Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Dates | July 27, 1952 (heats, final) |
Teams | 15 |
Winning time | 45.9 |
Medalists | |
Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 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 | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 27. The United States team won the final. [1]
The first round and the final were held on the same day. On the first round, the two fastest teams from each heat qualified for the final.
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 46.1 | WR |
2 | ![]() | Bertha Brouwer, Nel Büch, Gré de Jongh, Wilhelmina Lust | 47.1 | |
3 | ![]() | Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana María Fontán, Lilian Heinz | 47.9 | |
4 | ![]() | Maria Arndt, Maria Ilwicka, Genowefa Minicka, Eulalia Szwajkowska | 48.1 | |
5 | ![]() | Hilda Antes, Inge Eckel, Ursel Finger, Inge Glashörster | 49.0 |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau | 46.5 | |
2 | ![]() | Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, June Foulds | 46.6 | |
3 | ![]() | Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri | 47.4 | |
4 | ![]() | Anna-Lisa Augustsson, Agneta Hannerz, Greta Magnusson, Nell Sjöström | 47.8 | |
5 | ![]() | Olga Gyarmati, Aranka Szabó-Bartha, Ibolya Tilkovszky, Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely | DSQ |
Heat 3
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Helga Klein, Ursula Knab, Marga Petersen, Maria Sander | 46.3 | |
2 | ![]() | Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova, Irina Turova, Yevgeniya Sechenova | 46.7 | |
3 | ![]() | Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne | 47.3 | |
4 | ![]() | Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou | 47.6 | |
5 | ![]() | Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl, Ulla Pokki, Leena Sipilä | 50.2 |
Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
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![]() | ![]() | 45.9 | WR |
![]() | ![]() | 45.9 | |
![]() | ![]() | 46.2 | |
4 | ![]() | 46.3 | |
5 | ![]() | 46.6 | |
6 | ![]() | 47.8 |