Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates August 8 (heats), August 9 (final)
Competitors  from 12 nations
Teams 12
Winning time 3:09.0
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Freddie Wolff
Godfrey Rampling
Bill Roberts
Godfrey Brown		  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Harold Cagle
Robert Young
Edward O'Brien
Alfred Fitch		  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Helmut Hamann
Friedrich Von Stülpnagel
Harry Voigt
Rudolf Harbig		  Germany

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 8 and August 9.[1]

Results

Heats

The fastest two teams in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat 1

RankNameTimeAthletes
1 United States3:13.0Harold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch
2 Hungary3:17.0Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács
3 Poland3:17.6Tadeusz Śliwak, Antoni Maszewski, Kazimierz Kucharski, Klemens Biniakowski
4 Japan3:18.4Toyoyi Aihara, Masao Ichihara, Seiken Cho, Hiroyoshi Kubota

Heat 2

RankNameTimeAthletes
1 Great Britain3:14.4Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown
2 Sweden3:14.6Sven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt
3 France3:15.2Raymond Boisset, Georges Guillez, Georges Henry, Prudent Joye

Heat 3

RankNameTimeAthletes
1 Germany3:15.0Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudi Harbig
2 Canada3:15.0Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring
3 Italy3:16.6Angelo Ferrario, Marsilio Rossi, Otello Spampani, Mario Lanzi
4 South Africa3:17.8Willie Botha, Frank Rushton, William Lindeque, Dennis Shore
5 Czechoslovakia3:22.2Heinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický

Final

RankCountryTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) Great Britain3:09.0
2nd, silver medalist(s) United States3:11.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Germany3:11.8
4 Canada3:11.8
5 Sweden3:13.0
6 Hungary3:14.8

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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