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

Date	16 October 1964 — 13:15
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	4:39.1	QOR
2	–	Japan	JPN	4:40.6	Q
3	–	United States	USA	4:41.6	Q
4	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	4:43.2	Q
5	–	Netherlands	NED	4:44.1	Q
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	4:44.3	Q
7	–	Canada	CAN	4:46.6	Q
8	–	Hungary	HUN	4:48.9	Q
9	–	Australia	AUS	4:52.3

Heat #1

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

Heat #2

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

Final Round

Date	18 October 1964 — 17:40

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