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
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates	July 27 (heats, final)
Teams	15
Winning time	45.9
Medalists
	← 1948 1956 →

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.

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
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
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