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.
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 (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty 46.1 46.22 , WR 2Bertha Brouwer, Nel Büch, Gré de Jongh, Wilhelmina Lust 47.1 47.32 3Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana María Fontán, Lilian Heinz 47.9 48.11 4Maria Arndt, Maria Ilwicka, Genowefa Minicka, Eulalia Szwajkowska 48.1 48.21 5Hilda Antes, Inge Eckel, Ursel Finger, Inge Glashörster 49.0 49.22
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau 46.5 46.77 2Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, June Foulds 46.6 46.84 3Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri 47.4 47.68 4Anna-Lisa Augustsson, Agneta Hannerz, Greta Magnusson, Nell Sjöström 47.8 48.06 5Olga Gyarmati, Aranka Szabó-Bartha, Ibolya Tilkovszky, Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely DSQ –
Heat 3 Rank Nation Competitors Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1Helga Klein, Ursula Knab, Marga Petersen, Maria Sander 46.3 46.42 2Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova, Irina Turova, Yevgeniya Sechenova 46.7 47.01 3Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne 47.3 47.47 4Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou 47.6 47.79 5Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl, Ulla Pokki, Leena Sipilä 50.2 50.34
Final Rank Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 45.9 46.14 WR 45.9 46.18 46.2 46.41 4 46.3 46.42 5 46.6 46.86 6 47.8 47.16
References
External links Official Olympic Report, la84.org.