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

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Henry Russell (right) crossing the finish line in the final
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 4, 1928 (heats) August 5, 1928 (final)
Competitors	from 13 nations
Teams	13
Winning time	41.0
Medalists
Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charles Borah Henry Russell   United States Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig   Germany Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London   Great Britain
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5. ^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	Canada	Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams	42.2	Q
2	Great Britain	Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London	43.5	Q
3	Italy	Giuseppe Castelli, Franco Reyser, Edgardo Toetti, Enrico Torre
4	Greece	Vangelis Moiropoulos, Konstantinos Petridis, Angelos Lambrou, Renos Frangoudis	44.0
5	Spain	Juan Serrahima, Diego Ordóñez, Fernando Muñagorri, Enrique de Chávarri

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	France	André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon	41.8	Q
2	Germany	Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig		Q
3	Belgium	Paul Brochart, Fred Zinner, Adolphe Groscol, Willy Dujardin

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	United States	Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell	41.2	Q
2	Switzerland	Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl	42.6	Q
3	Japan	Iwao Aizawa, Seishichi Inuma, Shigetoshi Osawa, Chuhei Nanbu
4	Turkey	Semih Türkdoğan, Şinasi Şahingiray, Haydar Aşan, Mehmet Ali Aybar
	Hungary	Ferenc Gerő, János Paizs, István Sugár, István Raggambi		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, Q = Qualified

Final

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States	Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell	41.0	=WR
	Germany	Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig	41.2
	Great Britain	Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London	41.8
4	France	André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon	42.0
5	Switzerland	Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl	42.6
	Canada	Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams		DSQ

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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2017.