Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920 and on Monday, August 23, 1920. Twenty-four runners from six nations competed.[1]

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
The British team, left-right: Butler, Ainsworth-Davis, Lindsay, Griffiths
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 22–23
Competitors24 from 6 nations
Medalists
John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler, Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay
 Great Britain
Henry Dafel, Clarence Oldfield, Jack Oosterlaak, Bevil Rudd
 South Africa
Géo André, Maurice Delvart, André Devaux, Gaston Féry
 France
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplechasemen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
3 km walkmen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
56 lb weight throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 3:16.6 Mel Sheppard
Edward Lindberg
Ted Meredith
Charles Reidpath		 Stockholm (SWE) July 15, 1912
Olympic Record 3:16.6 Mel Sheppard
Edward Lindberg
Ted Meredith
Charles Reidpath		 Stockholm (SWE) July 15, 1912

Results

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthletesTimeQual.
1 Jules Migeot, Omer Corteyn, Omer Smet, François Morren (BEL)3:38.8Q
2 Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)3:40.9Q
3 Géo André, Gaston Féry, Maurice Delvart, André Devaux (FRA)3:46.6Q

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthletesTimeQual.
1 Henry Dafel, Clarence Oldfield, Jack Oosterlaak, Bevil Rudd (RSA)3:38.6Q
2 George Schiller, George Bretnall, Ted Meredith, Frank Shea (USA)3:40.7Q
3 Sven Krokström, Sven Malm, Eric Sundblad, Nils Engdahl (SWE)3:46.4Q

Final

The final was held on Monday, August 23, 1920.

PlaceAthletesTime
1 Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)3:22.2
2 Henry Dafel, Clarence Oldfield, Jack Oosterlaak, Bevil Rudd (RSA)3:23.0
3 Géo André, Gaston Féry, Maurice Delvart, André Devaux (FRA)3:23.5
4 George Schiller, George Bretnall, Ted Meredith, Frank Shea (USA)3:23.6
5 Sven Krokström, Sven Malm, Eric Sundblad, Nils Engdahl (SWE)3:24.3
6 Jules Migeot, Omer Corteyn, Omer Smet, François Morren (BEL)3:24.9

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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