1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 4 x 100 meter relay | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 40 athletes from 10 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stadio Olimpico | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 7, 1960 (preliminary) September 8, 1960 (final) |
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The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was held on September 7th and 8th, 1960 at the Stadio Olimpico . 40 athletes took part in ten seasons.
The US relay with Martha Hudson , Lucinda Williams , Barbara Jones and Wilma Rudolph was Olympic champion in front of the Germany team with Martha Langbein , Anni Biechl , Brunhilde Hendrix and Jutta Heine . The bronze medal was won by Poland with Teresa Ciepły , Barbara Sobotta , Celina Jesionowska and Halina Herrmann .
Relays from Switzerland and Austria did not take part.
Existing records
World record | 44.5 s |
Australia ( Shirley Strickland de la Hunty , Norma Croker , Fleur Mellor , Betty Cuthbert ) |
Melbourne Olympic Final , Australia | 1st December 1956 |
Olympic record |
Conducting the competition
The relays started on September 7th to two preliminary runs, from which the first three teams reached the final on December 8th.
Note: The qualified relays are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
September 7, 3:20 p.m .: Prelim
September 8, 5:50 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Date: September 7, 1960, from 3:20 p.m.
Forward 1
space | Season | occupation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Great Britain |
Carole Quinton Dorothy Hyman Jenny Smart Mary Rand |
45.8 s | 45.92 s | |
2 | Germany |
Martha Langbein Anni Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine |
45.8 s | 45.96 s | |
3 | Italy |
Letizia Bertoni Sandra Valenti Piera Tizzoni Giuseppina Leone |
46.6 s | 46.76 s | |
4th | Hungary |
Erzsébet Heldt Mária Bácskai Antónia Munkácsi Ildikó Jónás |
47.3 s | 47.54 s | |
5 | Canada |
Nancy Lewington Sally McCallum Valerie Jerome Eleanor Haslam |
47.9 s | 48.05 s |
Forward 2
space | Season | occupation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | United States |
Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph |
44.4 s | 44.50 s | WR |
2 | Soviet Union |
Wera Krepkina Walentyna Maslowska Marija Itkina Irina Press |
45.1 s | 45.25 s | |
3 | Poland |
Teresa Ciepły Barbara Sobotta Celina Jesionowska Halina Herrmann |
45.3 s | 45.40 s | |
4th | Panama |
Silvia Hunte Carlota Gooden Lorraine Dunn Jean Holmes-Mitchell |
46.5 s | 46.66 s | |
DSQ | Australia |
Marlene Mathews Norma Thrower Norma Croker Pat Duggan |
final
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | United States |
Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph |
44.5 s | 44.72 s | |
2 | Germany |
Martha Langbein Anni Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine |
44.8 s | 45.00 s | |
3 | Poland |
Teresa Ciepły Barbara Sobotta Celina Jesionowska Halina Herrmann |
45.0 s | 45.19 s | |
4th | Soviet Union |
Wera Krepkina Walentyna Maslowska Marija Itkina Irina Press |
45.2 s | 45.39 s | |
5 | Italy |
Letizia Bertoni Sandra Valenti Piera Tizzoni Giuseppina Leone |
45.6 s | 45.80 s | |
DNF | Great Britain |
Carole Quinton Dorothy Hyman Jenny Smart Mary Rand |
Date: September 8, 1960, 5:50 p.m.
The individual final over 100 meters featured six starters from six nations. Therefore, there was no clear favorite before the relay races. In the second run, the US team set a new world record and was thus the clear gold candidate.
In the final, the German relay team developed a lead of almost two meters that lasted until the last change. Wilma Rudolph was able to close the gap to Jutta Heine and overtake him. Ultimately, the US relay was ahead by about three meters. The team of Poland won the bronze medal.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 231f
Videos
- 1960 80 OSTACOLI FEMMINILE ORO IRINA PRESS , published February 6, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed October 22, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on October 22, 2017
- Official report pp. 194–196, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 22, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 650 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 22 October 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 64 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 22, 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 195 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 22, 2017
- ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 196 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 22, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 22, 2017