Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Dates	August 4 (heats) August 5 (final)
Teams	8
Winning time	48.4
Medalists
Myrtle Cook Ethel Smith Bobbie Rosenfeld Jane Bell   Canada   Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn   United States   Anni Holdmann Leni Junker Rosa Kellner Leni Schmidt   Germany

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	Canada	49.3	Q, WR
2	Netherlands	50.4	Q
3	France	51.0	Q
4	Sweden	53.2

Key: Q = Qualified, WR = World record

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	United States	49.8	Q
2	Germany	49.8	Q
3	Italy		Q
4	Belgium

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

Rank	Country	Time	Notes	Competitors
	Canada	48.4	WR	Ethel Smith, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Myrtle Cook, Jane Bell
	United States	48.8		Jessie Cross, Loretta McNeil, Betty Robinson, Mary Washburn
	Germany	49.0		Anni Holdmann, Leni Junker, Rosa Kellner, Leni Schmidt
4	France	49.6		Georgette Gagneux, Yolande Plancke, Marguerite Radideau, Lucienne Velu
5	Netherlands	49.8		Lies Aengenendt, Rie Briejèr, Jeanette Grooss, Bets ter Horst
6	Italy	53.6		Luisa Bonfanti, Giannina Marchini, Derna Polazzo, Vittorina Vivenza

Key: WR = World record

References

• 1928 Summer Olympics results: Women's 4x100 metre relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-09.