The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 26 and 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 (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, Andy Stanfield 40.3 40.34 2Étienne Bally, René Bonino, Yves Camus, Alain Porthault 40.8 40.98 3Zygmunt Buhl, Emil Kiszka, Zdobysław Stawczyk, Dominik Sucheński 41.8 42.00 4Issi Baran, Voitto Hellstén, Pauli Tavisalo, Adolf Turakainen 42.0 42.20 5Gordon Crosby, Robert Hutchinson, Don McFarlane, Walter Sutton 42.6 42.73 6Fernando Casimiro, Eugénio Eleuterio, Rui Maia, Tomás Paquete 42.8 43.01 7Fawzi Chaaban, Youssef Ali Omar, Emad El-Din Shafei, Fouad Yazgi 42.9 43.02

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1McDonald Bailey, Jack Gregory, William Jack, Brian Shenton 41.2 41.43 2Franco Leccese, Antonio Siddi, Giorgio Sobrero, Carlo Vittori 41.5 41.73 3Samuel Anderson, Rafael Fortún, Angel García, Evelio Planas 41.9 42.14 4George Acquaah, Gabriel Lareya, Augustus Lawson, John Owusu 42.1 42.27 5Edwin Carr, Jr., Morris Curotta, Ken Doubleday, Ray Weinberg 42.3 42.38 6Pongamat Amatayakul, Boonterm Pakpuang, Aroon Sakosik, Adul Wanasatith 44.5 44.81

Heat 3 Rank Nation Competitors Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Géza Varasdi, László Zarándi 41.0 41.15 2František Brož, Jiří David, Miroslav Horčic, Zdeněk Pospíšil 41.5 41.49 3Mariano Acosta, Enrique Beckles, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Romeo Galán 41.5 41.56 4Franz Happernagel, Josef Heinen, Peter Kraus, Werner Zandt 41.5 41.63 5Willy Eichenberger, Ernst Mühlethaler, Willy Schneider, Hans Wehrli 41.6 41.81

Heat 4 Rank Nation Competitors Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev 41.3 41.45 2Muslim Arogundade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu, Rafiu Oluwa 42.4 42.63 3Muhammad Aslam, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil 42.8 42.91 4Ásmundur 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 final

Heat 1 Rank Country Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 40.4 40.51 2 40.7 41.01 3 41.0 41.24 4 41.4 41.61 5 41.8 41.91 6 42.0 42.15

Heat 2 Rank Country Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 40.9 40.99 2 40.9 41.02 3 41.3 41.46 4 41.5 41.67 5 41.9 42.01 – DNS –

Final

Rank Country Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 40.1 40.26 40.3 40.58 40.5 40.83 4 40.6 40.85 5 40.9 41.10 6 41.2 41.41

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