| Final 17:00 | time | autom | _____ | | 1. Uited States |  | 45.9s | 46.14s | WR | | Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Morreau, Hardy | | 2. Germany |  | 45.9s | 46.18s | | | Ursula Knab, Maria Sander, Helga Klein, Marga Petersen | | 3. Great Britain |  | 46.2s | 46.41s | | | Sylvia Cheeseman, June Foulds, Jean Desforges, Heather Armitage | | 4. Soviet Union |  | 46.3s | 46.42s | | | Irina Turova, Yevgenia Setshenova, Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova | | 5. Australia |  | 46.6s | 46.86s | | | Shirley Strickland, Verna Johnson, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson | | 6. Netherlands |  | 47.8s | 47.16s | | | Gre de Jongh, Bertha Brouwer, Nel Buch, Wilhelmina Lust |
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| | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | | 60 competitors from 15 nations. |
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| Australia led by 2 meters on the final curve, but made a mistake in final exchange. | Heats - Sunday 27.07 15:00 | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | _____ | | 1. Australia | | 46.1s | 1. WR | | Shirley Strickland, Verna Johnson, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson | | 2. Netherlands | | 47.1s | 6. | | Gre de Jongh, Bertha Brouwer, Nel Buch, Wilhelmina Lust | | 3. Argentina |  | 47.9s | 11. | | Lilian Heinz, Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana Maria Fontan | | 4. Poland |  | 48.1s | 12. | | Maria Arndt, Maria Ilwicka, Genowefa Minicka, Eulalia Szwajkowska | | 5. Saar |  | 49.0s | 13. | | Inge Glashorster, Inge Eckel, Hilda Antes, Ursel Finger |
| Heat 2 | time | _____ | | 1. United States | | 46.5s | 3. | | Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Morreau, Hardy | | 2. Great Britain | | 46.6s | 4. | | Sylvia Cheeseman, June Foulds, Jean Desforges, Heather Armitage | | 3. Italy |  | 47.4s | 8. | | Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri | | 4. Sweden |  | 47.8s | 10. | | Ana-Lisa Augustsson, Agneta Hannertz, Greta Magnusson, Nell Sjostrom | | -. Hungary |  | DQ | | | Olga Gyarmati, Aranka Szabo-Bartha, Ibolya Tilkowsky, Ilona Tolnai-Rakhely |
| Heat 3 | time | _____ | | 1. Germany | | 46.3s | 2. | | Ursula Knab, Maria Sander, Helga Klein, Marga Petersen | | 2. Soviet Union | | 46.7s | 5. | | Irina Turova, Yevgenia Setshenova, Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova | | 3. Canada |  | 47.3s | 7. | | Frances O'Halloran, Luella Law, Roselia Thorne, Eleanor McKenzie | | 4. France |  | 47.6s | 9. | | Alberte de Campou, Denise Laborie, Marcelle Gabarrus, Ivette Monginou | | 5. Finland |  | 50.2s | 14. | | Maire Osterdahl, Leena Sipila, Aino Autio, Ulla Pokki |
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