Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 20–21 October
Competitors 60 from 15 nations
Medalists
  Poland
Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska
  United States
Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn Elaine White, Edith McGuire
  Great Britain
Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was the only women's relay on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 15 teams, for a total of 60 athletes, from 15 nations competed. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October.

Contents

Results

First round

The top four teams in each of the 2 heats advanced.

First round, heat 1

Place Nation Athletes Time
1 Poland Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska 44.6 seconds
2 Great Britain Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman 44.9 seconds
3 Soviet Union Galina Gaida, Renata Latse, Ludmila Samotesova, Galina Popova 44.9 seconds
4 Australia Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Elaine Bennett 45.2 seconds
5 Jamaica Adlin Mair, Una Morris, Vilma Charlton, Carmen Smith 46.0 seconds
6 Panama Delceita Oakley, Lorraine Dunn, Jean Mitchell, Marcella Daniel 47.6 seconds
7 South Korea Park Hi Sook, Han Myung Hee, Lee Hak Ja, Song Yang Ja 50.1 seconds

First round, heat 2

Place Nation Athletes Time
1 United States Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn Elaine White, Edith McGuire 44.8 seconds
2 Germany Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine 45.0 seconds
3 Hungary Heldt Bartoss, Marko Nemeshazi, Antonia Munkacsi, Ida Such 45.9 seconds
4 France Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard 46.0 seconds
5 Argentina Maria Formeiro, Susana Ritchie, Evelia Farina, Alicia Kaufmanas 46.7 seconds
6 Japan Ezoe Reiko, Yoda Ikuko, Miyamoto Etsuko, Inoguchi Takako 47.0 seconds
7 Philippines Aida Molinos, Loretta Barcenas, Nelly Restar, Mona Sulaiman 48.8 seconds
8 Thailand Preya Dechdumrong, Kusolwan Soraja, Busbong Yimploy, Samroey Charanggool 50.3 seconds

Final

All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final.

Place Nation Athletes Time
1 Poland Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska 43.6 seconds WR
2 United States Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn Elaine White, Edith McGuire 43.9 seconds
3 Great Britain Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman 44.0 seconds
4 Soviet Union Galina Gaida, Renata Latse, Ludmila Samotesova, Galina Popova 44.4 seconds
5 Germany Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine 44.7 seconds
6 Australia Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Elaine Bennett 45.0 seconds
7 Hungary Heldt Bartoss, Marko Nemeshazi, Antonia Munkacsi, Ida Such 45.2 seconds
8 France Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard 46.1 seconds

References

Men's
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Women's
1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008