Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the women's 4 × 100 m relay 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]
Final classification
| RANK | NATION | NAME ATHLETES | HEAT | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 Australia (AUS)
|
Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor Shirley Strickland de la Hunty |
44.9 | 44.5 |
|
 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 | 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
- ^ "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.