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1952 Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland - Men's 4 x 100 m

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Host City: Helsinki, Finland

Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 26, 1952

Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Date Finished: July 27, 1952

(Competitors: 88; Countries: 22; Finalists: 24/6)

Venue(s): Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Overview by IAAF

The USA were fastest in the preliminary rounds, clocking 40.3 (despite a horrible changeover between Dillard and Remigino) in the heats, and 40.4 in the semis. The USSR, 1950 European Champions, were second quickest with 40.7. In the final Tokarev surprisingly led Smith, and with better changeovers the Soviets were ahead by a metre at halfway. Remigino caught Sanadze and Stanfield came out of the last baton pass slightly ahead of Sukharev. The best sprinter on view in Helsinki drew away to win by 3m. In view of the fact that the USA team uniquely contained three individual event gold medallists it was a tribute to the USSR teamwork that the Americans could not win by a larger margin from a team without any big name sprinters.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Though the US had the fastest sprinters, the USSR team had won the 1950 European Championships and were known for teamwork and exact changeovers. In the final, the Soviets started out in the lead, led by Boris Tokarev, and they maintained that until 100 metre champion Lindy Remigino caught them on the final turn. Andy Stanfield received the baton about equal with Vladimir Sukharev but ran away from him to win by two metres.

			Results

*4 x 100 m*	Men		Final	27 July

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	40,26		Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Andy Stanfield	United States	USA		40.1 h
2	40,58		Boris Tokarev/RUS, Levan Kalyayev/RUS, Levan Sanadze/GEO, Vladimir Sukharev/KGZ	Soviet Union	URS		40.3 h
3	40,83		László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi	Hungary	HUN		40.5 h
4	40,85		McDonald Bailey, Willie Jack, John Gregory, Brian Shenton	Great Britain	GBR		40.6 h
5	41,1		Alain Porthault, Étienne Bally, Yves Camus, René Bonino	France	FRA		40.9 h
6	41,41		František Brož, Jiří David, Miroslav Horčic, Zdeněk Pospíšil	Czechoslovakia	TCH		41.2 h
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Semi-Finals Heat One	27 July

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	40,51	Q	Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, Andy Stanfield	United States	USA		40.4 h
2	41,01	Q	Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev	Soviet Union	URS		40.7 h
3	41,24	Q	McDonald Bailey, Jack Gregory, William Jack, Brian Shenton	Great Britain	GBR		41.0 h
4	41,61		Mariano Acosta, Enrique Beckles, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Romeo Galán	Argentina	ARG		41.4 h
5	41,91		Zygmunt Buhl, Emil Kiszka, Zdobysław Stawczyk, Dominik Sucheński	Poland	POL		41.8 h
6	42,15		Muhammad Aslam, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil	Pakistan	PAK		42.0 h
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Semi-Finals Heat Two	27 July

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	40,99	Q	György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Géza Varasdi, László Zarándi	Hungary	HUN		40.9 h
2	41,02	Q	Étienne Bally, René Bonino, Yves Camus, Alain Porthault	France	FRA		40.9 h
3	41,46	Q	František Brož, Jiří David, Miroslav Horčic, Zdeněk Pospíšil	Czechoslovakia	TCH		41.3 h
4	41,67		Samuel Anderson, Rafael Fortún, Angel García, Evelio Planas	Cuba	CUB		41.5 h
5	42,01		Muslim Arongudade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu, Rafiu Oluwa	Nigeria	NGR		41.9 h
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Round One Heat One	26 July

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	40,34	Q	Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, Andy Stanfield	United States	USA		40.3 h
2	40,98	Q	Étienne Bally, René Bonino, Yves Camus, Alain Porthault	France	FRA		40.8 h
3	42	Q	Zygmunt Buhl, Emil Kiszka, Zdobysław Stawczyk, Dominik Sucheński	Poland	POL		41.8 h
4	42,2		Issi Baran, Voitto Hellstén, Pauli Tavisalo, Adolf Turakainen	Finland	FIN		42.0 h
5	42,73		Gordon Crosby, Robert Hutchinson, Don McFarlane, Walter Sutton	Canada	CAN		42.6 h
6	43,01		Fernando Casimiro, Eugénio Eleuterio, Rui Maia, Tomás Paquete	Portugal	POR		42.8 h
7	43,02		Fawzi Chaaban, Youssef Ali Omar, Emad El-Din Shafei, Fouad Yazgi	Egypt	EGY		42.9 h
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Two	26 July

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	41,43	Q	McDonald Bailey, Jack Gregory, William Jack, Brian Shenton	Great Britain	GBR		41.2 h
2	41,73	Q	Franco Leccese, Antonio Siddi, Giorgio Sobrero, Carlo Vittori	Italy	ITA		41.5 h
3	42,14	Q	Samuel Anderson, Rafael Fortún, Angel García, Evelio Planas	Cuba	CUB		41.9 h
4	42,27		George Acquaah, Gabriel Lareya, Augustus Lawson, John Owusu	Ghana	GHA		42.1 h
5	42,38		Edwin Carr, Jr., Morris Curotta, Ken Doubleday, Ray Weinberg	Australia	AUS		42.3 h
6	44,81		Pongamat Amatayakul, Boonterm Pakpuang, Aroon Sakosik, Adulya Vanastit	Thailand	THA		44.5 h
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Three	26 July

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	41,15	Q	György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Géza Varasdi, László Zarándi	Hungary	HUN		41.0 h
2	41,49	Q	František Brož, Jiří David, Miroslav Horčic, Zdeněk Pospíšil	Czechoslovakia	TCH		41.5 h
3	41,56	Q	Mariano Acosta, Enrique Beckles, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Romeo Galán	Argentina	ARG		41.5 h
4	41,63		Franz Happernagel, Josef Heinen, Peter Kraus, Werner Zandt	Germany	GER		41.5 h
5	41,81		Willy Eichenberger, Ernst Mühlethaler, Willy Schneider, Hans Wehrli	Switzerland	SUI		41.6 h
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Four	26 July

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	41,3	Q		Soviet Union	URS		41.45 h
2	42,4	Q	Muslim Arongudade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu, Rafiu Oluwa	Nigeria	NGR		42.63 h
3	42,8	Q	Muhammad Aslam, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil	Pakistan	PAK		42.91 h
AC	DQ		Ásmundur Bjarnason, Hörður Haraldsson, Pétur Sigurðsson, Ingi Þorsteinsson	Iceland	ISL		[43.25]