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4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women

Date12 August 1932 — 16:35
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Park Swimming Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Participants20 from 5 countries
FormatFinal only.

Only five countries sent relay teams to Los Angeles, so only a straight final was required. The American team was far superior to the other four, winning by ten seconds, although the Dutch team also dipped below the existing world record. Two members of the US team, Helene Madison and Josephine McKim, went on to brief careers in Hollywood, although neither made more than a handful of movies.

PosCompetitorsNOCTime
1United StatesUSA4:38.0GoldWR
Lead-offJosephine McKim
2nd LegHelen Johns
3rd LegEleanor Garatti-Saville
AnchorHelene Madison
2NetherlandsNED4:47.5Silver
Lead-offRie Vierdag
2nd LegPuck Oversloot
3rd LegCorrie Laddé
AnchorWilly den Ouden
3Great BritainGBR4:52.4Bronze
Lead-offValerie Davies
2nd LegHelen Varcoe
3rd LegJoyce Cooper
AnchorEdna Hughes
Mary Kenyon DNS
4CanadaCAN5:05.7
Lead-offIrene Pirie-Milton
2nd LegIrene Mullen
3rd LegRuth Kerr
AnchorBetty Edwards
5JapanJPN5:06.7
Lead-offKazue Kojima
2nd LegHatsuko Morioka
3rd LegMisao Yokota
AnchorYukie Arata