Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Henry Russell (right) crossing the finish line in the final
Dates August 4 (heats)
August 5 (final)
Competitors  from 13 nations
Teams 13
Winning time 41.0
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Frank Wykoff
James Quinn
Charles Borah
Henry Russell
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Georg Lammers
Richard Corts
Hubert Houben
Helmut Körnig
 Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Cyril Gill
Edward Smouha
Walter Rangeley
Jack London
 Great Britain

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1 CanadaRalph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams42.2Q
2 Great BritainCyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London43.5Q
3 ItalyGiuseppe Castelli, Franco Reyser, Edgardo Toetti, Enrico Torre
4 GreeceVangelis Moiropoulos, Konstantinos Petridis, Angelos Lambrou, Renos Frangoudis44.0
5 SpainJuan Serrahima, Diego Ordóñez, Fernando Muñagorri, Enrique de Chávarri

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1 FranceAndré Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon41.8Q
2 GermanyGeorg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut KörnigQ
3 BelgiumPaul Brochart, Fred Zinner, Adolphe Groscol, Willy Dujardin

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1 United StatesFrank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell41.2Q
2 SwitzerlandEmmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl42.6Q
3 JapanIwao Aizawa, Seishichi Inuma, Shigetoshi Osawa, Chuhei Nanbu
4 TurkeySemih Türkdoğan, Şinasi Şahingiray, Haydar Aşan, Mehmet Ali Aybar
 HungaryFerenc Gerő, János Paizs, István Sugár, István RaggambiDSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, Q = Qualified

Final

RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) United StatesFrank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell41.0=WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) GermanyGeorg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig41.2
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Great BritainCyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London41.8
4 FranceAndré Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon42.0
5 SwitzerlandEmmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl42.6
 CanadaRalph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy WilliamsDSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, =WR = Equalled world record

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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