Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesAugust 4, 1928 (heats)
August 5, 1928 (final)
Competitors from 14 nations
Teams14
Winning time3:14.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg George Baird
Fred Alderman
Emerson Spencer
Ray Barbuti 		US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Otto Neumann
Harry Werner Storz
Richard Krebs
Hermann Engelhard 		Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg James Ball
Stanley Glover
Phil Edwards
Alex Wilson 		Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
←  1924
1932  →

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5. [1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankCountryTimeAthletesNotes
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 3:21.4 George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti Q
2Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 3:22.0 Alex Wilson, Phil Edwards, Stan Glover, Jimmy Ball Q
3Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 3:23.2 Mór Gerő, László Magdics, László Barsi, Antal Odri
4Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland 3:24.2 Feliks Malanowski, Zygmunt Weiss, Stefan Kostrzewski, Klemens Biniakowski
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Philippe Coenjaerts, Émile Vercken, François Prinsen, Émile Langenraedt

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankCountryTimeAthletesNotes
1Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 3:20.8 Otto Neumann, Richard Krebs, Harry Storz, Hermann Engelhard Q
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:21.2 Björn Kugelberg, Bertil von Wachenfeldt, Erik Byléhn, Sten Pettersson Q
3Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 3:22.6 Giacomo Carlini, Luigi Facelli, Guido Cominotto, Ettore Tavernari
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Andries Hoogerwerf, Adje Paulen, Harry Broos, Rinus van den Berge
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Johann Bartl, Karel Kněnický, Vilém Šindler, Jaroslav Vykoupil
6Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece Stelios Benardis, Renos Frangoudis, Vangelis Moiropoulos, Vasilios Stavrinos

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

RankCountryTimeAthletesNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:20.6 Roger Leigh-Wood, William Craner, John Rinkel, Douglas Lowe Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 3:23.0 Georges Krotoff, Joseph Jackson, Georges Dupont, René Féger Q
3Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg  Mexico 3:23.4 Alfonso García, José Lucílo Iturbe, Jesús Moraila, Víctor Villaseñor

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

RankCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States 3:14.2 WR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 3:14.8
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 3:15.4
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:15.8
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:16.4
6Flag of France.svg  France 3:19.4

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam 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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