| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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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]
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.
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia
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Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 46.1 | WR |
| 2 |  Netherlands
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Bertha Brouwer, Nel Büch, Gré de Jongh, Wilhelmina Lust | 47.1 | |
| 3 |  Argentina
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Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana María Fontán, Lilian Heinz | 47.9 | |
| 4 |  Poland
|
Maria Arndt, Maria Ilwicka, Genowefa Minicka, Eulalia Szwajkowska | 48.1 | |
| 5 |  Saar
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Hilda Antes, Inge Eckel, Ursel Finger, Inge Glashörster | 49.0 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
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Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau | 46.5 | |
| 2 |  Great Britain
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Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, June Foulds | 46.6 | |
| 3 |  Italy
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Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri | 47.4 | |
| 4 |  Sweden
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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 |  Soviet Union
|
Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova, Irina Turova, Yevgeniya Sechenova | 46.7 | |
| 3 |  Canada
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Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne | 47.3 | |
| 4 |  France
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Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou | 47.6 | |
| 5 |  Finland
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Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl, Ulla Pokki, Leena Sipilä | 50.2 |
| Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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United States
|
45.9 | WR |
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Germany
|
45.9 | |
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Great Britain
|
46.2 | |
| 4 | Soviet Union
|
46.3 | |
| 5 | Australia
|
46.6 | |
| 6 | Netherlands
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47.8 |
