1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Regina Höfer Renate Meissner Bärbel Podeswa Petra Vogt  East Germany
Silver	Bärbel Hähnle Jutta Stöck Rita Wilden Ingrid Becker  West Germany
Bronze	Anita Neil Denise Ramsden Sheila Cooper Val Peat  United Kingdom

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	East Germany	Regina Höfer Renate Meissner Bärbel Podeswa Petra Vogt	43.61	CR
02 !	West Germany	Bärbel Hähnle Jutta Stöck Rita Wilden Ingrid Becker	44.09
03 !	United Kingdom	Anita Neil Denise Ramsden Sheila Cooper Val Peat	44.39
4	France	Gabrielle Meyer Sylviane Telliez Nicole Montandon Véronique Grandrieux	44.6
5	Poland	Krystyna Mandecka Danuta Jędrejek Urszula Jozwik Mirosława Sarna	44.7
6	Soviet Union	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Lyudmila Golomazova Lyudmila Samotyosova Galina Mitrokhina	44.8
7	Austria	Liesel Prokop Helga Kapfer Maria Sykora Erika Kren	45.8	NR
8	Sweden	Elisabeth Randerz Gun Olsson Karin Lundgren Margaretha Larsson	DNS

Heats

19 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United Kingdom	Anita Neil Denise Ramsden Sheila Cooper Val Peat	45.0	Q
2	France	Gabrielle Meyer Sylviane Telliez Nicole Montandon Véronique Grandrieux	45.6	Q
3	Sweden	Elisabeth Randerz Gun Olsson Karin Lundgren Margaretha Larsson	46.4	q

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Bärbel Hähnle Jutta Stöck Rita Wilden Ingrid Becker	44.6	Q
2	Soviet Union	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Lyudmila Golomazova Lyudmila Samotyosova Galina Mitrokhina	45.2	Q
3	Austria	Liesel Prokop Helga Kapfer Maria Sykora Erika Kren	46.5	NR q

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Regina Höfer Renate Meissner Bärbel Podeswa Petra Vogt	44.2	CR Q
2	Poland	Krystyna Mandecka Danuta Jędrejek Urszula Jozwik Mirosława Sarna	45.5	Q
3	Greece	Ekaterini Reizi Eleni Vrettakou Charoula Sasagianni Theodora Miniati	49.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References