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4 x 100 metres Relay, Men

Date	12 – 13 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
Participants	60 from 15 countries

The world record took a beating in the rounds, with Great Britain running 42.0 in the first heat, which was equaled by the Netherlands in the second heat. The USA team ran 41.2 in the sixth heat and broke that in the semi-finals with 41.0. In the final, Harold Abrahams, the 100 metre champion, led off for Britain, but he opened only a small lead over the USA’s Frank Hussey. The race was close until the final pass but Britain had difficulty with that, allowing Al LeConey to pull away to a US victory by slightly over a metre, equaling their world record from the semis.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	–	United States	USA	41.2 (1 h6)	41.0 (1 h1)	41.0 (1)	Gold
		Frank Hussey • Pinky Clarke • Loren Murchison • Al LeConey • Fred Lovejoy (DNS) • Chet Bowman (DNS) • George Hill (DNS) • Jackson Scholz (DNS)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	42.0 (1 h1)	41.8 (1 h2)	41.2 (2)	Silver
		Harold Abrahams • Walter Rangeley • Lance Royle • Wilfred Nichol • Dan Crowley (DNS) • Frank Norris (DNS) • Eric Harrison (DNS) • Tom Matthewman (DNS)
3	–	Netherlands	NED	42.0 (1 h3)	42.2 (1 h3)	41.8 (3)	Bronze
		Jaap Boot • Harry Broos • Jan de Vries • Rinus van den Berge • Frits Lamp (DNS) • Johannes van Kampen (DNS)
4	–	Hungary	HUN	42.6 (2 h3)	42.5 (2 h2)	42.0 (4)
		Ferenc Gerő • Lajos Kurunczy • László Muskát • Gusztáv Rózsahegyi • E. Balazs (DNS) • Károly Ottovay (DNS) • Mór Gerő (DNS) • Elemér Somfay (DNS)
5	–	France	FRA	44.5 (2 h6)	42.5 (2 h3)	42.2 (5)
		Maurice Degrelle • Albert Heisé • André Mourlon • René Mourlon • Armand Crestois (DNS) • Maurice Rousseaux (DNS) • André Cerbonney (DNS)
AC r3/3	–	Switzerland	SUI	42.2 (1 h4)	42.2 (2 h1)	– (DQ)
		Karl Borner • Heinz Hemmi • Josef Imbach • Victor Moriaud
3 h1 r2/3	–	Canada	CAN	43.0 (2 h2)	at 10 metres (3 h1)	–
		Larry Armstrong • Cyril Coaffee • Buck Hester • Anthony Vince • John McKechenneay (DNS)
3 h2 r2/3	–	Italy	ITA	42.8 (2 h4)	at 1 metre (3 h2)	–
		Ernesto Bonacina • Giovanni Frangipane • Pietro Pastorino • Enrico Torre • Enrico Grimoldi (DNS) • Carlo Mereu (DNS) • Ruggero Maregatti (DNS) • Vittorio Zucca (DNS)
3 h3 r2/3	–	Sweden	SWE	43.8 (1 h5)	at 1 metre (3 h3)	–
		Kurt Branting • Nils Engdahl • Thor Österdahl • Curt Wiberg • Sten Pettersson (DNS) • Knut Russell (DNS)
4 h1 r2/3	–	Greece	GRE	46.1 (2 h1)	at 20 metres (4 h1)	–
		Argyris Karagiannis • Konstantinos Pantelidis • Alexandros Papafingos • Ioannis Talianos • G. Zervinis (DNS) • Stelios Benardis (DNS) • Antonios Karyofyllis (DNS) • Georgios Zacharopoulos (DNS)
4 h2 r2/3	–	Denmark	DEN	44.0 (2 h5)	at 5 metres (4 h2)	–
		Kai Jensen • Poul Schiang • Henri Thorsen • Mogens Truelsen
4 h3 r2/3	–	South Africa	RSA	42.8 (1 h2)	at 2 metres (4 h3)	–
		Toby Betts • George Dustan • Howard Kinsman • Christiaan Steyn
3 h2 r1/3	–	Spain	ESP	at 10 metres (3 h2)	–	–
		Diego Ordóñez • José-María Larrabeiti • Félix Mendizábal • Juan Junqueras
3 h3 r1/3	–	Finland	FIN	– (3 h3)	–	–
		Väinö Eskola • Reijo Halme • Lauri Härö • Anton Husgafvel • Hirsch Drisin (DNS) • Eero Lehtonen (DNS) • Erkka Wilén (DNS) • Erik Åström (DNS)
3 h4 r1/3	–	Argentina	ARG	at 5 metres (3 h4)	–	–
		Otto Dietsch • Félix Escobar • Guillermo Newbery • Camilo Rivas • Augusto de Negri (DNS) • Miguel Ángel Enrico (DNS)
DNS	–	Austria	AUT	–	–	–
		Fritz Bürger • Viktor Jandl • Rudolf Rauch • Fritz Schedl • Ferdinand Kaindl
DNS	–	Belgium	BEL	–	–	–
		Joseph Aelbrecht • R. Fraeys • Paul Janssens • Paul Brochart • Eugène Langenraedt • Eugène Moetbeek • Fred Zinner • Henri Cockuyt
DNS	–	British India	IND	–	–	–
		James Hall • Will Hildreth • Cheruvari Lakshmanan • Terence Pitt
DNS	–	Latvia	LAT	–	–	–
		Lotārs Ramiņš • Artūrs Gedvillo • Gvido Jekals • Johans Oja • Oto Seviško
DNS	–	Mexico	MEX	–	–	–
		José Martínez • Mariano Aguilar • Herminio Ahumada • Francisco Contreras • Carlos Garcés
DNS	–	Poland	POL	–	–	–
		Władysław Dobrowolski • Stanisław Sośnicki • Aleksander Szenajch • Zygmunt Weiss
DNS	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	–	–	–
		Bohus Fleischer • B. Kutschera • Otakar Jandera • Alois Linka • Karel Přibyl • Alois Sobotka • Antonín Svoboda • Jaroslav Vykoupil
DNS	–	Turkey	TUR	–	–	–
		R. Eniss Bey • Mazhar Nazım Resmor • Hüseyin Tarik • K. Nejad • Mohamed Burhan • Şekip Engineri • Rauf Hasağası

