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.
Results Heats Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 1 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert 44.9 45.00 Q, 2 1 Maria Sander, Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler, Bärbel Mayer 44.9 45.07 Q, 3 2 Anne Pashley, Jean Scrivens, June Foulds, Heather Armitage 45.3 45.38 Q 4 2 Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, Wilma Rudolph, Isabelle Daniels 45.4 45.52 Q 5 1 Letizia Bertoni, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Maria Musso 45.9 45.91 Q 6 2 Vera Krepkina, Galina Rezchikova, Maria Itkina, Irina Botchkareva 46.1 46.20 Q 7 1 Catherine Capdeville, Micheline Fluchot, Simone Henry, Angèle Picado 46.3 46.39 8 2 Maria Kusion, Barbara Lerczak, Genowefa Minicka, Halina Richter 46.5 46.58 9 1 Eleanor Haslam, Dorothy Kozak, Diane Matheson, Maureen Rever 46.6 46.79
Final Rank Nation Athletes Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert 44.5 44.65 Anne Pashley, Jean Scrivens, June Foulds, Heather Armitage 44.7 44.70 Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, Wilma Rudolph, Isabelle Daniels 44.9 45.04 4 Vera Krepkina, Galina Rezchikova, Maria Itkina, Irina Botchkareva 45.6 45.81 5 Letizia Bertoni, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Maria Musso 45.7 45.90 6 Maria Sander, Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler, Bärbel Mayer 47.2 47.29
References
External links Official Report Results