Patricia Jones (sprinter)

Patricia Jones (16 October 1930 – 23 August 2000)[1] was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in New Westminster. She competed for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the bronze medal[2] with her teammates Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay and Diane Foster. Their 47.8-second time compares to the winning 47.5 seconds of the Netherlands and the 47.7 of the Australian team. In the individual 100 metres final she finished fifth, just behind Myers, both recording 12.3-second times against the winning 11.9-second run of Netherlands' Fanny Blankers-Koen.[3]

Jones in the 100m final of the 1948 Summer Olympics

Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London 4×100 m relay

References
  1. "Deaths and Funerals". Times Colonist. 26 August 2000. p. 44. Retrieved 29 December 2018 – via Newspapers.com. icon of an open green padlock
  2. Sports Reference: Pat Jones biography
  3. "Resultat - 100 m K - Athletics - London 1948". www.games-encyclo.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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