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

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 8, 1936 (heats), August 9, 1936 (final)
Competitors	from 12 nations
Teams	12
Winning time	3:09.0
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
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 8 and August 9. ^[1]

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	United States	Harold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch	3:13.0
2	Hungary	Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács	3:17.0
3	Poland	Tadeusz Śliwak, Antoni Maszewski, Kazimierz Kucharski, Klemens Biniakowski	3:17.6
4	Japan	Toyoyi Aihara, Masao Ichihara, Seiken Cho, Hiroyoshi Kubota	3:18.4

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Great Britain	Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown	3:14.4
2	Sweden	Sven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt	3:14.6
3	France	Raymond Boisset, Georges Guillez, Georges Henry, Prudent Joye	3:15.2

Heat 3

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Germany	Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig	3:15.0
2	Canada	Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring	3:15.0
3	Italy	Angelo Ferrario, Marsilio Rossi, Otello Spampani, Mario Lanzi	3:16.6
4	South Africa	Willie Botha, Frank Rushton, William Lindeque, Dennis Shore	3:17.8
5	Czechoslovakia	Heinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický	3:22.2

Final

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
	Great Britain	Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown	3:09.0
	United States	Harold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch	3:11.0
	Germany	Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig	3:11.8
4	Canada	Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring	3:11.8
5	Sweden	Sven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt	3:13.0
6	Hungary	Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács	3:14.8

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.