1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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[]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Great Britain |
Rosemary Stirling Patricia Lowe Janet Simpson Lillian Board |
3:30.82 | WR |
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 France |
Bernadette Martin Nicole Duclos Eliane Jacq Colette Besson |
3:30.85 | WR |
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 West Germany |
Christa Czekay Antje Gleichfeld Inge Eckhoff Christel Frese |
3:32.7 | NR |
| 4 |  Soviet Union |
3:33.7 | NR | |
| 5 |  East Germany |
Waltraud Birnbaum |
3:35.2 | NR |
| 6 |  Sweden |
Elisabeth Östberg Elisabeth Randerz Ulla Ekblom Karin Lundgren |
3:35.4 | NR |
| 7 |  Hungary |
Antónia Munkácsi Magdolna Kulcsár 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 |
Bernadette Martin Eliane Jacq Nicole Duclos Colette Besson |
3:37.9 | Q |
| 2 | East Germany |
Waltraud Birnbaum |
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 |
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 | Great Britain |
Rosemary Stirling Patricia Lowe Janet Simpson Lillian Board |
3:34.3 | NR Q |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
3:34.5 | NR Q | |
| 4 | Hungary |
Antónia Munkácsi Magdolna Kulcsár Györgyi Balogh |
3:35.8 | NR Q |
| 5 |  Denmark |
Annelise Damm Olesen |
3:36.2 | NR |
| 6 |  Poland |
Krystyna Hryniewicka Danuta Piecyk Elżbieta Skowrońska |
3:38.1 | NR |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014
Categories:
- Events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships
- Relays at the European Athletics Championships
- 1969 in women's athletics