Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	1952 Summer
Dates:	July 26 (heats) July 27 (semifinals, final)
Teams:	22
Nations:	22
Win Value:	40.1
Gold:	Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Andy Stanfield
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Boris Tokarev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	1948
Next:	1956

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

Heats

The first round was held on July 26. The three fastest teams from each heat qualified to the semifinals.

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

The semifinals were held on July 27. The three fastest teams from each heat advanced to the final

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1		40.4
2		40.7
3		41.0
4		41.4
5		41.8
6		42.0

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1		40.9
2		40.9
3		41.3
4		41.5
5		41.9

Final

Rank	Country	Time (hand)	Notes
		40.1
		40.3
		40.5
4		40.6
5		40.9
6		41.2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173811/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.