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]
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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Results
editThe 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
editHeat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | Australia | Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 46.1 | WR |
2 | Netherlands | Bertha Brouwer, Nel Büch, Gré de Jongh, Wilhelmina Lust | 47.1 | |
3 | Argentina | 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 | Hilda Antes, Inge Eckel, Ursel Finger, Inge Glashörster | 49.0 |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | United States | Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau | 46.5 | |
2 | Great Britain | Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, June Foulds | 46.6 | |
3 | Italy | Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri | 47.4 | |
4 | Sweden | 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 |
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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 | Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne | 47.3 | |
4 | France | Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou | 47.6 | |
5 | Finland | Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl, Ulla Pokki, Leena Sipilä | 50.2 |
Final
editRank | Nation | Time | Notes |
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United States | 45.9 | WR | |
Germany | 45.9 | ||
Great Britain | 46.2 | ||
4 | Soviet Union | 46.3 | |
5 | Australia | 46.6 | |
6 | Netherlands | 47.8 |
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
External links
edit- Official Olympic Report, la84.org.