Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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| Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XV Olympiad
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| Dates | July 26 (heats) July 27 (final) |
| Competitors | from 18 nations |
| Teams | 18 |
| Winning time | 3:03.9 (hand) 3:04.04 (automatic) |
| Medalists | |
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| Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 400 metres relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 26 & July 27. The Jamaican team won the final. Herb McKenley's remarkable 44.6 third leg is credited with pulling Jamaica into contention from 10 metres back. It is considered one of the greatest relay legs in history.[1] George Rhoden, the 400 metres champion and Mal Whitfield the 800 metres champion ran virtually shoulder to shoulder the entire last lap, but Whitfield was never able to take the lead.
Contents
Results
Heats
Round One Heat One
| Rank | Country | Time (hand) | Time (automatic) | Notes |
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| 1 |  Jamaica |
3:12.1 | 3:12.13 | Q |
| 2 |  France |
3:12.6 | 3:12.72 | Q |
| 3 |  Sweden |
3:13.4 | 3:13.55 | |
| 4 |  Belgium |
3:15.8 | 3:16.05 | |
| 5 |  Luxembourg |
3:16.2 | 3:16.38 | |
| 6 |  Finland |
3:16.4 | 3:16.67 | |
| 7 |  Japan |
3:20.3 | 3:20.55 |
Round One Heat Two
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) | Time (automatic) | Notes[2] |
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| 1 |  United States |
Matson, Cole, Moore, Whitfield | 3:11.5 | 3:11.67 | Q |
| 2 |  Great Britain |
Lewis, Dick, Higgins, Stacey | 3:12.5 | 3:12.67 | Q |
| 3 |  Hungary |
Bánhalmi, Szentgáli, Solymosi, Adamik | 3:13.8 | 3:13.96 | |
| 4 |  Italy |
Porto, Rocca, Grossi, Filiput | 3:15.2 | 3:15.23 | |
| 5 |  Switzerland |
Hans Ernst Schneider, Josef Steger, Stalder, Ernst von Gunten | 3:15.4 | 3:15.36 | |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
Rehman, Shafi, Khan, M., Zeb, Aurang | 3:23.2 |
Round One Heat Three
| Rank | Country | Time (hand) | Time (automatic) | Notes |
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| 1 |  Germany |
3:10.5 | 3:10.57 | Q |
| 2 | 23x15px Canada | 3:11.2 | 3:11.49 | Q |
| 3 | 23x15px Soviet Union | 3:12.5 | 3:12.65 | |
| 4 | 23x15px South Africa | 3:14.8 | 3:15.09 | |
| 5 |  Australia |
3:15.8 | 3:16.00 |
Final
| Rank | Country | Time (hand) | Time (automatic) | Notes |
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Jamaica |
3:03.9 | 3:04.04 | WR |
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United States |
3:04.0 | 3:04.21 | |
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Germany |
3:06.6 | 3:06.78 | |
| 4 | 23x15px Canada | 3:09.3 | 3:09.37 | |
| 5 | Great Britain |
3:10.0 | 3:10.23 | |
| 6 | France |
3:10.1 | 3:10.33 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/world-relays-fastest-4x400m-splits
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: Men's 4x400 metre relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2011-01-01.
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