1926 Women's World Games – 4 × 110 yards relay

The 4 × 110 yards relay event at the 1926 Women's World Games was the second time the 4 × 110 yards relay was held at Women's World Games. The event took place in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen during the last day of the Games on 29 August 1926.[1] Four years later the at the 1930 Women's World Games the 4 × 110 yards relay was replaced by the 4 x 100 metres relay event.

4 × 110 yards relay
at the 1926 Women's World Games
VenueSlottsskogsvallen
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
Dates29 August 1926
Winning time49.8 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Czechoslovakia
4 × 110 yards relay discontinued
1930 (4 × 100 metres relay) →

The Biritsh team won the event in a new world record time of 49.8 seconds, beating the American record from 1924 of 51 seconds.[1]

Results

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Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
    United Kingdom Dorothy Scouler, Florence Haynes, Eileen Edwards, Rose Thompson 49.8 WR
    France Louise Bellon, Geneviève Laloz, Yolande Plancke, Marguerite Radideau 51.2
    Czechoslovakia Zdena Smolová, Ludmila Sychrová, Štepánka Kucerová, Marie Vidláková 52.8
4   Sweden Sylvia Stave, Vera Jacobsson, Märta Johansson, Asta Plathino 53.0
  Poland Janina Grabicka, Wacława Sadkowska, Wiera Czajkowska, Helena Woynarowska 53.2 3rd in the heats?[2]

Source:[1][3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 31 August 1926. p. 4.
  2. Kurzyński, Henryk; Rychwalski, Maciej; Socha, Andrzej; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA. p. 19.
  3. Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.

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