1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

24 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union Vera Krepkina
Linda Kepp
Nonna Polyakova
Valentina Maslovskaya
45.3 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom Madeleine Weston
Dorothy Hyman
Claire Dew
Carole Quinton
46.0
3rd, 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

23 August

Heat 1

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

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  United Kingdom 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
9  France Françoise Piccardy
Juliette Angenieux
Micheline Fluchot
Catherine Capdevielle
DQ

Participation

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

References

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