| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the X Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Dates | August 6 and August 7, 1932 |
| Medalists | |
| Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Sprint hurdles (110m/80w) | men | women |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeple | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 6 and August 7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [1]
Two heats were held; the fastest three times advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helmut Körnig Fritz Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath | 41.22 | Q | |
| 2 | Takayoshi Yoshioka Chuhei Nanbu Izu Anno Itaro Nakajima | 41.8 | Q | |
| 3 | Don Finlay Stanley Fuller Stanley Engelhart Ernie Page | 42.0 | Q | |
| 4 | Angelos Lambrou Khristos Mantikas Evangelos Moiropoulos Renos Frangoudis | 42.9 | ||
| 5 | Bunoo Sutton Ronald Vernieux Mehar Chand Dhawan Dickie Carr | 43.7 | ||
Heat Two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Hec Dyer Frank Wykoff | 40.61 | WR, Q | |
| 2 | Giuseppe Castelli Ruggero Maregatti Gabriele Salviati Edgardo Toetti | 42.8 | Q | |
| 3 | Percy Williams Jim Brown Harold Wright Bert Pearson | 45.0 | Q | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Hec Dyer Frank Wykoff | 40.10 | WR | ||
| Helmut Körnig Fritz Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath | 40.9 | |||
| Giuseppe Castelli Ruggero Maregatti Gabriele Salviati Edgardo Toetti | 41.2 | |||
| 4 | Percy Williams Jim Brown Harold Wright Bert Pearson | 41.3 | ||
| 5 | Takayoshi Yoshioka Chuhei Nanbu Izuo Anno Itaro Nakajima | 41.3 | ||
| 6 | Don Finlay Stanley Fuller Stanley Engelhart Ernie Page | 41.4 | ||
Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish