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

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Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

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
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Silver Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
File:Flag of France.svg France
Bronze Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

Results

Final

The official times were rounded to one-tenth of a second, with both first and second place credited with a new world record of 3:30.8. 19 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Rosemary Stirling
Patricia Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board
3:30.82 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
3:30.85 WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
3:32.7 NR
4 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Taysiya Kovalevskaya
Olga Klein
Anna Dundare
Raisa Nikanorova
3:33.7 NR
5 File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Waltraud Birnbaum
Roswitha Becker
Ingelore Lohse
Hannelore Middecke
3:35.2 NR
6 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Elisabeth Östberg
Elisabeth Randerz
Ulla Ekblom
Karin Lundgren
3:35.4 NR
7 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Antónia Munkácsi
Magdolna Kulcsár
Rozália Séfer
Györgyi Balogh
3:36.6 NR
8 File:Flag of Finland.svg 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 File:Flag of France.svg France Bernadette Martin
Eliane Jacq
Nicole Duclos
Colette Besson
3:37.9 Q
2 File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Waltraud Birnbaum
Roswitha Becker
Ingelore Lohse
Hannelore Middecke
3:38.8 Q
3 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Mona-Lisa Strandvall
Riitta Salin
Pirjo Häggman
Eeva Haimi
3:40.7 NR Q
4 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Elisabeth Randerz
Birgitta Larsson
Ulla Ekblom
Karin Lundgren
3:41.1 Q
5 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Maria Bruni
Armida Guzzetti
Silvana Zangirolami
Donata Govoni
3:42.3

Heat 2

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

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014