Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay explained

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place on October 14 and 15, 1964.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Sharon Stouder Donna de Varona Lillian Watson Kathy Ellis

Robyn Thorn Janice Murphy Lynette Bell Dawn Fraser

Pauline van der Wildt Toos Beumer Winnie van Weerdenburg Erica Terpstra

Results

Heats

^[2] Heat 1

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		4:12.2
2		4:13.5
3		4:14.8
4		4:14.9
5		4:19.2	NR

Heat 2

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		4:11.8
2		4:13.4
3		4:14.9
4		4:15.0
5		4:15.1

Final

^[3]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		4:03.8	WR
2		4:06.9
3		4:12.0
4		4:12.1
5		4:14.0
6		4:15.0
7		4:15.9
8		4:17.2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165935/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 November 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1102/olympic-games-tokyo-1964/results?disciplines=SW&event=f0e66796-c0ab-43a3-94dc-0e4251232661&unit=heats-summary Heats Summary
3. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1102/olympic-games-tokyo-1964/results?disciplines=SW&event=f0e66796-c0ab-43a3-94dc-0e4251232661&unit=final Final