1950 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 27 August 1950.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Elspeth Hay
Jean Desforges
Dorothy Hall
June Foulds
  Great Britain
Silver Xenia Stad-de Jong
Bertha Brouwer
Grietje de Jongh
Fanny Blankers-Koen
  Netherlands
Bronze Elene Gokieli
Sofya Malshina
Zoya Dukhovich
Yevgeniya Sechenova
  Soviet Union

Results edit

Final edit

27 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    Great Britain Elspeth Hay
Jean Desforges
Dorothy Hall
June Foulds
47.4
    Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong
Bertha Brouwer
Grietje de Jongh
Fanny Blankers-Koen
47.4
    Soviet Union Elene Gokieli
Sofya Malshina
Zoya Dukhovich
Yevgeniya Sechenova
47.5
4   France Rosine Faugouin
Micheline Ostermeyer
Colette Aitelli
Yvette Monginou
48.5
5   Italy Maria Musso
Laura Sivi
Micaela Bora
Vittoria Cesarini
48.7
6   Yugoslavia Spomenka Koledin
Milica Šumak
Mira Tuce
Alma Butja
49.8

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count,[citation needed] 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014