4x100 m W - Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne


Facts Results


Women's 4x100 m 1956

Final

	Shirley Strickland	AUS	44,5	WR
	Norma Croker
	Fleur Mellor
	Elizabeth Cuthbert

	Anne Pashley	GBR	44,7
	Jean Scrivens
	June Paul
	Heather Armitage

	Mae Faggs	USA	44,9
	Margaret Matthews
	Wilma Rudolph
	Isabelle Daniels

4.	Vera Krepkina	URS	45,6
	Galina Reschikova
	Maria Itkina
	Irina Botchkaryova

5.	Letizia Bertoni	ITA	45,7
	Milena Greppi
	Maria Musso
	Giuseppina Leone

6.	Maria Sander	GER	47,2
	Christa Stubnick
	Gisela Köhler
	Bärbel Mayer


Round 1 - Heat 1

1.	Shirley Strickland	AUS	44,9	WR
	Norma Croker
	Fleur Mellor
	Elizabeth Cuthbert

2.	Maria Sander	GER	44,9	WR
	Christa Stubnick
	Gisela Köhler
	Bärbel Mayer

3.	Letizia Bertoni	ITA	45,9	Q
	Milena Greppi
	Maria Musso
	Giuseppina Leone

4.	Catherine Capdeville	FRA	46,3
	Micheline Fluchot
	Simone Henry
	Angele Picado

5.	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	46,6
	Dorothy Kozak
	Diane Matheson
	Maureen Rever


Round 1 - Heat 2

1.	Anne Pashley	GBR	45,3	Q
	Jean Scrivens
	June Paul
	Heather Armitage

2.	Mae Faggs	USA	45,4	Q
	Margaret Matthews
	Wilma Rudolph
	Isabelle Daniels

3.	Vera Krepkina	URS	46,1	Q
	Galina Reschikova
	Maria Itkina
	Irina Botchkaryova

4.	Maria Kusion	POL	46,5
	Barbara Lerczak
	Genowefa Minicka
	Halina Richter



Women's 4x100 m - Athletics - Melbourne 1956 Event Format: Teams competed in preliminary heats and final. The best teams from each heat (Q) advanced to the final. The winner of the final was the winner of the Olympic Gold Medal. Event facts: Women's 4x100 m competition was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and 9 teams participated in the event.