A Wasannin Olympics na 1952, Cripps ba shi da sa'a ya tafi ba tare da lambar yabo ba, a cikin
Ta lashe tseren mita 100 a zagayen farko a cikin dakika 12, sannan ta zo ta uku a zagayen ta na biyu, sa'ar al'amarin shine na farko uku daga kowane zagayen sun cancanci zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, a wasan kusa da na karshe ta sake gudu a cikin dakika 12 kuma ta gama a bayan 'yar Australiya, Marjorie Jackson wacce ta yi daidai da rikodin duniya na dakika 11.5, a wasan karshe ta yi gudu mafi kyawun lokacinta na dakika 11.9 amma ta sami nasarar gamawa a matsayi na hudu. Bayan 'yan kwanaki sai ta fafata a tseren mita 200, a zagayen farko ta kammala a matsayi na biyu kuma ta cancanci zuwa zagaye na gaba inda ta sake zama ta biyu, kuma a wasan karshe ta sake kammala a matsayi na hudu. Taron Cripps na karshe shi ne tseren mita 4 x 100 kuma tare da abokan aikinta Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston da Shirley Strickland sun karya Rikodin Duniya a cikin zafin su na gudu a cikin dakika 46.1, a wasan karshe sun kasance a gaba har sai lokacin da Cripps (a mataki na uku) ya ba da baton ga Jackson, ko ta yaya Cripps gwiwa ya buga baton a hannun Jackson kuma ya fadi a kasa, duk da cewa ya tashi kuma Jackson ya kama shi lokaci ya ɓace kuma sun gama na biyar kuma don yin abubuwa mafi muni da United States quartet ya karya World Record.