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

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Gold	Elspeth Hay Jean Desforges Dorothy Hall June Foulds  United Kingdom
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

Final

27 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	United Kingdom	Elspeth Hay Jean Desforges Dorothy Hall June Foulds	47.4
02 !	Netherlands	Xenia Stad-de Jong Bertha Brouwer Grietje de Jongh Fanny Blankers-Koen	47.4
03 !	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

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

References