Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates	July 27, 1952 (heats, final)
Teams	15
Winning time	45.9
Medalists
Mae Faggs Catherine Hardy Barbara Jones Janet Moreau   United States Helga Klein Ursula Knab Marga Petersen Maria Sander   Germany Heather Armitage Sylvia Cheeseman Jean Desforges June Foulds   Great Britain
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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]

Results

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.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Australia	Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	46.1	WR
2	Netherlands	Bertha Brouwer, Nel Büch, Gré de Jongh, Wilhelmina Lust	47.1
3	Argentina	Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana María Fontán, Lilian Heinz	47.9
4	Poland	Maria Arndt, Maria Ilwicka, Genowefa Minicka, Eulalia Szwajkowska	48.1
5	Saar	Hilda Antes, Inge Eckel, Ursel Finger, Inge Glashörster	49.0

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau	46.5
2	Great Britain	Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, June Foulds	46.6
3	Italy	Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri	47.4
4	Sweden	Anna-Lisa Augustsson, Agneta Hannerz, Greta Magnusson, Nell Sjöström	47.8
5	Hungary	Olga Gyarmati, Aranka Szabó-Bartha, Ibolya Tilkovszky, Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely	DSQ

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Germany	Helga Klein, Ursula Knab, Marga Petersen, Maria Sander	46.3
2	Soviet Union	Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova, Irina Turova, Yevgeniya Sechenova	46.7
3	Canada	Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne	47.3
4	France	Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou	47.6
5	Finland	Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl, Ulla Pokki, Leena Sipilä	50.2

Final

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
	United States	45.9	WR
	Germany	45.9
	Great Britain	46.2
4	Soviet Union	46.3
5	Australia	46.6
6	Netherlands	47.8

References

1. "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.