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 | |||||||||||||
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Dates | July 27 (heats, final) | ||||||||||||
Teams | 15 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 45.9 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 46.1 | WR |
2 | ![]() | Bertha Brouwer, Nel Büch, Gré de Jongh, Wilhelmina Lust | 47.1 | |
3 | ![]() | Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana María Fontán, Lilian Heinz | 47.9 | |
4 | ![]() | Maria Arndt, Maria Ilwicka, Genowefa Minicka, Eulalia Szwajkowska | 48.1 | |
5 | ![]() | Hilda Antes, Inge Eckel, Ursel Finger, Inge Glashörster | 49.0 |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau | 46.5 | |
2 | ![]() | Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, June Foulds | 46.6 | |
3 | ![]() | Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri | 47.4 | |
4 | ![]() | Anna-Lisa Augustsson, Agneta Hannerz, Greta Magnusson, Nell Sjöström | 47.8 | |
5 | ![]() | Olga Gyarmati, Aranka Szabó-Bartha, Ibolya Tilkovszky, Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely | DSQ |
Heat 3
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Helga Klein, Ursula Knab, Marga Petersen, Maria Sander | 46.3 | |
2 | ![]() | Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova, Irina Turova, Yevgeniya Sechenova | 46.7 | |
3 | ![]() | Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne | 47.3 | |
4 | ![]() | Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou | 47.6 | |
5 | ![]() | Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl, Ulla Pokki, Leena Sipilä | 50.2 |
Final
Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
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![]() | ![]() | 45.9 | WR |
![]() | ![]() | 45.9 | |
![]() | ![]() | 46.2 | |
4 | ![]() | 46.3 | |
5 | ![]() | 46.6 | |
6 | ![]() | 47.8 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
External links
- Official Olympic Report, la84.org.