1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
1969 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 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 women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Rosemary Stirling
Patricia Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board
 United Kingdom
Silver Barnadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
 France
Bronze Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
 West Germany

Results

Final

19 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  United Kingdom Rosemary Stirling
Patricia Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board
3:30.82 WR
2nd  France Barnadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
3:30.85 WR
3rd  West Germany Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
3:32.7 NR
4  Soviet Union Taysiya Kovalevskaya
Olga Klein
Anna Dundare
Raisa Nikanorova
3:33.7 NR
5  East Germany Waltraud Birnbaum
Roswitha Becker
Ingelore Lohse
Hannelore Middecke
3:35.2 NR
6  Sweden Elisabeth Östberg
Elisabeth Randerz
Ulla Ekblom
Karin Lundgren
3:35.4 NR
7  Hungary Antónia Munkácsi
Magdolna Kulcsár
Rozalia Séfer
Györgyi Balogh
3:36.6 NR
8  Finland Mona-Lisa Strandvall
Riitta Salin
Pirjo Häggman
Eeva Haimi
3:40.6 NR

Heats

19 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  France Barnadette Martin
Eliane Jacq
Nicole Duclos
Colette Besson
3:37.9 Q
2  East Germany Waltraud Birnbaum
Roswitha Becker
Ingelore Lohse
Hannelore Middecke
3:38.8 Q
3  Finland Mona-Lisa Strandvall
Riitta Salin
Pirjo Häggman
Eeva Haimi
3:40.7 NR Q
4  Sweden Elisabeth Randerz
Birgitta Larsson
Ulla Ekblom
Karin Lundgren
3:41.1 Q
5  Italy Maria Bruni
Armida Guzzetti
Silvana Zangirolami
Donata Govoni
3:42.3

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
3:33.9 WR Q
2  United Kingdom Rosemary Stirling
Patricia Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board
3:34.3 NR Q
3  Soviet Union Taysiya Kovalevskaya
Olga Klein
Anna Dundare
Raisa Nikanorova
3:34.5 NR Q
4  Hungary Antónia Munkácsi
Magdolna Kulcsár
Rozalia Séfer
Györgyi Balogh
3:35.8 NR Q
5  Denmark Birgitte Jennes
Kirsten Hoiler
Pia Lund
Annelise Damm-Olesen
3:36.2 NR
6  Poland Krystyna Hryniewicka
Danuta Piecyk
Anna Bełtowska
Elżbieta Skowrońska
3:38.1 NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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