Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 26 & 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.Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 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
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 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
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 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
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 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 finalHeat 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 | Notes |
| 40.1 | |||
| 40.3 | |||
| 40.5 | |||
| 4 | 40.6 | ||
| 5 | 40.9 | ||
| 6 | 41.2 |