Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Dates	August 4 (heats) August 5 (final)
Competitors	from 8 nations
Teams	8
Winning time	48.4
Medalists
Myrtle Cook Ethel Smith Bobbie Rosenfeld Jane Bell  Canada Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn  United States Anni Holdmann Leni Junker Rosa Kellner Leni Schmidt  Germany

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	Canada	49.3	Q, WR
2	Netherlands	50.4	Q
3	France	51.0	Q
4	Sweden	53.2

Key: Q = Qualified, WR = World record

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	United States	49.8	Q
2	Germany	49.8	Q
3	Italy		Q
4	Belgium

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

Rank	Country	Time	Notes	Competitors
	Canada	48.4	WR	Ethel Smith, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Myrtle Cook, Jane Bell
	United States	48.8		Jessie Cross, Loretta McNeil, Betty Robinson, Mary Washburn
	Germany	49.0		Anni Holdmann, Leni Junker, Rosa Kellner, Leni Schmidt
4	France	49.6
5	Netherlands	49.8
6	Italy	53.6

Key: WR = World record

References

• 1928 Summer Olympics results: Women's 4x100 metre relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-09.