Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 7 (heats and semifinals)
September 8 (final)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies
  1956
1964  

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and September 8. [1]

Results

Heats

The fastest three teams in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 3:10.58
2 Ergas Leps
Joe Mullins
Sig Ohlemann
Terry Tobacco
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 3:10.65
3 Srđan Savić
Ðani Kovač
Miloje Grujić
Viktor Šnajder
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 3:10.75
4 Pentti Rekola
Börje Strand
Voitto Hellstén
Jussi Rintamäki
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:11.90
5 Ovidio de Jesús
José Luis Villalongo
Ramón Vega
German Guenard
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 3:13.91

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies 3:09.28
2 Edward Bożek
Stanisław Swatowski
Bogusław Gierajewski
Jerzy Kowalski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 3:09.67
3 Giuseppe Bommarito
Mario Fraschini
Nereo Fossati
Renato Panciera
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:10.00
4 Marcel Lambrechts
Jos Lambrechts
Lodewijk De Clerck
Roger Moens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:15.26
5 Roger Bofferding
Felix Heuertz
Norbert Haupert
Ramon Humbert
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:21.87

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 René Weber
Ernst Zaugg
Hansruedi Bruder
Christian Wägli
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:10.79
2 Edward Jefferys
Edgar Davis
Gordon Day
Malcolm Spence
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 3:16.32
3 Malcolm Yardley
Barry Jackson
John Wrighton
Robbie Brightwell
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:20.47
- Leonidas Kormalis
Konstantinos Moragiemos
Evangelos Depastas
Vasilios Sillis
Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece DNF

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:10.58
2 William Quaye
James Addy
Frederick Owusu
John Asare-Antwi
Flag of the Union of African States (1958-1961).svg  Ghana 3:10.66
3 Hans-Olof Johansson
Per-Owe Trollsås
Lennart Jonsson
Alf Petersson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:10.91
4 Zdeněk Váňa
Jaromír Šlégr
Jaroslav Jirásek
Josef Trousil
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:11.33
5 Konstantin Grachev
Boris Kriunov
Vladimir Polyanichev
Arnold Matsulevych
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:12.31

Semifinals

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

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Edward Jefferys
Edgar Davis
Gordon Day
Malcolm Spence
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 3:06.53
2 Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 3:07.60
3 Malcolm Yardley
Barry Jackson
John Wrighton
Robbie Brightwell
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:07.67
4 Giuseppe Bommarito
Mario Fraschini
Nereo Fossati
Renato Panciera
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:07.83
5 Ergas Leps
Joe Mullins
Sig Ohlemann
Terry Tobacco
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 3:08.37
6 Srđan Savić
Ðani Kovač
Miloje Grujić
Viktor Šnajder
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 3:10.34

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:08.57
2 Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies 3:09.34
3 René Weber
Ernst Zaugg
Hansruedi Bruder
Christian Wägli
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:09.77
4 Edward Bożek
Stanisław Swatowski
Bogusław Gierajewski
Jerzy Kowalski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 3:10.88
5 William Quaye
James Addy
Frederick Owusu
John Asare-Antwi
Flag of the Union of African States (1958-1961).svg  Ghana 3:11.03
6 Hans-Olof Johansson
Per-Owe Trollsås
Lennart Jonsson
Alf Petersson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:11.05

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jack Yerman
Earl Young
Glenn Davis
Otis Davis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:02.37WR
Silver medal icon.svg Joachim Reske
Manfred Kinder
Jo Kaiser
Carl Kaufmann
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 3:02.84
Bronze medal icon.svg Malcolm Spence
Jim Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
George Kerr
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies 3:04.13
4 Edward Jefferys
Edgar Davis
Gordon Day
Malcolm Spence
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 3:05.18
5 Malcolm Yardley
Barry Jackson
John Wrighton
Robbie Brightwell
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 3:08.47
6 René Weber
Ernst Zaugg
Hansruedi Bruder
Christian Wägli
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:09.55

Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish

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