Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 31 January and 2 February at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Denise Robertson Jennifer Lamy Raelene Boyle Robyn Boak	England Barbara Martin Andrea Lynch Judy Vernon Sonia Lannaman	Ghana Alice Annum Hannah Afriyie Josephine Ocran Rose Asiedua

Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Australia	Denise Robertson, Jennifer Lamy, Raelene Boyle, Robyn Boak	44.6	Q
2	1	England	Barbara Martin, Andrea Lynch, Judy Vernon, Sonia Lannaman	44.9	Q
3	1	Canada	Elizabeth Damman, Lyn Kellond, Marjorie Bailey, Patty Loverock	44.9	Q
4	1	Scotland	Alison MacRitchie, Helen Golden, Myra Nimmo, Ruth Watt	46.5	q
5	1	Tanzania	Amira Mohamed, Nzaeli Kyomo, Philomena Chezi, Rose Mfunya	47.1	q
1	2	Ghana	Alice Annum, Hannah Afriyie, Josephine Ocran, Rose Asiedua	45.2	Q
2	2	New Zealand	Brenda Matthews, Gail Wooten, Kim Robertson, Wendy Brown	45.3	Q
3	2	Nigeria	Ashanti Obi, Beatrice Ewuzie, Etim Ufon-Uko, Modupe Oshikoya	45.8	Q
4	2	Fiji	Eleanor Phillips, Laisa Taga, Miriama Tuisorisori, Torika Cavuka	48.2

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Australia	Denise Robertson, Jennifer Lamy, Raelene Boyle, Robyn Boak	43.51	GR
	England	Barbara Martin, Andrea Lynch, Judy Vernon, Sonia Lannaman	44.30
	Ghana	Alice Annum, Hannah Afriyie, Josephine Ocran, Rose Asiedua	44.35
4	Canada	Elizabeth Damman, Lyn Kellond, Marjorie Bailey, Patty Loverock	44.51
5	New Zealand	Brenda Matthews, Gail Wooten, Kim Robertson, Wendy Brown	44.68
6	Nigeria	Ashanti Obi, Beatrice Ewuzie, Etim Ufon-Uko, Modupe Oshikoya	45.22
7	Scotland	Alison MacRitchie, Helen Golden, Myra Nimmo, Ruth Watt	46.22
8	Tanzania	Amira Mohamed, Nzaeli Kyomo, Philomena Chezi, Rose Mfunya	46.43

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay
4 x 110 yards (1954–1966)	1954: Wallace, Cripps, Fogarty, Jackson (AUS) 1958: Young, Paul, Hyman, Weston (ENG) 1962: Bennett, Beasley, Cox, Cuthbert (AUS) 1966: Lamy, Kilborn, Bennett, Burge (AUS)
4 x 100 metres (1970–present)	1970: Lamy, Kilborn, Hoffman, Boyle (AUS) 1974: Robertson, Lamy, Boyle, Boak (AUS) 1978: Goddard, Smallwood, Colyear, Lannaman (ENG) 1982: Hoyte, Smallwood, Callender, Lannaman (ENG) 1986: Dunn, Cook, Baptiste, Oakes (ENG) 1990: Dunstan, Sambell, Freeman, Johnson (AUS) 1994: Idehen, Tombiri, Ogara-Thompson, Onyali (NGR) 1998: Van Heer, Hewitt, Peris-Kneebone, Cripps (AUS) 2002: Clarke, Fynes, Sturrup, Ferguson (BAH) 2006: Browning, Brooks, Dowdie, Simpson (JAM) 2010: Endacott, Douglas, Turner, Oyepitan (ENG) 2014: Stewart, Campbell-Brown, Calvert, Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 2018: Philip, Asher-Smith, Williams, Ugen (ENG) 2022: Philip, Lansiquot, Williams, Neita (ENG)

4 x 110 yards
(1954–1966)

4 x 100 metres
(1970–present)

Men's

4 × 110 yards	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966
4 × 100 metres	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Women's