Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay


The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 7. The Dutch team won with a time of 47.5.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record
Olympic record
46.4Berlin, Germany8 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Saturday, 7 August 194815:15Round 1
Saturday, 7 August 194816:40Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 7 August. The first two teams from each heat advanced to the final.
Heat 1
RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Diane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers47.9Q
2Joyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland48.0Q
3Rosine Faugouin, Jeanine Moussier, Liliane Sprécher, Jeanine Toulouse48.1
4Benedicta de Oliveira, Melânia Luz, Gertrudes Morg, Lucila Pini49.0

Heat 2
RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Maureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker48.4Q
2Grete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer50.0Q
3Marion Huber, Betty Kretschmer, Adriana Millard, Annegret Weller-Schneider51.5
4Mirella Avalle, Anna Maria Cantù, Marcella Jeandeau, Liliana TagliaferriDNF

Heat 3
RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Fanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer47.6Q
2Bente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen48.1Q
3Nell Jackson, Theresa Manuel, Mickey Patterson, Mabel Walker48.5

Final

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Fanny Blankers-Koen, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Netti Witziers-Timmer47.5
Joyce King, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Shirley Strickland47.6
Diane Foster, Patricia Jones, Nancy Mackay, Viola Myers47.8
4Maureen Gardner, Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker48.0
5Bente Bergendorff, Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, Birthe Nielsen, Hilde Nissen48.2
6Grete Jenny, Maria Oberbreyer, Grete Pavlousek, Elfriede Steurer49.2

Wind: 0.2 m/s