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]

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

Medalists

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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

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Final

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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
    Great Britain Rosemary Stirling
Patricia Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board
3:30.82 WR
    France Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
3:30.85 WR
    West Germany Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
3:32.7 NR
4   Soviet Union Taysiya Kovalevskaya
Olga Klein
Anna Dundare
Raisa Nikanorova
3:33.7 NR
5   East Germany Waltraud Birnbaum
Roswitha Becker
Ingelore Lohse
Hannelore Middecke
3:35.2 NR
6   Sweden Elisabeth Östberg
Elisabeth Randerz
Ulla Ekblom
Karin Lundgren
3:35.4 NR
7   Hungary Antónia Munkácsi
Magdolna Kulcsár
Rozália Séfer
Györgyi Balogh
3:36.6 NR
8   Finland Mona-Lisa Strandvall
Riitta Salin
Pirjo Häggman
Eeva Haimi
3:40.6 NR

Heats

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19 September

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   France Bernadette Martin
Eliane Jacq
Nicole Duclos
Colette Besson
3:37.9 Q
2   East Germany Waltraud Birnbaum
Roswitha Becker
Ingelore Lohse
Hannelore Middecke
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 Maria Bruni
Armida Guzzetti
Silvana Zangirolami
Donata Govoni
3:42.3

Heat 2

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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 Taysiya Kovalevskaya
Olga Klein
Anna Dundare
Raisa Nikanorova
3:34.5 NR Q
4   Hungary Antónia Munkácsi
Magdolna Kulcsár
Rozalia Séfer
Györgyi Balogh
3:35.8 NR Q
5   Denmark Birgitte Jennes
Kirsten Hoiler
Pia Lund
Annelise Damm Olesen
3:36.2 NR
6   Poland Krystyna Hryniewicka
Danuta Piecyk
Anna Bełtowska
Elżbieta Skowrońska
3:38.1 NR

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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