Final 15:30 | time | ___________________ | 1. | United States | _ | 46.9s | | Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens | 2. | Great Britain | _ | 47.6s | | Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke | 3. | Canada | _ | 47.8s | | Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher | 4. | Italy | _ | 48.7s | | Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni | 5. | Netherlands | _ | 48.8s | | Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning | -. | Germany | _ | DSQ | & | Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt |
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| Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Cap.: 100,000. | Heats | In the final, Germany built a commanding lead, but their fourth runner, Ilse Dörffeldt, dropped the baton. |
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Heats - Saturday 08.08 | First 3 teams from each Heat advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | time | | ___________________ | 1. | United States | _ | 47.1s | Q | | Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens | 2. | Canada | _ | 48.0s | Q | | Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher | 3. | Netherlands | _ | 48.4s | Q | | Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning | 4. | Austria | _ | 49.9s | | | Charlotte Machmer, Johanna Vancura, Grete Neumann, Veronika Kohlbach |
Heat 2 | time | | ________________ | 1. | Germany | _ | 46.4s | WR, Q | | Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt | 2. | Great Britain | _ | 47.5s | Q | | Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke | 3. | Italy | _ | 48.6s | Q | | Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni | 4. | Finland | _ | 49.5s | | | Irja Lipasti, Ebba From, Raili Halttu, Rauni Essman |
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German team set a world record of 46.4s. |
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Last updated: 20 Sep 2020 Facebook Todor Krastev
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