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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date	16 – 18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants	43 from 9 countries

The United States was so strong that they held swim-offs to determine who would swim in the final. The Soviet team posted the fastest time heat one with the Americans leading heat two with their B team. The final started with Cathy Ferguson, 100 metre backstroke gold medalist, taking a small lead over Japan’s Satoko Tanaka. On the breaststroke leg, Soviet Svetlana Babanina put them into the lead by inches, but Sharon Stouder swam the third butterfly leg for the US and opened a 2½-bodylength lead. Kathy Ellis had no trouble maintaining it on the anchor as the USA won the gold medal in the world record time of 4:33.9. The Soviets could not maintain their position on the final two legs, as Ada Kok put the Netherlands into second on the third leg, and Erica Terpstra brought it home for them to win silver, the Soviet Union holding onto the bronze medal.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	4:41.6 (1 h2)	4:33.9 (1)	Gold
	Cathy Ferguson • Cynthia Goyette • Sharon Stouder • Kathy Ellis • Nina Harmar • Judy Reeder • Sue Pitt • Pokey Watson
2	Netherlands	NED	4:44.1 (3 h1)	4:37.0 (2)	Silver
	Corrie Winkel • Klenie Bimolt • Ada Kok • Erica Terpstra • Adrie Lasterie
3	Soviet Union	URS	4:39.1 (1 h1)	4:39.2 (3)	Bronze
	Tatyana Savelyeva • Svetlana Babanina • Tatyana Devyatova • Nataliya Ustinova • Nataliya Bystrova
4	Japan	JPN	4:40.6 (2 h1)	4:42.0 (4)
	Satoko Tanaka • Noriko Yamamoto • Eiko Takahashi • Michiko Kihara
5	Great Britain	GBR	4:44.3 (3 h2)	4:45.8 (5)
	Jill Norfolk • Stella Mitchell • Mary Anne Cotterill • Liz Long • Linda Ludgrove
6	Canada	CAN	4:46.6 (4 h2)	4:49.9 (6)
	Eileen Weir • Marion Lay • Mary Beth Stewart • Louise Kennedy
AC r2/2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	4:43.2 (2 h2)	– (DQ)		DQ
	Ingrid Schmidt • Bärbel Grimmer • Heike Hustede • Martina Grunert
AC r2/2	Hungary	HUN	4:48.9 (5 h2)	– (DQ)		DQ
	Mária Balla • Zsuzsa Kovács • Márta Egerváry • Csilla Madarász-Dobay
9	Australia	AUS	4:52.3 (4 h1)	–
	Nanette Duncan • Marguerite Ruygrok • Linda McGill • Dawn Fraser

Round One (16 October 1964 — 13:15)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Soviet Union	URS		4:39.1		QOR
		Tatyana Savelyeva		–	1:10.5	1:10.5 (1)
		Svetlana Babanina		–	1:15.2	2:25.7 (1)
		Tatyana Devyatova		–	1:10.0	3:35.7 (1)
		Nataliya Bystrova		–	1:03.4	4:39.1 (1)
2	6	Japan	JPN		4:40.6		Q
		Satoko Tanaka		–	1:08.6	1:08.6 (2)
		Noriko Yamamoto		–	1:20.6	2:29.2 (2)
		Eiko Takahashi		–	1:08.0	3:37.2 (2)
		Michiko Kihara		–	1:03.4	4:40.6 (2)
3	5	Netherlands	NED		4:44.1		Q
		Corrie Winkel		–	1:11.5	1:11.5 (3)
		Klenie Bimolt		–	1:18.1	2:29.6 (3)
		Adrie Lasterie		–	1:12.4	3:42.0 (3)
		Erica Terpstra		–	1:02.1	4:44.1 (3)
4	3	Australia	AUS		4:52.3
		Nanette Duncan		–	1:13.0	1:13.0 (4)
		Marguerite Ruygrok		–	1:21.9	2:34.9 (4)
		Linda McGill		–	1:16.1	3:51.0 (4)
		Dawn Fraser		–	1:01.3	4:52.3 (4)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	2	United States	USA		4:41.6		Q
		Nina Harmar		–	1:10.4	1:10.4 (1)
		Judy Reeder		–	1:22.3	2:32.7 (1)
		Sue Pitt		–	1:07.0	3:39.7 (1)
		Pokey Watson		–	1:01.9	4:41.6 (1)
2	5	Unified Team of Germany	GER		4:43.2		Q
		Ingrid Schmidt		–	1:11.2	1:11.2 (2)
		Bärbel Grimmer		–	1:19.2	2:30.4 (2)
		Heike Hustede		–	1:09.6	3:40.0 (2)
		Martina Grunert		–	1:03.2	4:43.2 (2)
3	6	Great Britain	GBR		4:44.3		Q
		Linda Ludgrove		–	1:10.6	1:10.6 (3)
		Stella Mitchell		–	1:20.0	2:30.6 (3)
		Mary Anne Cotterill		–	1:10.2	3:40.8 (3)
		Liz Long		–	1:03.5	4:44.3 (3)
4	4	Canada	CAN		4:46.6		Q
		Eileen Weir		–	1:10.3	1:10.3 (4)
		Marion Lay		–	1:22.9	2:33.2 (4)
		Mary Beth Stewart		–	1:09.7	3:42.9 (4)
		Louise Kennedy		–	1:03.7	4:46.6 (4)
5	3	Hungary	HUN		4:48.9		Q
		Mária Balla		–	1:11.5	1:11.5 (5)
		Zsuzsa Kovács		–	1:23.0	2:34.5 (5)
		Márta Egerváry		–	1:12.0	3:46.5 (5)
		Csilla Madarász-Dobay		–	1:02.4	4:48.9 (5)

