Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 20–21 October 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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Teresa Ciepły Irena Kirszenstein Halina Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska |
 Poland
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Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire |
 United States
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Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman |
 Great Britain
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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was the only women's relay on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 15 teams, for a total of 60 athletes, from 15 nations competed. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October. The world record time of the Polish team was erased in 1969, after Ewa Klobukowska failed a gendertest in Kiev.
The top four teams in each of the 2 heats advanced.
All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final.
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