1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 100 m freestyle (women)

sport	swim
discipline	4 × 100 m freestyle
gender	Women
Attendees	38 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	Olympic swimming stadium
Competition phase	August 12, 1936 (semi-finals) August 14, 1936 (final)
Winning time	4: 36.0 min
Medalists  Netherlands Selbach , Wagner , den Ouden , Mastenbroek  German Empire Halbsguth , Lohmar , Schmitz , Arendt  United States Rawls , Lapp , Freeman , McKean
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Swimming competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle	Men	Women
400 m freestyle	Men	Women
1500 m freestyle	Men
100 m back	Men	Women
200 m chest	Men	Women
4 × 100 m freestyle		Women
4 × 200 m freestyle	Men

The women's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin took place on August 12 and 14. The Dutch relay was the Olympic champion. Silver went to the German relay and bronze was won by the United States relay.

Records

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.

World record	4: 32.8 min	Netherlands	Rotterdam Netherlands	May 24, 1936
Olympic record	4: 38.0 min	United States	Los Angeles United States	August 9, 1932

The following new records were set:

Olympic record	4: 36.0 min	Netherlands	final

Results

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on August 12th. The first three seasons of each run as well as the fastest fourth-placed season qualified for the finals.

Semi-final 1

rank	nation	Athletes	time	Note
1	United States	Mavis Freeman Bernice Lapp Olive McKean Elizabeth Ryan	4: 47.1 min	QQ
2	Great Britain	Zilpha Grant Edna Hughes Margaret Jeffery Olive Wadham	4: 47.2 min	QQ
3	Canada	Phyllis Dewar Mary McConkey Irene Pirie-Milton Margaret Stone	4: 49.7 min	QQ
4th	Hungary	Ilona Ács Ágnes Bíró Vera Harsányi Magda Lenkei	4: 50.6 min	qq
5	Austria	Roma Wagner Franziska Mally Grete Ittlinger Elli von Kropiwnicki	5: 16.6 min

Semi-final 2

rank	nation	Athletes	time	Note
1	Netherlands	Hendrika Mastenbroek Willy den Ouden Johanna Selbach Catharina Wagner	4: 38.1 min	QQ
2	German Empire	Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Ursula Pollack Ingeborg Schmitz	4: 40.5 min	QQ
3	Denmark	Eva Arndt Tove Bruunstrøm Ragnhild Hveger Elvi Svendsen	4: 46.2 min	QQ
4th	Japan	Tsuneko Furuta Kazue Kojima Hatsuko Morioka Rei Takemura	4: 58.1 min

final

August 14, 1936

rank	nation	Athletes	time
1	Netherlands	Johanna Selbach Catharina Wagner Willy den Ouden Hendrika Mastenbroek	4: 36.0 min ( OR )
2	German Empire	Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Ingeborg Schmitz Gisela Arendt	4: 36.8 min
3	United States	Katherine Rawls Bernice Lapp Mavis Freeman Olive McKean	4: 40.2 min
4th	Hungary	Ilona Ács Ágnes Bíró Vera Harsányi Magda Lenkei	4: 48.0 min
	Canada	Mary McConkey Irene Pirie-Milton Margaret Stone Phyllis Dewar	4: 48.0 min
6th	Great Britain	Margaret Jeffery Zilpha Grant Edna Hughes Olive Wadham	4: 51.0 min
7th	Denmark	Ragnhild Hveger Tove Bruunstrøm Elvi Svendsen Eva Arndt	4: 51.4 min

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