The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 8 and August 9.
The
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team won with a time of 46.9
s after the
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team, which had been in the lead, dropped the baton on the final leg.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 2
Key: Q = Qualified, WR = World record
Final
Key: DSQ = Disqualified
In the heats, the German team set a world record of 46.4 s. In the final, they built a commanding lead, but their fourth runner,
Ilse Dörffeldt
Ilse Dörffeldt (23 March 1912 – 14 September 1992) was a German sprinter who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Her 4 × 100 m team set a world record
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, dropped the baton.
[Duff Hart-Davis, ''Hitler's games: the 1936 Olympics'', New York: Harper, 1986, ]
p. 200
The American team won in 46.9 s.
[Guy Walters, ''Berlin Games: How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream'', London: Hodder-John Murray, , pp. 268–69, wrongly stating that the time of 46.9 s was half a second faster than the record 46.4.]
References
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Women's 4x100 metre relay
Relay foot races at the Olympics
4 × 100 metres relay
1936 in women's athletics
Women's events at the 1936 Summer Olympics