Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 110 yards relay

The women's 4 × 110 yards relay event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 26 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

The Welsh team were denied a place in the final after being disqualified following an illegal baton change.

Medalists Heather YoungJune PaulDorothy HymanMadeleine WestonBetty CuthbertKay JohnsonWendy HayesMarlene Mathews-WillardDiane MathesonEleanor HaslamMaureen ReverFreyda Berman

Results Heats

Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final. Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Betty Cuthbert, Kay Johnson, Wendy Hayes, Marlene Mathews-Willard 46.6 Q, GR 2 1 Diane Matheson, Eleanor Haslam, Maureen Rever, Freyda Berman 47.4 Q 3 1 Thelma Hopkins, Bridget Robinson, Mary Peters, Maeve Kyle 50.1 Q 1 Bronwen Jones, Ellen Grainger, Gwyneth Lewis, Jean Whitehead 1 2 Heather Young, June Paul, Dorothy Hyman, Madeleine Weston 46.1 Q, GR 2 2 Marise Chamberlain, Margaret Stuart, Beverly Weigel, Jessica Donaghy 48.2 Q 3 2 Doris Tyndall, Moira Campbell, Isabel Bond, Mary Symon 48.3 Q 4 2 Olu Onwuchekwa, Esther Ogbeni, Violet Odogwu, Folashade Payne 49.6

Final

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 4 Heather Young, June Paul, Dorothy Hyman, Madeleine Weston 45.37 WR 5 Betty Cuthbert, Kay Johnson, Wendy Hayes, Marlene Mathews-Willard 46.12 3 Diane Matheson, Eleanor Haslam, Maureen Rever, Freyda Berman 47.21 4 6 Marise Chamberlain, Margaret Stuart, Beverly Weigel, Jessica Donaghy 48.3 5 2 Doris Tyndall, Moira Campbell, Isabel Bond, Mary Symon 48.5 6 1 Thelma Hopkins, Bridget Robinson, Mary Peters, Maeve Kyle 50.3

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