Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A Wasannin Olympics na 1952, Cripps ba ta da sa'a ta tafi ba tare da lambar yabo ba, a cikin mita 100 ta lashe zagaye na farko a cikin dakika 12, sannan ta zama ta uku a zagaye na biyu, sa'a na farko uku daga kowane zagaye sun cancanci shiga wasan kusa da na karshe, a cikin ta semi-final ta sake gudu a cikin lokaci na 12 seconds kuma ya gama a baya da 'yan uwan Australia, Marjorie Jackson wanda ya yi daidai da rikodin duniya na 11.5 seconds, a karshe ta gudu ta mafi kyau lokaci na 11.9 seconds amma kawai gudanar da gama a wuri 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. Gasar Cripp ta karshe ita ce
4 x 100 mita relay kuma tare da 'yan uwanta Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston da Shirley Strickland sun karya Tarihin Duniya a cikin zafin su na gudu a cikin lokaci na 46.1 seconds, a wasan karshe sun kasance a gaba har sai lokacin da Cripps (a kafa 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 Amurka Quartet ya karya Tarihin Duniya.