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

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

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 8 (heats), August 9 (final)
Competitors from 12 nations
Teams12
Winning time3:09.0
Medalists
Freddie Wolff
Godfrey Rampling
Bill Roberts
Godfrey Brown		  Great Britain
Harold Cagle
Robert Young
Edward O'Brien
Alfred Fitch		  United States
Helmut Hamann
Friedrich Von Stülpnagel
Harry Voigt
Rudolf Harbig		  Germany
Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplemen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1
RankCountryAthletesTime
1 United StatesHarold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch3:13.0
2 HungaryTibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács3:17.0
3 PolandTadeusz Śliwak, Antoni Maszewski, Kazimierz Kucharski, Klemens Biniakowski3:17.6
4 JapanToyoyi Aihara, Masao Ichihara, Seiken Cho, Hiroyoshi Kubota3:18.4

Heat 2
RankCountryAthletesTime
1 Great BritainFreddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown3:14.4
2 SwedenSven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt3:14.6
3 FranceRaymond Boisset, Georges Guillez, Georges Henry, Prudent Joye3:15.2

Heat 3
RankCountryAthletesTime
1 GermanyHelmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig3:15.0
2 CanadaMarshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring3:15.0
3 ItalyAngelo Ferrario, Marsilio Rossi, Otello Spampani, Mario Lanzi3:16.6
4 South AfricaWillie Botha, Frank Rushton, William Lindeque, Dennis Shore3:17.8
5 CzechoslovakiaHeinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický3:22.2

Final
RankCountryAthletesTime
 Great BritainFreddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown3:09.0
 United StatesHarold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch3:11.0
 GermanyHelmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig3:11.8
4 CanadaMarshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring3:11.8
5 SwedenSven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt3:13.0
6 HungaryTibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács3:14.8

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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