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

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates	July 27 (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

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 Women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 27. The United States team won the final.

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 Piątkowska-Chojnacka-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	23x15px Soviet Union	Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova, Irina Turova, Yevgeniya Sechenova	46.7
3	23x15px Canada	Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne	47.3
4	France	Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou	47.3
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	23x15px Soviet Union	46.3
5	Australia	46.6
6	Netherlands	47.8

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.