1958 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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Vera Krepkina
Linda Kepp
Nonna Polyakova
Valentina Maslovskaya
 Soviet Union
Silver Madeleine Weston
Dorothy Hyman
Claire Dew
Carole Quinton
 Great Britain
Bronze Maria Chojnacka
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Maria Bibro
 Poland

Results

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Final

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24 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union Vera Krepkina
Linda Kepp
Nonna Polyakova
Valentina Maslovskaya
45.3 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Madeleine Weston
Dorothy Hyman
Claire Dew
Carole Quinton
46.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland Maria Chojnacka
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Maria Bibro
46.0
4  Netherlands Johanna Bloemhof
Ine Spijk
Ria van Kuik
Joke Bijleveld
46.2
5  Italy Sandra Valenti
Letizia Bertoni
Maria Musso
Giuseppina Leone
46.3
6  East Germany Brigitte Weinmeister
Hannelore Sadau
Gisela Birkemeyer
Bärbel Mayer
46.4

Heats

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23 August

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  East Germany Brigitte Weinmeister
Hannelore Sadau
Gisela Birkemeyer
Bärbel Mayer
45.9 Q
2  Italy Sandra Valenti
Letizia Bertoni
Maria Musso
Giuseppina Leone
46.2 Q
3  Poland Maria Chojnacka
Barbara Janiszewska
Celina Jesionowska
Maria Bibro
46.5 Q
4   Switzerland Gretel Bolliger
Fry Frischknecht
Alice Fischer
Alice Merz
50.8

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Soviet Union Vera Krepkina
Linda Kepp
Nonna Polyakova
Valentina Maslovskaya
45.7 CR Q
2  Netherlands Johanna Bloemhof
Ine Spijk
Ria van Kuik
Joke Bijleveld
46.1 Q
3  Great Britain Madeleine Weston
Dorothy Hyman
Claire Dew
Carole Quinton
46.3 Q
4  Sweden Maj-Lena Lundström
Marianne Johansson
Ulla-Britt Johansson
Britt Mårtensson
47.3
 France Françoise Piccardy
Juliette Angenieux
Micheline Fluchot
Catherine Capdevielle
DQ

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014