 The 4 × 100 m final was held on the final day of the track and field competitions.The Dutch team, consisting of Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Blankers-Koen, qualified for the final, but just before the final, Blankers-Koen was missing.She had gone out to shop for a raincoat, and arrived just in time for the race.