I te 1952 Summer Olympics, Cripps i te waimarie ki te haere atu i waho i te mētara, i roto i te 100 mita riro ia i tona rauna tuatahi wera i roto i te 12 hēkona, ka haere tuatoru i roto i tona rauna rauna tuarua, waimarie te tuatahi e toru i ia wera tohu mo te haurua-mutunga, i roto i tona haurua-mutunga rere ano ia i roto i te wa o te 12 hēkona, ka mutu i muri i te hoa Ahitereiria, Marjorie Jackson nei rere i te wā World Record taurite o 11.5 hēkona, i roto i te whakamutunga rere ia tona wa pai o 11.9 hēkona engari anake i taea ki te whakaoti i roto i te tuawha. I etahi ra i muri mai ka whakataetae ia i te 200 mita, i tana rauna tuatahi ka mutu ia i te tuarua ka tohu mo te rauna e whai ake nei ka mutu ano ia i te tuarua, ana i te whakamutunga ka mutu ano ia i te tuawha. Ko te whakataetae whakamutunga a Cripps ko te 4 x 100 mita relay
A, me ona hoa kapa Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston ko Shirley Strickland pakaru ratou i te World Record i roto i to ratou wera rere i te wa i roto i te 46.1 hēkona, i roto i te whakamutunga i ratou i mua tae noa ki te Cripps (i runga i te waewae tuatoru) haere i te tokotoko ki Jackson, te tahi ara Cripps turi patua te tokotoko i roto i te ringa o Jackson, a ka hinga ki te papa, ahakoa te reira paheke ake a Jackson hopu i te reira i ngaro te wa, a mutu ratou i te rima, me te ki te hanga kino mea te United States quartet pakaru i te World Record.