Patricia Jones (athlete)

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Canada
Bronze 1948 London 4x100 m relay

Patricia Jones (born 16 October 1930) is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

She competed for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay and Diane Foster. Their 47.8 second time compares to the winning 47.5 seconds of the Netherlands and the 47.7 of the Australian team. In the individual 100 metres final she finished fifth, just behind Myers, both recording 12.3 second times against the winning 11.9 second run of Netherlands' Fanny Blankers-Koen.

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