Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	1956 Summer
Dates:	December 1 (heats, final)
Teams:	9
Win Value:	45.9
Gold:	Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Heather Armitage Anne Pashley June Foulds Jean Scrivens
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were nine nations competing, with France, Poland and Canada failing to reach the final. The Australian team won in a world record time of 44.5 seconds.^[1]

Final classification

RANK	NATION	NAME ATHLETES	HEAT	TIME
			44.9 WR	44.5 WR
			45.3	44.7
			45.4	44.9
4.			46.1	45.6
5.			45.9	45.7
6.			44.9 WR	47.2
-			46.3	DNQ
-			46.5	DNQ
-			46.6	DNQ

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174043/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/ATH/womens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.