1950 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 27 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Elspeth Hay
Jean Desforges
Dorothy Hall
June Foulds
 Great Britain
Silver Xenia Stad-de Jong
Bertha Brouwer
Grietje de Jongh
Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
Bronze Elene Gokieli
Sofya Malshina
Zoya Dukhovich
Yevgeniya Sechenova
 Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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27 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Elspeth Hay
Jean Desforges
Dorothy Hall
June Foulds
47.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong
Bertha Brouwer
Grietje de Jongh
Fanny Blankers-Koen
47.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union Elene Gokieli
Sofya Malshina
Zoya Dukhovich
Yevgeniya Sechenova
47.5
4  France Rosine Faugouin
Micheline Ostermeyer
Colette Aitelli
Yvette Monginou
48.5
5  Italy Maria Musso
Laura Sivi
Micaela Bora
Vittoria Cesarini
48.7
6  Yugoslavia Spomenka Koledin
Milica Šumak
Mira Tuce
Alma Butja
49.8

Participation

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According to an unofficial count,[citation needed] 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014