The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 26 and July 27.
The United States team won the final.
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Dates | July 26 (heats) July 27 (semifinals, final) |
Competitors | from 22 nations |
Teams | 22 |
Winning time | 40.1 |
Medalists | |
The first round was held on July 26. The three fastest teams from each heat qualified to the semifinals.
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | United States | Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, Andy Stanfield | 40.3 | |
2 | France | Étienne Bally, René Bonino, Yves Camus, Alain Porthault | 40.8 | |
3 | Poland | Zygmunt Buhl, Emil Kiszka, Zdobysław Stawczyk, Dominik Sucheński | 41.8 | |
4 | Finland | Issi Baran, Voitto Hellstén, Pauli Tavisalo, Adolf Turakainen | 42.0 | |
5 | Canada | Gordon Crosby, Robert Hutchinson, Don McFarlane, Walter Sutton | 42.6 | |
6 | Portugal | Fernando Casimiro, Eugénio Eleuterio, Rui Maia, Tomás Paquete | 42.8 | |
7 | Egypt | Fawzi Chaaban, Youssef Ali Omar, Emad El-Din Shafei, Fouad Yazgi | 42.9 |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | Great Britain | McDonald Bailey, Jack Gregory, William Jack, Brian Shenton | 41.2 | |
2 | Italy | Franco Leccese, Antonio Siddi, Giorgio Sobrero, Carlo Vittori | 41.5 | |
3 | Cuba | Samuel Anderson, Rafael Fortún, Angel García, Evelio Planas | 41.9 | |
4 | Ghana | George Acquaah, Gabriel Lareya, Augustus Lawson, John Owusu | 42.1 | |
5 | Australia | Edwin Carr, Jr., Morris Curotta, Ken Doubleday, Ray Weinberg | 42.3 | |
6 | Thailand | Pongamat Amatayakul, Boonterm Pakpuang, Aroon Sakosik, Adul Wanasatith | 44.5 |
Heat 3
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hungary | György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Géza Varasdi, László Zarándi | 41.0 | |
2 | Czechoslovakia | František Brož, Jiří David, Miroslav Horčic, Zdeněk Pospíšil | 41.5 | |
3 | Argentina | Mariano Acosta, Enrique Beckles, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Romeo Galán | 41.5 | |
4 | Germany | Franz Happernagel, Josef Heinen, Peter Kraus, Werner Zandt | 41.5 | |
5 | Switzerland | Willy Eichenberger, Ernst Mühlethaler, Willy Schneider, Hans Wehrli | 41.6 |
Heat 4
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | Soviet Union | Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev | 41.3 | |
2 | Nigeria | Muslim Arogundade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu, Rafiu Oluwa | 42.4 | |
3 | Pakistan | Muhammad Aslam, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil | 42.8 | |
4 | Iceland | Ásmundur Bjarnason, Hörður Haraldsson, Pétur Sigurðsson, Ingi Þorsteinsson | DSQ |
The semifinals were held on July 27. The three fastest teams from each heat advanced to the final
Heat 1
Rank | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | United States | 40.4 | |
2 | Soviet Union | 40.7 | |
3 | Great Britain | 41.0 | |
4 | Argentina | 41.4 | |
5 | Poland | 41.8 | |
6 | Pakistan | 42.0 |
Heat 2
Rank | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hungary | 40.9 | |
2 | France | 40.9 | |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 41.3 | |
4 | Cuba | 41.5 | |
5 | Nigeria | 41.9 |
Rank | Country | Time (hand) | Notes |
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United States | 40.1 | ||
Soviet Union | 40.3 | ||
Hungary | 40.5 | ||
4 | Great Britain | 40.6 | |
5 | France | 40.9 | |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 41.2 |
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