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

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska44.6 seconds
2Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman44.9 seconds
3Galina Gayda, Renāte Lāce, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Galina Popova44.9 seconds
4Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett45.2 seconds
5Adlin Mair, Una Morris, Vilma Charlton, Carmen Smith46.0 seconds
6Delceita Oakley, Lorraine Dunn, Jean Mitchell, Marcela Daniel47.6 seconds
7Park Hui-suk, Han Myung Hee, Lee Hak-ja, Song Yang Ja50.1 seconds

First round, heat 2

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire44.8 seconds
2Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine45.0 seconds
3Erzsébet Bartos, Margit Nemesházi, Antónia Munkácsi, Ida Such45.9 seconds
4Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard46.0 seconds
5Maria Formeiro, Susana Ritchie, Evelia Farina, Alicia Kaufmanas46.7 seconds
6Reiko Ezoe, Ikuko Yoda, Etsuko Miyamoto, Takako Inoguchi47.0 seconds
7Aida Molinos, Loretta Barcenas, Nelly Restar, Mona Sulaiman48.8 seconds
8Preya Dechdumrong, Kusolwan Soraja, Budsabong Yimploy, Samroey Charanggool50.3 seconds

Final

All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final.
PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska43.6 seconds
2Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire43.9 seconds WR
3Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman44.0 seconds
4Galina Gayda, Renāte Lāce, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Galina Popova44.4 seconds
5Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine44.7 seconds
6Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett45.0 seconds
7Erzsébet Bartos, Margit Nemesházi, Antónia Munkácsi, Ida Such45.2 seconds
8Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard46.1 seconds