Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Swimming at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mwomen
200 mmen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 2 and 3, in Rome.[1] This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
Joan Spillane
Shirley Stobs
Carolyn Wood
Chris von Saltza
Donna de Varona*
Susan Doerr*
Sylvia Ruuska*
Molly Botkin* 		 Australia
Dawn Fraser
Ilsa Konrads
Lorraine Crapp
Alva Colquhoun
Sandra Morgan*
Ruth Everuss* 		 United Team of Germany
Christel Steffin
Heidi Pechstein
Gisela Weiss
Ursula Brunner

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only. Under 1960 Olympic rules, they did not receive a medal.[citation needed]

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

[2] Heat 1

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  Donna de Varona, Susan Doerr, Sylvia Ruuska, Molly Botkin (USA) 4:18.9
2  Beryl Noakes, Judy Samuel, Christine Harris, Natalie Steward (GBR) 4:24.4
3  Inger Thorngren, Karin Larsson, Kristina Larsson, Bibbi Segerström (SWE) 4:27.3
4  Daniela Beneck, Rosanna Contardo, Maria Cristina Pacifici, Paola Saini (ITA) 4:31.8
5  Yoshiko Sato, Eiko Wada, Kimiko Ezaka, Hitomi Jinno (JPN) 4:35.9
6  Eulalia Martínez, Silvia Belmar, Blanca Barrón, María Luisa Souza (MEX) 4:43.1

Heat 2

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  Sandra Morgan, Alva Colquhoun, Ruth Everuss, Lorraine Crapp (AUS) 4:17.6
2  Anna Temesvári, Mária Frank, Katalin Boros, Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai (HUN) 4:22.2
3  Christel Steffin, Heidi Pechstein, Gisela Weiß, Ursel Brunner (EUA) 4:24.2
4  Irina Lyakhovskaya, Ulvi Voog, Galina Sosnova, Marina Shamal (URS) 4:31.9
5  Héda Frost, Annie Caron, Colette Libourel, Marie-Laure Gaillot (FRA) 4:35.2
6  Hennie van der Velde, Jopie Troost, Sieta Posthumus, Cocki van Engelsdorp Gastelaars (NED) DQ

Final[edit]

[3]

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood, Chris von Saltza (USA) 4:08.9 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Dawn Fraser, Ilsa Konrads, Lorraine Crapp, Alva Colquhoun (AUS) 4:11.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Christel Steffin, Heidi Pechstein, Gisela Weiß, Ursel Brunner (EUA) 4:19.7
4  Anna Temesvári, Mária Frank, Katalin Boros, Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai (HUN) 4:21.2
5  Natalie Steward, Beryl Noakes, Judy Samuel, Christine Harris (GBR) 4:24.6
6  Inger Thorngren, Karin Larsson, Kristina Larsson, Bibbi Segerström (SWE) 4:25.1
7  Paola Saini, Anna Maria Cecchi, Rosanna Contardo, Maria Cristina Pacifici (ITA) 4:26.8
8  Irina Lyakhovskaya, Ulvi Voog, Galina Sosnova, Marina Shamal (URS) 4:29.0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ Heats Summary
  3. ^ Final
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