Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
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| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the Women's 4x100m Relay event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were nine nations competing, with France, Poland and Canada failing to reach the final. The Australian team win in a world record time of 44.5 seconds.
Final classification
| RANK | NATION | NAME ATHLETES | HEAT | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Australia (AUS) |
Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor Shirley Strickland de la Hunty |
44.9 | 44.5 |
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 Great Britain (GBR) |
Heather Armitage Anne Pashley June Foulds Jean Scrivens |
45.3 | 44.7 |
 |
 United States (USA) |
Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph |
45.4 | 44.9 |
| 4. |  Soviet Union (URS) |
Irina Botchkareva Maria Itkina Vera Krepkina Galina Rezchikova |
46.1 | 45.6 |
| 5. |  Italy (ITA) |
Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi Giuseppina Leone Maria Musso |
45.9 | 45.7 |
| 6. |  United Team of Germany (EUA) |
Gisela Köhler Barbara Mayer Maria Sander Christa Stubnick |
44.9 | 47.2 |
| — |  France (FRA) |
Catherine Capdeville Micheline Fluchot Simone Henry Angele Picado |
46.3 | DNQ |
| — |  Poland (POL) |
Maria Kusion Barbara Lerczak Genowefa Minicka Halina Richter |
46.5 | DNQ |
| — | Canada Canada (CAN) | Eleanor Haslam Dorothy Kozak Diane Matheson Maureen Rever |
46.6 | DNQ |
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