The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place on 16 October (qualification) and 18 October (final).[1] This swimming event uses medley swimming as a relay. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool, each using a different stroke. The first on each team used the backstroke , the second used the breaststroke , the third used the butterfly stroke , and the final swimmer used freestyle (restricted to not allow any of the first three strokes to be used, though nearly all swimmers use front crawl regardless).
The first swimmer must touch the wall before the next can leave the starting block, and so forth; timing of the starts is thus important.
Medalists
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Place
Swimmers
Time
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4
1
Tatyana Savelyeva , Svetlana Babanina , Tatyana Devyatova , Nataliya Bystrova (URS )
4:39.1
1:10.5
1:15.2
1:10.0
1:03.4
2
Satoko Tanaka , Noriko Yamamoto , Eiko Takahashi , Michiko Kihara (JPN )
4:40.6 NR
1:08.6
1:20.6
1:08.0
1:03.4
3
Corrie Winkel , Klenie Bimolt , Adrie Lasterie , and Erica Terpstra (NED )
4:44.1
1:11.5
1:18.1
1:12.4
1:02.1
4
Nanette Duncan , Marguerite Ruygrok , Linda McGill , Dawn Fraser (AUS )
4:52.3
1:13.0
1:21.9
1:16.1
1:01.3
Heat 2
Place
Swimmers
Time
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4
1
Nina Harmer , Judy Reeder , Susan Pitt , and Lillian Watson (USA )
4:41.6
1:10.4
1:22.3
1:07.0
1:01.9
2
Ingrid Schmidt , Bärbel Grimmer , Heike Hustede , and Martina Grunert (EUA )
4:43.2
1:11.2
1:19.2
1:09.6
1:03.2
3
Jill Norfolk , Stella Mitchell , Mary Anne Cotterill , and Elizabeth Long (GBR )
4:44.3
1:10.6
1:20.0
1:10.2
1:03.5
4
Eileen Weir , Marion Lay , Mary Beth Stewart , Helen Kennedy (CAN )
4:46.6
1:10.3
1:22.9
1:09.7
1:03.7
5
Mária Balla , Zsuzsa Kovács , Márta Egerváry , and Csilla Dobai (HUN )
4:48.9
1:11.5
1:23.0
1:12.0
1:03.4
Final
Place
Swimmers
Time
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4
Cathy Ferguson , Cynthia Goyette , Sharon Stouder , and Kathy Ellis (USA )
4:33.9 OR
1:08.6
1:18.3
1:06.1
1:00.9
Corrie Winkel , Klenie Bimolt , Ada Kok , and Erica Terpstra (NED )
4:37.0
1:12.2
1:18.5
1:05.0
1:01.3
Tatyana Savelyeva , Svetlana Babanina , Tatyana Devyatova , Natalya Ustinova (URS )
4:39.2
1:11.1
1:15.3
1:09.3
1:03.5
4
Satoko Tanaka , Noriko Yamamoto , Eiko Takahashi , Michiko Kihara (JPN )
4:42.0
1:09.5
1:20.5
1:09.3
1:02.7
5
Jill Rosemary Norfolk , Stella Marian Minter Mitchell , Mary Anne Cotterill , and Elizabeth Carole Long (GBR )
4:45.8
1:12.1
1:19.8
1:09.4
1:04.5
6
Eileen Weir , Marion Lay , Mary Beth Stewart , Helen Kennedy (CAN )
4:49.9
1:11.5
1:23.9
1:09.3
1:05.2
7
Ingrid Schmidt , Bärbel Grimmer , Heike Hustede , and Martina Grunert (EUA )
DQ
8
Mária Balla , Zsuzsa Kovács , Márta Egerváry , and Csilla Dobai (HUN )
DQ
Key : DQ = Disqualified, OR = Olympic record
References
1960 : Lynn Burke , Patty Kempner , Carolyn Schuler , Chris von Saltza (USA )
1964 : Cathy Ferguson , Cynthia Goyette , Sharon Stouder , Kathy Ellis (USA )
1968 : Kaye Hall , Catie Ball , Ellie Daniel , Susan Pedersen (USA )
1972 : Melissa Belote , Cathy Carr , Deena Deardurff , Sandy Neilson (USA )
1976 : Ulrike Richter , Hannelore Anke , Kornelia Ender , Andrea Pollack (GDR )
1980 : Rica Reinisch , Ute Geweniger , Andrea Pollack , Caren Metschuck (GDR )
1984 : Theresa Andrews , Tracy Caulkins , Mary T. Meagher , Nancy Hogshead (USA )
1988 : Kristin Otto , Silke Hörner , Birte Weigang , Katrin Meissner (GDR )
1992 : Lea Loveless , Anita Nall , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton , Jenny Thompson , Janie Wagstaff , Megan Kleine , Summer Sanders , Nicole Haislett (USA )
1996 : Beth Botsford , Amanda Beard , Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Whitney Hedgepeth , Kristine Quance , Jenny Thompson (USA )
2000 : Barbara Bedford , Megan Quann , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Courtney Shealy , Ashley Tappin , Amy Van Dyken , Staciana Stitts (USA )
2004 : Giaan Rooney , Leisel Jones , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Brooke Hanson , Jessicah Schipper , Alice Mills (AUS )
2008 : Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Libby Trickett , Tarnee White , Felicity Galvez , Shayne Reese (AUS )
2012 : Missy Franklin , Rebecca Soni , Dana Vollmer , Allison Schmitt , Rachel Bootsma , Breeja Larson , Claire Donahue , Jessica Hardy (USA )
2016 : Kathleen Baker , Lilly King , Dana Vollmer , Simone Manuel , Olivia Smoliga , Katie Meili , Kelsi Worrell , Abbey Weitzeil (USA )
2020 : Cate Campbell , Chelsea Hodges , Emma McKeon , Kaylee McKeown , Mollie O'Callaghan , Emily Seebohm , Brianna Throssell (AUS )
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