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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961. [ 1 ] Results
The 4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the shortest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. The men's relay has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912 and the women's event has been continuously held since the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. It is the most prestigious 4×100 m relay race at elite level.
September 8, 1960 (final) Medalists; Martha Hudson ... The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and September ...
The first world record in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922. [1] 45 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 × 100 metre relay, as ratified by the IAAF. "y" denotes time for 4 ...
If on the European continent the metric system is the one almost exclusively used (4 × 100 metres, or a lap of 400 m), where the imperial system is still used (UK, USA and Australia, mainly) this relay was rather ran over the distance of 4 × 110 yards, a total of 402.34 m, and that, until the late 1960s.
The 4×100 metres medley relay is a medley race in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 100-metre leg of the relay, each swimming a different stroke, in the following sequence: Backstroke (this can only be the first stroke, due to the necessity of starting this leg in the pool rather than by diving in) Breaststroke; Butterfly
Sixteen-year-old phenom Quincy Wilson ran three straight sub-45-second times at the U.S. Olympic Trials earlier this summer and then lowered his personal best to a blazing 44.20 a few weeks later.
September 2, 1960 (semifinals and final) Medalists; Wilma Rudolph ... 4 × 100 m relay: men: women: 4 × 400 m relay: men: Road events; Marathon: men: 20 km walk: men: