Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and September 8.[1]

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 7 (heats)
September 8 (final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
 United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
 Poland
← 1956
1964 →

Results edit

Heats edit

The fastest three teams in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carole Quinton
Dorothy Hyman
Jenny Smart
Mary Rand
  Great Britain 45.92
2 Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
  United Team of Germany 45.96
3 Letizia Bertoni
Sandra Valenti
Piera Tizzoni
Giuseppina Leone
  Italy 46.76
4 Erzsébet Heldt
Mária Bácskai
Antónia Munkácsi
Ildikó Jónás
  Hungary 47.54
5 Nancy Lewington
Sally McCallum
Valerie Jerome
Eleanor Haslam
  Canada 48.05

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
  United States 44.50 WR
2 Vera Krepkina
Valentina Maslovskaya
Mariya Itkina
Irina Press
  Soviet Union 45.15
3 Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
  Poland 45.40
4 Silvia Hunte
Carlota Gooden
Lorraine Dunn
Jean Holmes-Mitchell
  Panama 46.66
- Marlene Mathews
Norma Thrower
Norma Croker
Pat Duggan
  Australia [47.59] DQ

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
  United States 44.72
  Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
  United Team of Germany 45.00
  Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
  Poland 45.19
4 Vera Krepkina
Valentina Maslovskaya
Mariya Itkina
Irina Press
  Soviet Union 45.39
5 Letizia Bertoni
Sandra Valenti
Piera Tizzoni
Giuseppina Leone
  Italy 45.80
- Carole Quinton
Dorothy Hyman
Jenny Smart
Mary Rand
  Great Britain DNF

Key: WR = world record; DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.