Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Friday, 12 August 1932.
Twenty swimmers from five nations competed.
Medalists
editRecords
editThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 4:47.6 | Adelaide Lambert Albina Osipowich Eleanor Garatti Martha Norelius |
Amsterdam (NED) | 9 August 1928 |
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Olympic Record | 4:47.6 | Adelaide Lambert Albina Osipowich Eleanor Garatti Martha Norelius |
Amsterdam (NED) | 9 August 1928 |
The United States set a new world record with 4:38.0 minutes.
Results
editAs only five nations competed in this event there were no heats.
Final
Place | Swimmers | Time |
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1 | Josephine McKim, Helen Johns, Eleanor Saville, and Helene Madison (USA) | 4:38.0 WR |
2 | Maria Vierdag, Puck Oversloot, Corrie Laddé, and Willy den Ouden (NED) | 4:47.5 |
3 | Valerie Davies, Helen Varcoe, Joyce Cooper, and Edna Hughes (GBR) | 4:52.4 |
4 | Irene Pirie, Irene Mullen, Ruth Kerr, and Betty Edwards (CAN) | 5:05.7 |
5 | Kazue Kojima, Hatsuko Morioka, Misao Yokota, and Yukie Arata (JPN) | 5:06.7 NR |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links
edit- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2008.