| Final 15:30 | time | ___________________ | | 1. | United States |  _ | 46.9s | | | Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens | | 2. | Great Britain |  _ | 47.6s | | | Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke | | 3. | Canada |  _ | 47.8s | | | Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher | | 4. | Italy |  _ | 48.7s | | | Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni | | 5. | Netherlands |  _ | 48.8s | | | Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning | | -. | Germany |  _ | DSQ | & | | Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt |
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| | | Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Cap.: 100,000. | | Heats | | In the final, Germany built a commanding lead, but their fourth runner, Ilse Dörffeldt, dropped the baton. |
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Heats - Saturday 08.08 | | First 3 teams from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | ___________________ | | 1. | United States | _ | 47.1s | Q | | | Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens | | 2. | Canada | _ | 48.0s | Q | | | Dorothy Brookshaw, Jeanette Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher | | 3. | Netherlands | _ | 48.4s | Q | | | Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Alida de Vries, Elisabeth Koning | | 4. | Austria |  _ | 49.9s | | | | Charlotte Machmer, Johanna Vancura, Grete Neumann, Veronika Kohlbach |
| Heat 2 | time | | ________________ | | 1. | Germany | _ | 46.4s | WR, Q | | | Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt | | 2. | Great Britain | _ | 47.5s | Q | | | Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney, Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke | | 3. | Italy | _ | 48.6s | Q | | | Lidia Bongiovanni, Ondina Valla, Fernanda Bullano, Claudia Testoni | | 4. | Finland |  _ | 49.5s | | | | Irja Lipasti, Ebba From, Raili Halttu, Rauni Essman |
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| German team set a world record of 46.4s. |
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