Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were nine nations competing, with France, Poland and Canada failing to reach the final. The Australian team won in a world record time of 44.5 seconds.[1]

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
DatesDecember 1 (heats, final)
Teams9
Winning time45.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norma Croker
Betty Cuthbert
Fleur Mellor
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
June Foulds
Jean Scrivens
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
 United States
← 1952
1960 →
Video on YouTube Official Video @1:07:45

Final classification

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RANK NATION NAME ATHLETES HEAT TIME
    Australia (AUS) Norma Croker
Betty Cuthbert
Fleur Mellor
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
44.9 WR 44.5 WR
    Great Britain (GBR) Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
June Foulds
Jean Scrivens
45.3 44.7
    United States (USA) Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
45.4 44.9
4.   Soviet Union (URS) Irina Botchkareva
Maria Itkina
Vera Krepkina
Galina Rezchikova
46.1 45.6
5.   Italy (ITA) Letizia Bertoni
Milena Greppi
Giuseppina Leone
Maria Musso
45.9 45.7
6.   United Team of Germany (EUA) Gisela Köhler
Bärbel Mayer
Maria Sander
Christa Stubnick
44.9 WR 47.2
  France (FRA) Catherine Capdeville
Micheline Fluchot
Simone Henry
Angèle Picado
46.3 DNQ
  Poland (POL) Maria Kusion
Barbara Lerczak
Genowefa Minicka
Halina Richter
46.5 DNQ
  Canada (CAN) Eleanor Haslam
Dorothy Kozak
Diane Matheson
Maureen Rever
46.6 DNQ

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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