1948 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 4 x 100 meter relay | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 44 athletes from 11 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Wembley Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 7, 1948 | ||||||||
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The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was played on August 7, 1948 at Wembley Stadium . 44 athletes took part.
The Dutch relay won the gold medal. Silver went to the Australian relay, bronze to Canada.
Existing records
- World record : 46.4 s - Germany ( Emmy Albus , Käthe Krauss , Marie Dollinger , Ilse Dörffeldt ), Berlin , August 9, 1936
- Olympic record : 46.4 s - Germany ( Emmy Albus , Käthe Krauss , Marie Dollinger , Ilse Dörffeldt ), advance of the Olympic Games in Berlin , August 9, 1936
Conducting the competition
There were three preliminary runs on August 7th. The two best seasons qualified for the final on the same day.
Note: The qualified relays are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
August 7, 1948, 3:15 p.m.
Forward 1
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada |
Viola Myers Nancy Mackay Diane Foster Patricia Jones |
47.9 s | |
2 | Australia |
Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King |
48.0 s | |
3 | France |
Jeanine Toulouse Rosine Faugouin Liliane Sprécher Jeanine Moussier |
48.1 s | |
4th | Brazil |
Benedicta de Oliveira Lucila Pini Melânia Luz Gertrudes Morg |
49.0 s |
Forward 2
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain |
Dorothy Manley Muriel Pletts Margaret Walker Maureen Gardner |
48.4 s | |
2 | Austria |
Grete Jenny Elfriede Steurer Grete Pavlousek Maria Oberbreyer |
50.0 s | |
3 | Chile |
Marion Huber Beatriz Kretschmer Adriana Millard Annegret Weller-Schneider |
51.5 s | |
DNF | Italy |
Mirella Avalle Anna Maria Cantù Marcella Jeandeau Liliana Tagliaferri |
Forward 3
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands |
Xenia Stad-de Jong Nettie Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen |
47.6 s | |
2 | Denmark |
Grethe Lovsø Bente Bergendorff Birthe Nielsen Hildegard Nissen |
48.1 s | |
3 | United States |
Nell Jackson Theresa Manuel Audrey Patterson Mabel Walker |
48.5 s |
final
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands |
Xenia Stad-de Jong Nettie Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen |
47.5 s | |
2 | Australia |
Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King |
47.6 s | |
3 | Canada |
Viola Myers Nancy Mackay Diane Foster Patricia Jones |
47.8 s | |
4th | Great Britain |
Dorothy Manley Muriel Pletts Margaret Walker Maureen Gardner |
48.0 s | |
5 | Denmark |
Grethe Lovsø Bente Bergendorff Birthe Nielsen Hildegard Nissen |
48.2 s | |
6th | Austria |
Grete Jenny Elfriede Steurer Grete Pavlousek Maria Oberbreyer |
49.2 s |
August 7, 1948, 4.40 p.m.
In the final, the favored team from the Netherlands was still well behind Australia until the last change. Final runner Fanny Blankers-Koen was able to intercept the Australian Joyce King and narrowly secure the victory.
For Fanny Blankers-Koen it was the fourth gold medal at the London Games. This made her the most successful female athlete in terms of the number of Olympic victories.
For the Netherlands it was the first Olympic victory and the first medal. Australia also won the first medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay .
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 50f
Web links
- SportsReference 4 × 100 m
- Official Report, page 280
- Fanny Blankers-Koen wins 4 golds at the 1948 Olympics , published January 16, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed August 24, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 650 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Official report "Athletic Timetable" p. 241, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.) The world and Olympic records of the German relay remained untouched.