Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was the only women's relay on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 15 teams, for a total of 60 athletes, from 15 nations competed. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October. The world record time of the Polish team was erased in 1969, after Ewa Klobukowska failed a gendertest in Kiev, but their gold medal result was allowed to stand.

Results

First round

The top four teams in each of the 2 heats advanced.

First round, heat 1

Place Nation Athletes Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska 44.6 44.62 2 Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman 44.9 44.96 3 Galina Gayda, Renate Lace, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Galina Popova 44.9 44.98 4 Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett 45.2 45.28 5 Adlin Mair, Una Morris, Vilma Charlton, Carmen Smith 46.0 – 6 Delceita Oakley, Lorraine Dunn, Jean Mitchell, Marcela Daniel 47.6 – 7 Park Hui-suk, Han Myung Hee, Lee Hak-ja, Song Yang Ja 50.1 –

First round, heat 2

Place Nation Athletes Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire 44.8 44.83 2 Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine 45.0 45.01 3 Erzsébet Bartos, Margit Nemesházi, Antónia Munkácsi, Ida Such 45.9 45.91 4 Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard 46.0 – 5 Maria Formeiro, Susana Ritchie, Evelia Farina, Alicia Kaufmanas 46.7 – 6 Reiko Ezoe, Ikuko Yoda, Etsuko Miyamoto, Takako Inoguchi 47.0 – 7 Aida Molinos, Loretta Barcenas, Nelly Restar, Mona Sulaiman 48.8 – 8 Preya Dechdumrong, Kusolwan Soraja, Budsabong Yimploy, Samroey Charanggool 50.3 –

Final

All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final.

Place Nation Athletes Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska 43.6 WR 2 Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire 43.9 43.92 3 Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman 44.0 44.09 4 Galina Gayda, Renate Lace, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Galina Popova 44.4 44.44 5 Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine 44.7 – 6 Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett 45.0 – 7 Erzsébet Bartos, Margit Nemesházi, Antónia Munkácsi, Ida Such 45.2 – 8 Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard 46.1 –

References

Official Report