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

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

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