Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay

at the Games of the XIX Olympiad

Venue

Dates

19 October & 20 October

Medalists

	Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus	United States
	Violetta Quesada, Miguelina Cobián, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay	Cuba
	Galina Bukharina, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Zharkova	Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was held on the 19th and 20 October 1968. There were a total number of 14 nations competing.

Results

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	United States (USA)	• Margaret Bailes • Barbara Ferrell • Mildrette Netter • Wyomia Tyus	42.88 (WR)
	Cuba (CUB)	• Violetta Quesada • Miguelina Cobián • Marlene Elejarde • Fulgencia Romay	43.36
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Galina Bukharina • Lyudmila Samotyosova • Vera Popkova • Lyudmila Zharkova	43.41
4.	Netherlands (NED)	• W. van Den Berg • Mieke Sterk • Geertruida Hennipman • Cornelia Bakker	43.4
5.	Australia (AUS)	• Jennifer Lamy • Joyce Bennett • Raelene Boyle • Dianne Burge	43.4
6.	West Germany (FRG)	• Renate Meyer • Jutta Stock • Rita Jahn • Ingrid Becker	43.7
7.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Anita Neil • Maureen Tranter • Janet Simpson • Lillian Board	43.8
8.	France (FRA)	• Michele Alayrangues • Gabrielle Meyer • Nicole Montandon • Silviane Telliez	44.2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Netherlands (NED)	• W. van Den Berg • Mieke Sterk • Geertruida Hennipman • Cornelia Bakker	43.4
2.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Lyudmila Zharkova • Galina Bukharina • Vera Popkova • Lyudmila Samotyosova	43.6
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Anita Neil • Maureen Tranter • Janet Simpson • Lillian Board	43.9
4.	Cuba (CUB)	• Marlene Elejarde • Fulgencia Romay • Violetta Quesada • Miguelina Cobián	44.1
5	Hungary (HUN)	• Eta Kispal • Margit Nemeshazi • Gyorgyi Balogh • Annamária Tóth	44.6
6.	Republic of China (ROC)	• Chi Cheng • Chui-Mei Yeh • Chun-Yue Lin • A-Mei Tien	47.2
7.	Poland (POL)	• Danuta Straszynska • Mirosława Sarna • Urszul Jozwik • Irena Kirszenstein	53.0

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	United States (USA)	• Margaret Bailes • Barbara Ferrell • Mildrette Netter • Wyomia Tyus	43.4
2.	Australia (AUS)	• Jennifer Lamy • Joyce Bennett • Raelene Boyle • Dianne Burge	43.7
3.	West Germany (FRG)	• Renate Meyer • Jutta Stock • Rita Jahn • Ingrid Becker	44.1
4.	France (FRA)	• Michele Alayrangues • Gabrielle Meyer • Nicole Montandon • Silviane Telliez	44.3
5.	Canada (CAN)	• Deborah Miller • Stephanie Berto • Joan Hendry • Irene Piotrowski	44.7
6.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Olajumoke Bodunrin • Janet Omorogbe • Mairo Jinadu • Oyeronke Akindele	45.2
7.	Mexico (MEX)	• Alma Rosa Martínez • Mercedes Román • Enriqueta Basilio • Esperanza Girón	47.0

4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics

Summary

Men	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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