Final (18 October 1964 — 17:40)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	3	United States	USA		4:33.9		WR
		Cathy Ferguson		–	1:08.6	1:08.6 (1)
		Cynthia Goyette		–	1:18.3	2:26.9 (1)
		Sharon Stouder		–	1:06.1	3:33.0 (1)
		Kathy Ellis		–	1:00.9	4:33.9 (1)
2	2	Netherlands	NED		4:37.0
		Corrie Winkel		–	1:12.2	1:12.2 (2)
		Klenie Bimolt		–	1:18.5	2:30.7 (2)
		Ada Kok		–	1:05.0	3:35.7 (=2)
		Erica Terpstra		–	1:01.3	4:37.0 (2)
3	4	Soviet Union	URS		4:39.2
		Tatyana Savelyeva		–	1:11.1	1:11.1 (3)
		Svetlana Babanina		–	1:15.3	2:26.4 (3)
		Tatyana Devyatova		–	1:09.3	3:35.7 (=2)
		Nataliya Ustinova		–	1:03.5	4:39.2 (3)
4	5	Japan	JPN		4:42.0
		Satoko Tanaka		–	1:09.5	1:09.5 (4)
		Noriko Yamamoto		–	1:20.5	2:30.0 (4)
		Eiko Takahashi		–	1:09.3	3:39.3 (4)
		Michiko Kihara		–	1:02.7	4:42.0 (4)
5	7	Great Britain	GBR		4:45.8
		Jill Norfolk		–	1:12.1	1:12.1 (5)
		Stella Mitchell		–	1:19.8	2:31.9 (5)
		Mary Anne Cotterill		–	1:09.4	3:41.3 (5)
		Liz Long		–	1:04.5	4:45.8 (5)
6	1	Canada	CAN		4:49.9
		Eileen Weir		–	1:11.5	1:11.5 (6)
		Marion Lay		–	1:23.9	2:35.4 (6)
		Mary Beth Stewart		–	1:09.3	3:44.7 (6)
		Louise Kennedy		–	1:05.2	4:49.9 (6)
DQ	6	Unified Team of Germany	GER		–
		Ingrid Schmidt		–	1:11.2	1:11.2 (AC)
		Bärbel Grimmer		–	1:19.0	2:30.2 (AC)
		Heike Hustede		–	1:10.8	3:41.0 (AC)
		Martina Grunert		–	1:01.5	4:42.5 (AC)
DQ	8	Hungary	HUN		–
		Mária Balla		–	1:12.3	1:12.3 (AC)
		Zsuzsa Kovács		–	1:23.6	2:35.9 (AC)
		Márta Egerváry		–	1:11.4	3:47.3 (AC)
		Csilla Madarász-Dobay		–	1:01.4	4:48.7 (AC)