| Date | 7 August 1932 — 15:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California | |
| Participants | 24 from 6 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
With only six teams entered, the event was held as only a final race. The US and Canada were co-favorites. As the final exchange neared, the Canadians had a little difficulty with the baton, and a clean US pass put Billie von Bremen into a very slight lead. She maintained that lead, but won by less than a metre, as both teams broke the world record.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | United States |  USA | 47.0 | 46.86 | Gold | 1 | ||||
| Mary Carew • Evelyn Furtsch • Annette Rogers • Billie von Bremen • Louise Stokes (DNS) • Ethel Harrington (DNS) • Tidye Pickett (DNS) • Elizabeth Wilde (DNS) | |||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Canada |  CAN | 47.0 | – | Silver | |||||
| Mildred Fizzell • Lillian Palmer • Mary Frizzell • Hilda Strike • Aileen Meagher (DNS) • Mary Vandervliet (DNS) | |||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Great Britain |  GBR | 47.6 | – | Bronze | |||||
| Eileen Hiscock • Gwen Porter • Violet Webb • Nellie Halstead • Ethel Johnson (DNS) | |||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Netherlands |  NED | 47.7 | – | ||||||
| Jo Dalmolen • Cor Aalten • Bep du Mée • Tollien Schuurman • Mien Klaver (DNS) | |||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Japan |  JPN | 48.9 | – | ||||||
| Mie Muraoka • Michi Nakanishi • Asa Dogura • Sumiko Watanabe • Taka Shibata (DNS) | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Germany |  GER | 50.0 | – | ||||||
| Grete Heublein • Ellen Braumüller • Tilly Fleischer • Marie Dollinger • Helma Notte (DNS) | |||||||||||
