1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Gerda Koudijs Nettie Timmer Martha Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands
Silver	Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Brésolles Monique Drilhon  France
Bronze	Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Elene Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva  Soviet Union

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Netherlands	Gerda Koudijs Nettie Timmer Martha Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen	47.8
	France	Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Brésolles Monique Drilhon	48.5
	Soviet Union	Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Elene Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva	48.7
4	United Kingdom	Joyce Judd Sylvia Cheeseman Maureen Gardner Winifred Jordan	48.7
5	Sweden	Greta Magnusson Kerstin Josefsson Ulla-Britt Althin Ann-Britt Leyman	49.3
6	Poland	Irena Hejducka Stanisława Walasiewicz Mieczysława Moder Jadwiga Słomczewska	50.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

France (4)  Netherlands (4)

Poland (4)  Soviet Union (4)

Sweden (4)

United Kingdom (4)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014