| | Event type
4 x 100 metres Relay, Men
| Date | 21 – 22 August 1920 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen |
| Participants | 52 from 13 countries |
The Americans were expected to win easily. They did win and set a world record in the process, but the French team ran quite well and was fairly close behind at the finish.
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | R1 | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States |  USA | 43.0 (1 h1) | 42.2 (1) | Gold | |||||
| Charley Paddock • Jackson Scholz • Loren Murchison • Morris Kirksey | |||||||||||
| 2 | – | France |  FRA | 43.0 (1 h2) | 42.6est / at 3 metres (2) | Silver | |||||
| René Lorain • René Tirard • René Mourlon • Émile Ali Khan • Louis Renart (DNS) • Robert Caste (DNS) • Raymond Jamois (DNS) • Jean-René Seurin (DNS) | |||||||||||
| 3 | – | Sweden |  SWE | 43.4 (1 h3) | 42.9est / at 2 metres (3) | Bronze | |||||
| Agne Holmström • William Petersson • Sven Malm • Nils Sandström | |||||||||||
| 4 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 44.0est / at 8 metres (2 h2) | 43.0est / at 1 metre (4) | ||||||
| William Hill • Harold Abrahams • Denis Black • Vic d'Arcy | |||||||||||
| 5 | – | Denmark |  DEN | 43.8est / at 3 metres (2 h3) | 43.5est / at 4 metres (5) | ||||||
| Henri Thorsen • Fritiof Normann Andersen • August Sørensen • Marinus Sørensen | |||||||||||
| 6 | – | Luxembourg |  LUX | 44.4est / at 12 metres (2 h1) | 44.7est / at 10 metres (6) | ||||||
| Jean Colbach • Paul Hammer • Jean Proess • Alex Servais | |||||||||||
| 3 h1 r1/2 | – | Spain |  ESP | 44.6est / at 2 metres (3 h1) | – | ||||||
| Félix Mendizábal • Diego Ordóñez • Carlos Botín • Federico Reparaz • Jaime Camps (DNS) | |||||||||||
| 3 h2 r1/2 | – | Netherlands |  NED | 44.1est / at 1 metre (3 h2) | – | ||||||
| Albert Heijnneman • Jan de Vries • Harry, Ridder van Rappard • Cor Wezepoel | |||||||||||
| 3 h3 r1/2 | – | South Africa |  RSA | 44.2est / at 3 metres (3 h3) | – | ||||||
| Jack Oosterlaak • Willie Bukes • Henry Dafel • Bevil Rudd | |||||||||||
| 4 h2 r1/2 | – | Belgium |  BEL | 47.0est / at 25 metres (4 h2) | – | ||||||
| Max Houben • Julien Lehouck • Omer Smet • Paul Brochart | |||||||||||
| 4 h3 r1/2 | – | Switzerland |  SUI | 45.0 (4 h3) | – | ||||||
| August Waibel • Walter Leibundgut • Adolf Rysler • Josef Imbach | |||||||||||
| AC h1 r1/2 | – | Italy |  ITA | [43.6est / at 2 metres] (DQ h1) | – | ||||||
| Vittorio Zucca • Giambattista Orlandi • Giorgio Croci • Mario Riccoboni | |||||||||||
| AC h1 r1/2 | – | Norway |  NOR | [44.0est / at 9 metres] (DQ h1) | – | ||||||
| Bjarne Guldager • Erling Aastad • Asle Bækkedal • Rolf Stenersen | |||||||||||
| – | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | – (DNS h2) | – | |||||||
Round One (21 August 1920 — 14:30)
Top two teams in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States | USA | 43.0 | |||||||||
| Charley Paddock • Jackson Scholz • Loren Murchison • Morris Kirksey | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Luxembourg | LUX | 44.4est / at 12 metres | |||||||||
| Jean Colbach • Paul Hammer • Jean Proess • Alex Servais | |||||||||||||
| 3 | – | Spain | ESP | 44.6est / at 2 metres | |||||||||
| Félix Mendizábal • Diego Ordóñez • Carlos Botín • Federico Reparaz | |||||||||||||
| – | Italy | ITA | [43.6est / at 2 metres] | ||||||||||
| Vittorio Zucca • Giambattista Orlandi • Giorgio Croci • Mario Riccoboni | |||||||||||||
| – | Norway | NOR | [44.0est / at 9 metres] | ||||||||||
| Bjarne Guldager • Erling Aastad • Asle Bækkedal • Rolf Stenersen | |||||||||||||
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France | FRA | 43.0 | |||||||||
| Émile Ali Khan • René Tirard • René Lorain • René Mourlon | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 44.0est / at 8 metres | |||||||||
| William Hill • Harold Abrahams • Denis Black • Vic d'Arcy | |||||||||||||
| 3 | – | Netherlands | NED | 44.1est / at 1 metre | |||||||||
| Albert Heijnneman • Jan de Vries • Harry, Ridder van Rappard • Cor Wezepoel | |||||||||||||
| 4 | – | Belgium | BEL | 47.0est / at 25 metres | |||||||||
| Max Houben • Julien Lehouck • Omer Smet • Paul Brochart | |||||||||||||
| – | Czechoslovakia | TCH | – | ||||||||||
Heat Three
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Sweden | SWE | 43.4 | |||||||||
| Agne Holmström • William Petersson • Sven Malm • Nils Sandström | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Denmark | DEN | 43.8est / at 3 metres | |||||||||
| Henri Thorsen • Fritiof Normann Andersen • August Sørensen • Marinus Sørensen | |||||||||||||
| 3 | – | South Africa | RSA | 44.2est / at 3 metres | |||||||||
| Jack Oosterlaak • Willie Bukes • Henry Dafel • Bevil Rudd | |||||||||||||
| 4 | – | Switzerland | SUI | 45.0 | |||||||||
| August Waibel • Walter Leibundgut • Adolf Rysler • Josef Imbach | |||||||||||||
Final (22 August 1920 — 14:45)
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States | USA | 42.2 | |||||||||
| Charley Paddock • Jackson Scholz • Loren Murchison • Morris Kirksey | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | France | FRA | 42.6est / at 3 metres | |||||||||
| René Lorain • René Tirard • René Mourlon • Émile Ali Khan | |||||||||||||
| 3 | – | Sweden | SWE | 42.9est / at 2 metres | |||||||||
| Agne Holmström • William Petersson • Sven Malm • Nils Sandström | |||||||||||||
| 4 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 43.0est / at 1 metre | |||||||||
| William Hill • Harold Abrahams • Denis Black • Vic d'Arcy | |||||||||||||
| 5 | – | Denmark | DEN | 43.5est / at 4 metres | |||||||||
| Henri Thorsen • Fritiof Normann Andersen • August Sørensen • Marinus Sørensen | |||||||||||||
| 6 | – | Luxembourg | LUX | 44.7est / at 10 metres | |||||||||
| Jean Colbach • Paul Hammer • Jean Proess • Alex Servais | |||||||||||||