Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates6 August 1948 (heats)
7 August 1948 (final)
Competitors from 15 nations
Teams15
Winning time3:10.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Roy Cochran
Cliff Bourland
Arthur Harnden
Mal Whitfield
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Jean Kerebel
Francis Schewetta
Robert Chef d'Hôtel
Jacques Lunis
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Kurt Lundquist
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
Folke Alnevik
Rune Larsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1936
1952  

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 6 and 7 August. The United States team won the final with a time of 3:10.4. [1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
Olympic record
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
(Ed Ablowich, Bill Carr, Ivan Fuqua, Karl Warner)
3:08.2 Los Angeles, United States 7 August 1932

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday 6 August 194817:30Round 1
Saturday 7 August 194816:50Final

Results

Round 1

The first two teams in each heat qualified for the Final. [2]

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield 3:12.6Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi 3:14.0Q
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Leslie Lewis, Martin Pike, Derek Pugh, Bill Roberts 3:14.2
4Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Oskar Hardmeier, Walter Keller, Max Trepp, Karl Volkmer 3:23.0
-Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland Charles Denroche, Paul Dolan, Reggie Myles, Jimmy Reardon DSQ

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg  Jamaica Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint 3:14.0Q
2Flag of France.svg  France Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta 3:17.0Q
3Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada Bill LaRochelle, Ernie McCullough, Bob McFarlane, Don McFarlane 3:19.0
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Gustavo Ehlers, Sergio Guzmán, Jaime Hitelman, Carlos Silva 3:23.8
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Doğan Acarbay, Seydi Dinçtürk, Kemal Horulu, Rıza Maksut İşman 3:35.0

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja 3:20.6Q
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt 3:21.0Q
3Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Hermelindo Alberti, Guillermo Avalos, Guillermo Evans, Antonio Pocovi 3:21.2
4Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Jerko Bulić, Aleksandar Ćosić, Marko Račič, Zvonko Sabolović 3:25.4
5Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece Vasilios Mavroidis, Stefanos Petrakis, Lazaros Petropoulakis, Stylianos Stratakos 3:33.0

Final

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield 3:10.4
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta 3:14.8
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt 3:16.0
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja 3:24.8
Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg  Jamaica Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint DNF
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. LONDON: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 259. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.