinger's handover to Ilse Dörffeldt failed, the baton fell to the ground and the German team was disqualified. Dörffeldt, who had not been used in the individual race over 100 meters, collapsed crying. So the Americans won gold before the British and Finland. Germany's world record from the run-up remained untouched.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 311f

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on September 22, 2017
• Official report pp. 702–704, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 22, 2017
• 1936, Team Germany, 4x100m relay, Women, Berlin , published July 26, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 22, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 650 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Official report p. 702, engl. (PDF)
3. ^ Official report p. 703, engl. (PDF)
4. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)