1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

GoldVera Krepkina
Rimma Ulitkina
Mariya Itkina
Irina Turova
 Soviet Union
SilverIrmgard Egert
Charlotte Böhmer
Irene Brutting
Maria Sander
 West Germany
BronzeMaria Musso
Giuseppina Leone
Letizia Bertoni
Milena Greppi
 Italy

Results

Final

29 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
 Soviet UnionVera Krepkina
Rimma Ulitkina
Mariya Itkina
Irina Turova
45.8CR
 West GermanyIrmgard Egert
Charlotte Böhmer
Irene Brutting
Maria Sander
46.3
 ItalyMaria Musso
Giuseppina Leone
Letizia Bertoni
Milena Greppi
46.6NR
4 Great BritainHeather Armitage
Jean Desforges
Shirley Hampton
Anne Pashley
46.7
5 PolandMaria Ilwicka
Barbara Lerczak
Celina Jesionowska
Maria Kusion
47.1NR
6 CzechoslovakiaZlata Ptáčková
Jana Rábová
Anna Kovaříková
Libuše Strejčková
48.5

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 ItalyMaria Musso
Giuseppina Leone
Letizia Bertoni
Milena Greppi
46.8CR NR Q
2 West GermanyIrmgard Egert
Charlotte Böhmer
Irene Brutting
Maria Sander
47.1Q
3 PolandMaria Ilwicka
Barbara Lerczak
Celina Jesionowska
Maria Kusion
47.3NR Q
4 FranceHenriette Robert
Yvette Monginou
Monique Jacquet
Denise Laborie
47.4NR
5 HungaryOlga Gyarmati
Ida Dénes
Ibolya Greminger
Vera Neszmélyi
48.5
6  SwitzerlandEdith Jakob
Trudy Hänseler
Gretel Bolliger
Sonja Pretot
48.8NR

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 Soviet UnionVera Krepkina
Rimma Ulitkina
Mariya Itkina
Irina Turova
46.1CR Q
2 Great BritainHeather Armitage
Jean Desforges
Shirley Hampton
Anne Pashley
46.7Q
3 CzechoslovakiaZlata Ptáčková
Jana Rábová
Anna Kovaříková
Libuše Strejčková
48.3Q
4 AustriaTrude Wareka
Elfriede Steurer
Elfriede Geist
Friedrike Harasek
48.3NR
5 SaarInge Eckel
Helga Hoffmann
Trudi Schaller
Ursula Finger
48.3NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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