1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

1969 European Athletics Championships
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
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km 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

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.^[1]

Gold	Regina Höfer Renate Meissner Bärbel Podeswa Petra Vogt  East Germany
Silver	Bärbel Hähnle Jutta Stöck Rita Wilden Ingrid Becker  West Germany
Bronze	Anita Neil Denise Ramsden Sheila Cooper Val Peat  Great Britain

20 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Regina Höfer Renate Meissner Bärbel Podeswa Petra Vogt	43.61	CR
	West Germany	Bärbel Hähnle Jutta Stöck Rita Wilden Ingrid Becker	44.09
	Great Britain	Anita Neil Denise Ramsden Sheila Cooper Val Peat	44.39
4	France	Gabrielle Meyer Sylviane Telliez Nicole Montandon Véronique Grandrieux	44.6
5	Poland	Krystyna Mandecka Danuta Jędrejek Urszula Jóźwik Mirosława Sarna	44.7
6	Soviet Union	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Lyudmila Golomazova Lyudmila Samotyosova Galina Mitrokhina	44.8
7	Austria	Liesel Prokop Helga Kapfer Maria Sykora Erika Kren	45.8	NR
	Sweden	Elisabeth Randerz Gun Olsson Karin Lundgren Margaretha Larsson	DNS

19 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	Anita Neil Denise Ramsden Sheila Cooper Val Peat	45.0	Q
2	France	Gabrielle Meyer Sylviane Telliez Nicole Montandon Véronique Grandrieux	45.6	Q
3	Sweden	Elisabeth Randerz Gun Olsson Karin Lundgren Margaretha Larsson	46.4	q

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Bärbel Hähnle Jutta Stöck Rita Wilden Ingrid Becker	44.6	Q
2	Soviet Union	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Lyudmila Golomazova Lyudmila Samotyosova Galina Mitrokhina	45.2	Q
3	Austria	Liesel Prokop Helga Kapfer Maria Sykora Erika Kren	46.5	NR q

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Regina Höfer Renate Meissner Bärbel Podeswa Petra Vogt	44.2	CR Q
2	Poland	Krystyna Mandecka Danuta Jędrejek Urszula Jóźwik Mirosława Sarna	45.5	Q
3	Greece	Ekaterini Reizi Eleni Vrettakou Charoula Sasagianni Theodora Miniati	49.2

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.