Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesAugust 6, 1948 (heats)
August 7, 1948 (final)
Competitors from 15 nations
Teams15
Winning time40.6
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Barney Ewell
Lorenzo Wright
Harrison Dillard
Mel Patton
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Alastair McCorquodale
Jack Gregory
Ken Jones
Jack Archer
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Michele Tito
Enrico Perucconi
Carlo Monti
Antonio Siddi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1936
1952  
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 6 & August 7. [1] The United States team won the final, but was initially disqualified when officials thought the pass between Barney Ewell and Lorenzo Wright had taken place outside the zone. After further review, officials saw that the pass took place inside the zone, and restored U.S. results.

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
(Foy Draper, Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens, Frank Wykoff)
39.8 Berlin, Germany 9 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 6 August 194816:00Round 1
Saturday, 7 August 194815:30Finals

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 6 August. The first two teams from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Harrison Dillard, Barney Ewell, Mel Patton, Lorenzo Wright 41.1Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Carlo Monti, Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Michele Tito 41.3Q
3Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Haroldo da Silva, Hélio da Silva, Ivan Hausen, Rosalvo Ramos 42.4
-Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Kemal Aksur, Erdal Barkay, Raşit Öztaş, Ruhi Sarıalp DSQ

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Jack Archer, Jack Gregory, Ken Jones, Alastair McCorquodale 41.4Q
2Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Ferenc Tima 41.4Q
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia John Bartram, Bill Bruce, Morris Curotta, John Treloar 41.5
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Hércules Azcune, Mario Fayos, Juan López, Walter Pérez 42.8
5Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda Hazzard Dill, Perry Johnson, Stanley Lines, Frank Mahoney 45.4
-Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Fernand Bourgaux, Pol Braekman, Fernand Linssen, Isidoor Van De Wiele DNF

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan 41.7Q
2Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada Ted Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Don Pettie 42.3Q
3Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Alberto Biedermann, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Carlos Isaac, Fernando Lapuente 42.4
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Ásmundur Bjarnason, Haukur Clausen, Trausti Eyjólfsson, Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson 42.9
-Flag of France.svg  France Julien Lebas, Marc Litaudon, Alain Porthault, René Valmy DNF

Final

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States Harrison Dillard, Barney Ewell, Mel Patton, Lorenzo Wright 40.6
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Jack Archer, Jack Gregory, Ken Jones, Alastair McCorquodale 41.3
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Carlo Monti, Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Michele Tito 41.5
4Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Ferenc Tima 41.6
5Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada Ted Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Don Pettie 41.9
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan 41.9

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.