Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	20–21 October
Competitors	60 from 15 nations
Medalists
Poland Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska   United States Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire   Great Britain Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was the only women's relay on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 15 teams, for a total of 60 athletes, from 15 nations competed. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October. The world record time of the Polish team was erased in 1969, after Ewa Klobukowska failed a gendertest in Kiev.

Results

First round

The top four teams in each of the 2 heats advanced.

First round, heat 1

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	Poland	Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska	44.6 seconds
2	Great Britain	Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman	44.9 seconds
3	Soviet Union	Galina Gaida, Renata Latse, Ludmila Samotesova, Galina Popova	44.9 seconds
4	Australia	Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett	45.2 seconds
5	Jamaica	Adlin Mair, Una Morris, Vilma Charlton, Carmen Smith	46.0 seconds
6	Panama	Delceita Oakley, Lorraine Dunn, Jean Mitchell, Marcela Daniel	47.6 seconds
7	South Korea	Park Hi Sook, Han Myung Hee, Lee Hak Ja, Song Yang Ja	50.1 seconds

First round, heat 2

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	United States	Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire	44.8 seconds
2	United Team of Germany	Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine	45.0 seconds
3	Hungary	Heldt Bartoss, Marko Nemeshazi, Antonia Munkacsi, Ida Such	45.9 seconds
4	France	Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard	46.0 seconds
5	Argentina	Maria Formeiro, Susana Ritchie, Evelia Farina, Alicia Kaufmanas	46.7 seconds
6	Japan	Ezoe Reiko, Yoda Ikuko, Miyamoto Etsuko, Inoguchi Takako	47.0 seconds
7	Philippines	Aida Molinos, Loretta Barcenas, Nelly Restar, Mona Sulaiman	48.8 seconds
8	Thailand	Preya Dechdumrong, Kusolwan Soraja, Busbong Yimploy, Samroey Charanggool	50.3 seconds

Final

Daphne Arden and Dorothy Hyman (UK), Willye White and Edith McGuire (USA), and Halina Górecka and Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) compete in the final

All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final.

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	Poland	Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska	43.6 seconds
2	United States	Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire	43.9 seconds WR
3	Great Britain	Janet Simpson, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman	44.0 seconds
4	Soviet Union	Galina Gaida, Renata Latse, Ludmila Samotesova, Galina Popova	44.4 seconds
5	United Team of Germany	Karin Frisch, Erika Pollmann, Martha Pensberger, Jutta Heine	44.7 seconds
6	Australia	Dianne Bowering, Marilyn Black, Margaret Burvill, Joyce Bennett	45.0 seconds
7	Hungary	Heldt Bartoss, Marko Nemeshazi, Antonia Munkacsi, Ida Such	45.2 seconds
8	France	Marlene Canguio, Daniele Gueneau, Michele Lurot, Denise Guenard	46.1 seconds

References

• Official Report