Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
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.
Results
The 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
Heat 1| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 46.1 | WR | |
| 2 | Bertha Brouwer, Nel Büch, Gré de Jongh, Wilhelmina Lust | 47.1 | ||
| 3 | Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana María Fontán, Lilian Heinz | 47.9 | ||
| 4 | Maria Arndt, Maria Ilwicka, Genowefa Minicka, Eulalia Szwajkowska | 48.1 | ||
| 5 | Hilda Antes, Inge Eckel, Ursel Finger, Inge Glashörster | 49.0 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau | 46.5 | ||
| 2 | Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, June Foulds | 46.6 | ||
| 3 | Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi, Giuseppina Leone, Liliana Tagliaferri | 47.4 | ||
| 4 | Anna-Lisa Augustsson, Agneta Hannerz, Greta Magnusson, Nell Sjöström | 47.8 | ||
| 5 | Olga Gyarmati, Aranka Szabó-Bartha, Ibolya Tilkovszky, Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely | DSQ |
Heat 3
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Helga Klein, Ursula Knab, Marga Petersen, Maria Sander | 46.3 | ||
| 2 | Nadezhda Khnykina, Vira Kalashnikova, Irina Turova, Yevgeniya Sechenova | 46.7 | ||
| 3 | Luella Law, Eleanor McKenzie, Frances O'Halloran, Rosella Thorne | 47.3 | ||
| 4 | Alberte de Campou, Marcelle Gabarrus, Denise Laborie, Yvette Monginou | 47.3 | ||
| 5 | Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl, Ulla Pokki, Leena Sipilä | 50.2 |