Elizabeth ("Betty") McKinnon (born January 1, 1924) is a retired Australian sprinter who won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Shirley Strickland, June Maston and Joyce King at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 meters each. ... Shirley Barbara Strickland (July 18, 1925 - February 16, 2004), later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was an Australian athlete. ... The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...