Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and September 8.[1]

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 7 (heats and semifinals)
September 8 (final)
Medalists
Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
 United States
Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
 United Team of Germany
Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
 British West Indies

Results

Heats

The fastest three teams in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
 United Team of Germany3:10.58
2Ergas Leps
Joe Mullins
Sig Ohlemann
Terry Tobacco
 Canada3:10.65
3Srđan Savić
Ðani Kovač
Miloje Grujić
Viktor Šnajder
 Yugoslavia3:10.75
4Pentti Rekola
Börje Strand
Voitto Hellstén
Jussi Rintamäki
 Finland3:11.90
5Ovidio de Jesús
José Luis Villalongo
Ramón Vega
German Guenard
 Puerto Rico3:13.91

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
 British West Indies3:09.28
2Edward Bożek
Stanisław Swatowski
Bogusław Gierajewski
Jerzy Kowalski
 Poland3:09.67
3Giuseppe Bommarito
Mario Fraschini
Nereo Fossati
Renato Panciera
 Italy3:10.00
4Marcel Lambrechts
Jos Lambrechts
Lodewijk De Clerck
Roger Moens
 Belgium3:15.26
5Roger Bofferding
Felix Heuertz
Norbert Haupert
Ramon Humbert
 Luxembourg3:21.87

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1René Weber
Ernst Zaugg
Hansruedi Bruder
Christian Wägli
 Switzerland3:10.79
2Edward Jefferys
Edgar Davis
Gordon Day
Malcolm Spence
 South Africa3:16.32
3Malcolm Yardley
Barry Jackson
John Wrighton
Robbie Brightwell
 Great Britain3:20.47
-Leonidas Kormalis
Konstantinos Moragiemos
Evangelos Depastas
Vasilios Sillis
 GreeceDNF

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
 United States3:10.58
2William Quaye
James Addy
Frederick Owusu
John Asare-Antwi
 Ghana3:10.66
3Hans-Olof Johansson
Per-Owe Trollsås
Lennart Jonsson
Alf Petersson
 Sweden3:10.91
4Zdeněk Váňa
Jaromír Šlégr
Jaroslav Jirásek
Josef Trousil
 Czechoslovakia3:11.33
5Konstantin Grachev
Boris Kriunov
Vladimir Polyanichev
Arnold Matsulevych
 Soviet Union3:12.31

Semifinals

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

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Edward Jefferys
Edgar Davis
Gordon Day
Malcolm Spence
 South Africa3:06.53
2Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
 United Team of Germany3:07.60
3Malcolm Yardley
Barry Jackson
John Wrighton
Robbie Brightwell
 Great Britain3:07.67
4Giuseppe Bommarito
Mario Fraschini
Nereo Fossati
Renato Panciera
 Italy3:07.83
5Ergas Leps
Joe Mullins
Sig Ohlemann
Terry Tobacco
 Canada3:08.37
6Srđan Savić
Ðani Kovač
Miloje Grujić
Viktor Šnajder
 Yugoslavia3:10.34

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
 United States3:08.57
2Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
 British West Indies3:09.34
3René Weber
Ernst Zaugg
Hansruedi Bruder
Christian Wägli
 Switzerland3:09.77
4Edward Bożek
Stanisław Swatowski
Bogusław Gierajewski
Jerzy Kowalski
 Poland3:10.88
5William Quaye
James Addy
Frederick Owusu
John Asare-Antwi
 Ghana3:11.03
6Hans-Olof Johansson
Per-Owe Trollsås
Lennart Jonsson
Alf Petersson
 Sweden3:11.05

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
 United States3:02.37WR
Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
 United Team of Germany3:02.84
Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
 British West Indies3:04.13
4Edward Jefferys
Edgar Davis
Gordon Day
Malcolm Spence
 South Africa3:05.18
5Malcolm Yardley
Barry Jackson
John Wrighton
Robbie Brightwell
 Great Britain3:08.47
6René Weber
Ernst Zaugg
Hansruedi Bruder
Christian Wägli
 Switzerland3:09.55

Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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