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

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay

at the Games of the XV Olympiad

Dates

July 26 (heats)
July 27 (semifinals, final)

Teams

Winning time

40.1

Medalists

	Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Andy Stanfield	United States
	Boris Tokarev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union
	László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi	Hungary

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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 men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 26 & July 27. The United States team won the final.

Results

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
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
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	Gold Coast	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, Adulya Vanastit	44.5

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
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
1	Soviet Union	Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev	41.3
2	Nigeria	Muslim Arongudade, 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
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
1	Hungary	40.9
2	France	40.9
3	Czechoslovakia	41.3
4	Cuba	41.5
5	Nigeria	41.9

Rank	Country	Time (hand)
01 !	United States	40.1
02 !	Soviet Union	40.3
03 !	Hungary	40.5
4	Great Britain	40.6
5	France	40.9
6	Czechoslovakia	41.2

4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics

Summary

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Women	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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