Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and September 8.[1]

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 7 (heats)
September 8 (final)
Medalists
Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
 United States
Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
 United Team of Germany
Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
 Poland

Results

Heats

The fastest three teams in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Carole Quinton
Dorothy Hyman
Jenny Smart
Mary Rand
 Great Britain45.92
2Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
 United Team of Germany45.96
3Letizia Bertoni
Sandra Valenti
Piera Tizzoni
Giuseppina Leone
 Italy46.76
4Erzsébet Heldt
Mária Bácskai
Antónia Munkácsi
Ildikó Jónás
 Hungary47.54
5Nancy Lewington
Sally McCallum
Valerie Jerome
Eleanor Haslam
 Canada48.05

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
 United States44.50WR
2Vera Krepkina
Valentina Maslovskaya
Mariya Itkina
Irina Press
 Soviet Union45.15
3Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
 Poland45.40
4Silvia Hunte
Carlota Gooden
Lorraine Dunn
Jean Holmes-Mitchell
 Panama46.66
-Marlene Mathews
Norma Thrower
Norma Croker
Pat Duggan
 Australia[47.59]DQ

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Martha Hudson
Lucinda Williams
Barbara Jones
Wilma Rudolph
 United States44.72
Martha Langbein
Anni Biechl
Brunhilde Hendrix
Jutta Heine
 United Team of Germany45.00
Teresa Ciepły
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Halina Richter
 Poland45.19
4Vera Krepkina
Valentina Maslovskaya
Mariya Itkina
Irina Press
 Soviet Union45.39
5Letizia Bertoni
Sandra Valenti
Piera Tizzoni
Giuseppina Leone
 Italy45.80
-Carole Quinton
Dorothy Hyman
Jenny Smart
Mary Rand
 Great BritainDNF

Key: WR = world record; DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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