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

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates	July 26 (heats) July 27 (semifinals, final)
Competitors	from 22 nations
Teams	22
Winning time	40.1
Medalists
Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Andy Stanfield  United States Boris Tokarev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev  Soviet Union László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi  Hungary

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.

Results

Heats

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

Video on YouTube amateur film of Heat 1

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, Andy Stanfield	40.3
2	France	Étienne Bally, René Bonino, Yves Camus, Alain Porthault	40.8
3	Poland	Zygmunt Buhl, Emil Kiszka, Zdobysław Stawczyk, Dominik Sucheński	41.8
4	Finland	Issi Baran, Voitto Hellstén, Pauli Tavisalo, Adolf Turakainen	42.0
5	Canada	Gordon Crosby, Robert Hutchinson, Don McFarlane, Walter Sutton	42.6
6	Portugal	Fernando Casimiro, Eugénio Eleuterio, Rui Maia, Tomás Paquete	42.8
7	Egypt	Fawzi Chaaban, Youssef Ali Omar, Emad El-Din Shafei, Fouad Yazgi	42.9

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	McDonald Bailey, Jack Gregory, William Jack, Brian Shenton	41.2
2	Italy	Franco Leccese, Antonio Siddi, Giorgio Sobrero, Carlo Vittori	41.5
3	Cuba	Samuel Anderson, Rafael Fortún, Angel García, Evelio Planas	41.9
4	Ghana	George Acquaah, Gabriel Lareya, Augustus Lawson, John Owusu	42.1
5	Australia	Edwin Carr, Jr., Morris Curotta, Ken Doubleday, Ray Weinberg	42.3
6	Thailand	Pongamat Amatayakul, Boonterm Pakpuang, Aroon Sakosik, Adul Wanasatith	44.5

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Hungary	György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Géza Varasdi, László Zarándi	41.0
2	Czechoslovakia	František Brož, Jiří David, Miroslav Horčic, Zdeněk Pospíšil	41.5
3	Argentina	Mariano Acosta, Enrique Beckles, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Romeo Galán	41.5
4	Germany	Franz Happernagel, Josef Heinen, Peter Kraus, Werner Zandt	41.5
5	Switzerland	Willy Eichenberger, Ernst Mühlethaler, Willy Schneider, Hans Wehrli	41.6

Heat 4

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev	41.3
2	Nigeria	Muslim Arogundade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu, Rafiu Oluwa	42.4
3	Pakistan	Muhammad Aslam, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil	42.8
4	Iceland	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	United States	40.4
2	Soviet Union	40.7
3	Great Britain	41.0
4	Argentina	41.4
5	Poland	41.8
6	Pakistan	42.0

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hungary	40.9
2	France	40.9
3	Czechoslovakia	41.3
4	Cuba	41.5
5	Nigeria	41.9

Final

Rank	Country	Time (hand)	Notes
	United States	40.1
	Soviet Union	40.3
	Hungary	40.5
4	Great Britain	40.6
5	France	40.9
6	Czechoslovakia	41.2