Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay Swimming Olympic Games 1936 Berlin, Germany - Friday, 14th August - Gold Medal: Netherlands
Final 16:45 time gap L ________________ 1. Netherlands 4:36.0 OR 4 Josephinne Selbach 18, Tini Wagner 16, Willy den Ouden 18, Hendrika Mastenbroek 17 2. Germany 4:36.8 +0.8s 7 Ruth Halbsguth 19, Leni Lohmar 21, Ingeborg Schmitz 14, Gisela Jacob-Arendt 17 3. United States 4:40.2 +4.2s 1 Katherine Rawls 19, Bernice Lapp 18, Mavis Freeman 17, Olivr McKean 21 4. Hungary 4:48.0 +12.0s 6 Ilona Ács 16, Agnes Bíró 18, Vera Harsányi 16, Magda Lenkei 19 4. Canada 4:48.0 +12.0s 2 Mary Christine McConkey 19, Irene Pirie-Milton 17, Margaret-Anne Stone 17, Phyllis Dewar 20 6. Great Britain 4:51.0 +15.0s 3 Margaret Jeffrey 16, Zilpha Grant 17, Edna Hughes 20, Olive L. Wadham 27 7. Denmark 4:51.4 +15.4s 5 Ragnhild Hveger-Andersen 15, Tove Brunnstrom Madsen 15, Elvi Svendsen-Carlsen 16, Eva Arndt-Riise 16
World Record: Netherlands 4:32.8 Rotterdam, Netherlands 24 May 1936 Olympic Record: United States 4:38.0 Los Angeles, United States 9 August 1932
The final developed into a duel between the host nation, Germany, and the Netherlands. Although only one of the German team had qualified from the heats of the individual event, they stayed with the Dutch and even held a small lead at the 200m mark. The Netherlands still had their two strongest swimmers to go and Willy den Ouden overhauled Inge Schmitz on the third leg to hand over to 100m champion Hendrika Mastenbroek in first leg. Throughout the final leg Germany’s Gisele Arendt threatened the leader but Mastenbroek’s familiar finishing took her to a narrow victory.
Heats - Wednesday, 13th August 11:20First 3 teams from each Heat and Best 4th (Hungary) advanced to Final.
Heat 1 11:20 time gap L Rk. ____________ 1. United States 4:47.1 4 4. Mavis Freeman 17, Bernice Lapp 18, Olive McKean 21, Elizabeth Ryan 13 2. Great Britain 4:47.2 0.1s 1 5. Zilpha Grant 17, Edan Hughes 20, Margaret Jeffrey 16, Olive L. Wadham 27 3. Canada 4:49.7 +2.6s 5 6. Phyllis Dewar 20, Mary Christine McConkey 19, Irene Pirie-Milton 22, Margaret-Anne Stone 4. Hungary 4:50.6 +3.5s 3 7. Ilona Ács 16, Agnes Bíró 18, Vera Harsányi 16, Magda Lenkei 19 5. Austria 5:16.6 +29.5s 2 9. Roma Wagner 24, Franziska Mally 19, Grete Ittlinger 14, Helena von Kropiwnicki
Heat 2 time gap L Rk. ____________ 1. Netherlands 4:38.1 2 1. Hendrika Mastenbroek 17, Willy den Ouden 18, Josephine Selbach 18, Tini Wagner 16 2. Germany 4:40.5 +2.4s 4 2. Ruth Halbsguth 19, Leni Lohmar 21, Ursula Pollack 16, Ingeborg Schmitz 14 3. Denmark 4:46.2 +8.1s 1 3. Eva Arndt-Riise 16, Tove Brunnstrom Madsen 15, Ragnhild Hveger-Andersen 15, Elvi Svendsen-Carlsen 16 4. Japan 4:58.1 +20.0s 3 8. Tsuneko Furuta 15, Kazue Kojima 19, Hatsuko Morioka 21, Rei Takemura 17
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