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

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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
 Great Britain
Silver Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
 France
Bronze Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
 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)  Great Britain Rosemary Stirling
Patricia Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board
3:30.82 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
3:30.85 WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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.

References[]

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