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

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XV Olympiad

Dates

July 26 (heats)
July 27 (semifinals, final)

Teams

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

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 26 & July 27. The United States team won the final.

Results

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

4 x 100 metres relay at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Men's	1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Women's	1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008