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

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 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.

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

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1  United Kingdom Dorothy Scouler, Florence Haynes, Eileen Edwards, Rose Thompson 49.8 WR
2  France Louise Bellon, Geneviève Laloz, Yolande Plancke, Marguerite Radideau 51.2
3  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

  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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