The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 8 and August 9.[1] The American team won with a time of 46.9 s after the German team, which had been in the lead, dropped the baton on the final leg.
In the heats, the German team set a world record of 46.4 s.[2] In the final, they built a commanding lead, but their fourth runner, Ilse Dörffeldt, dropped the baton.[3][4] The American team won in 46.9 s.[4][5][6][7]
^Report: Games of the Olympiad, New York: United States Olympic Committee, 1936, OCLC17760969, p. 159.
^Bud Greenspan, 100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History, Los Angeles: General Publication Group, 1995, ISBN9781881649663, p. 33.
^ abDuff Hart-Davis, Hitler's games: the 1936 Olympics, New York: Harper, 1986, ISBN9780060155544, p. 200.
^Louise Mead Tricard, American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 through 1980, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1996, ISBN9780786402199, p. 227.
^Reinhard Rürup, ed., 1936, die Olympischen Spiele und der Nationalsozialismus: eine Dokumentation, Berlin: Argon, 1996, ISBN9783870243500, p. 144(in German)
^Guy Walters, Berlin Games: How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream, London: Hodder-John Murray, ISBN978-0-7195-6783-4, pp. 268–69, wrongly stating that the time of 46.9 s was half a second faster than the record 46.4.
