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,

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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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