The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.[1]
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Henry Russell (right) crossing the finish line in the final | |||||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 4 (heats) August 5 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 13 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 41.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results
editHeats
editHeat 1
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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1 | Canada | Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams | 42.2 | Q |
2 | Great Britain | Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London | 43.5 | Q |
3 | Italy | Giuseppe Castelli, Franco Reyser, Edgardo Toetti, Enrico Torre | ||
4 | Greece | Vangelis Moiropoulos, Konstantinos Petridis, Angelos Lambrou, Renos Frangoudis | 44.0 | |
5 | Spain | Juan Serrahima, Diego Ordóñez, Fernando Muñagorri, Enrique de Chávarri |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 2
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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1 | France | André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon | 41.8 | Q |
2 | Germany | Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig | Q | |
3 | Belgium | Paul Brochart, Fred Zinner, Adolphe Groscol, Willy Dujardin |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 3
Rank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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1 | United States | Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell | 41.2 | Q |
2 | Switzerland | Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl | 42.6 | Q |
3 | Japan | Iwao Aizawa, Seishichi Inuma, Shigetoshi Osawa, Chuhei Nanbu | ||
4 | Turkey | Semih Türkdoğan, Şinasi Şahingiray, Haydar Aşan, Mehmet Ali Aybar | ||
Hungary | Ferenc Gerő, János Paizs, István Sugár, István Raggambi | DSQ |
Key: DSQ = Disqualified, Q = Qualified
Final
editRank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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United States | Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell | 41.0 | =WR | |
Germany | Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig | 41.2 | ||
Great Britain | Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London | 41.8 | ||
4 | France | André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon | 42.0 | |
5 | Switzerland | Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl | 42.6 | |
Canada | Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams | DSQ |
Key: DSQ = Disqualified, =WR = Equalled world record
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2017.