The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on 4 and 6 December. This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.
Results 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women Heats Heat One Place Swimmers Time Notes 1 4:26.8 2 4:27.3 3 4:27.5 4 4:34.6 5 4:36.6
Heat Two Place Swimmers Time Notes 1 4:25.0 2 4:28.1 3 4:29.3 4 4:30.1 5 4:35.8 NR
Final
Place Nation Swimmers Time Notes Dawn Fraser (1:04.0) Faith Leech (1:05.3) Sandra Morgan (1:04.7) Lorraine Crapp (1:03.1) 4:17.1 Sylvia Ruuska (1:06.3) Shelley Mann (1:03.9) Nancy Simons (1:04.6) Joan Rosazza (1:04.4) 4:19.2 Natalie Myburgh (1:07.7) Susan Roberts (1:05.3) Moira Abernethy (1:08.0) Jeanette Myburgh (1:04.7) 4:25.7 4 Ingrid Künzel (1:06.6) Hertha Haase (1:06.7) Kati Jansen (1:05.7) Birgit Klomp (1:07.1) 4:26.1 5 Helen Stewart (1:07.1) Gladys Priestley (1:07.1) Sara Barber (1:07.5) Virginia Grant (1:06.6) 4:28.3 6 Anita Hellström (1:08.8) Birgitta Wängberg (1:07.7) Karin Larsson (1:07.4) Kate Jobson (1:06.1) 4:30.0 7 Mária Littomeritzky (1:09.9) Katalin Szőke (1:06.7) Judit Temes (1:06.7) Valéria Gyenge (1:07.8) 4:31.1 8 Frances Hogben (1:08.8) Judy Grinham (1:09.0) Margaret Girvan (1:09.4) Fearne Ewart (1:08.6) 4:35.8
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