Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Dates | July 26 (heats) July 27 (semifinals, final) |
Competitors | from 22 nations |
Teams | 22 |
Winning time | 40.1 |
Medalists | |
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 × 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 26 and July 27. The United States team won the final.[1]
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The first round was held on July 26. The three fastest teams from each heat qualified to the semifinals.
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Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, Andy Stanfield | 40.3 | |
2 | ![]() |
Étienne Bally, René Bonino, Yves Camus, Alain Porthault | 40.8 | |
3 | ![]() |
Zygmunt Buhl, Emil Kiszka, Zdobysław Stawczyk, Dominik Sucheński | 41.8 | |
4 | ![]() |
Issi Baran, Voitto Hellstén, Pauli Tavisalo, Adolf Turakainen | 42.0 | |
5 | ![]() |
Gordon Crosby, Robert Hutchinson, Don McFarlane, Walter Sutton | 42.6 | |
6 | ![]() |
Fernando Casimiro, Eugénio Eleuterio, Rui Maia, Tomás Paquete | 42.8 | |
7 | ![]() |
Fawzi Chaaban, Youssef Ali Omar, Emad El-Din Shafei, Fouad Yazgi | 42.9 |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
McDonald Bailey, Jack Gregory, William Jack, Brian Shenton | 41.2 | |
2 | ![]() |
Franco Leccese, Antonio Siddi, Giorgio Sobrero, Carlo Vittori | 41.5 | |
3 | ![]() |
Samuel Anderson, Rafael Fortún, Angel García, Evelio Planas | 41.9 | |
4 | ![]() |
George Acquaah, Gabriel Lareya, Augustus Lawson, John Owusu | 42.1 | |
5 | ![]() |
Edwin Carr, Jr., Morris Curotta, Ken Doubleday, Ray Weinberg | 42.3 | |
6 | ![]() |
Pongamat Amatayakul, Boonterm Pakpuang, Aroon Sakosik, Adul Wanasatith | 44.5 |
Heat 3
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Géza Varasdi, László Zarándi | 41.0 | |
2 | ![]() |
František Brož, Jiří David, Miroslav Horčic, Zdeněk Pospíšil | 41.5 | |
3 | ![]() |
Mariano Acosta, Enrique Beckles, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Romeo Galán | 41.5 | |
4 | ![]() |
Franz Happernagel, Josef Heinen, Peter Kraus, Werner Zandt | 41.5 | |
5 | ![]() |
Willy Eichenberger, Ernst Mühlethaler, Willy Schneider, Hans Wehrli | 41.6 |
Heat 4
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev | 41.3 | |
2 | ![]() |
Muslim Arogundade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu, Rafiu Oluwa | 42.4 | |
3 | ![]() |
Muhammad Aslam, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil | 42.8 | |
4 | ![]() |
Ásmundur Bjarnason, Hörður Haraldsson, Pétur Sigurðsson, Ingi Þorsteinsson | DSQ |
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals were held on July 27. The three fastest teams from each heat advanced to the final
Heat 1
Rank | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
40.4 | |
2 | ![]() |
40.7 | |
3 | ![]() |
41.0 | |
4 | ![]() |
41.4 | |
5 | ![]() |
41.8 | |
6 | ![]() |
42.0 |
Heat 2
Rank | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
40.9 | |
2 | ![]() |
40.9 | |
3 | ![]() |
41.3 | |
4 | ![]() |
41.5 | |
5 | ![]() |
41.9 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Country | Time (hand) | Notes |
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40.1 | |
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40.3 | |
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40.5 | |
4 | ![]() |
40.6 | |
5 | ![]() |
40.9 | |
6 | ![]() |
41.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.