Round One (12 July 1924 — 14:45)

Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	42.0	QWR
		Harold Abrahams • Walter Rangeley • Lance Royle • Wilfred Nichol
2	–	Greece	GRE	46.1	Q
		Argyris Karagiannis • Konstantinos Pantelidis • Alexandros Papafingos • Ioannis Talianos

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	South Africa	RSA	42.8	Q
		Toby Betts • George Dustan • Howard Kinsman • Christiaan Steyn
2	–	Canada	CAN	43.0	Q
		Larry Armstrong • Cyril Coaffee • Buck Hester • Anthony Vince
3	–	Spain	ESP	at 10 metres
		Diego Ordóñez • José-María Larrabeiti • Félix Mendizábal • Juan Junqueras

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	Netherlands	NED	42.0	Q=WR
		Jaap Boot • Harry Broos • Jan de Vries • Rinus van den Berge
2	–	Hungary	HUN	42.6	Q
		Ferenc Gerő • Lajos Kurunczy • László Muskát • Gusztáv Rózsahegyi
3	–	Finland	FIN	–
		Väinö Eskola • Reijo Halme • Lauri Härö • Anton Husgafvel

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	Switzerland	SUI	42.2	Q
		Karl Borner • Heinz Hemmi • Josef Imbach • Victor Moriaud
2	–	Italy	ITA	42.8	Q
		Ernesto Bonacina • Giovanni Frangipane • Pietro Pastorino • Enrico Torre
3	–	Argentina	ARG	at 5 metres
		Otto Dietsch • Félix Escobar • Guillermo Newbery • Camilo Rivas

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	Sweden	SWE	43.8	Q
		Kurt Branting • Nils Engdahl • Thor Österdahl • Curt Wiberg
2	–	Denmark	DEN	44.0	Q
		Kai Jensen • Poul Schiang • Henri Thorsen • Mogens Truelsen

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	United States	USA	41.2	QWR
		Frank Hussey • Pinky Clarke • Loren Murchison • Al LeConey
2	–	France	FRA	44.5	Q
		Maurice Degrelle • Albert Heisé • André Mourlon • René Mourlon

Semi-Finals (13 July 1924 — 16:15)

Top two in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	United States	USA	41.0	QWR
		Frank Hussey • Pinky Clarke • Loren Murchison • Al LeConey
2	–	Switzerland	SUI	42.2	Q
		Karl Borner • Heinz Hemmi • Josef Imbach • Victor Moriaud
3	–	Canada	CAN	at 10 metres
		Larry Armstrong • Cyril Coaffee • Buck Hester • Anthony Vince
4	–	Greece	GRE	at 20 metres
		Argyris Karagiannis • Konstantinos Pantelidis • Alexandros Papafingos • Ioannis Talianos

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	41.8	Q
		Harold Abrahams • Walter Rangeley • Lance Royle • Wilfred Nichol
2	–	Hungary	HUN	42.5	Q
		Ferenc Gerő • Lajos Kurunczy • László Muskát • Gusztáv Rózsahegyi
3	–	Italy	ITA	at 1 metre
		Ernesto Bonacina • Giovanni Frangipane • Pietro Pastorino • Enrico Torre
4	–	Denmark	DEN	at 5 metres
		Kai Jensen • Poul Schiang • Henri Thorsen • Mogens Truelsen

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	Netherlands	NED	42.2	Q
		Jaap Boot • Harry Broos • Jan de Vries • Rinus van den Berge
2	–	France	FRA	42.5	Q
		Maurice Degrelle • Albert Heisé • André Mourlon • René Mourlon
3	–	Sweden	SWE	at 1 metre
		Kurt Branting • Nils Engdahl • Thor Österdahl • Curt Wiberg
4	–	South Africa	RSA	at 2 metres
		Toby Betts • George Dustan • Howard Kinsman • Christiaan Steyn

Final (13 July 1924 — 16:15)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)
1	–	United States	USA	41.0	=WR
		Frank Hussey • Pinky Clarke • Loren Murchison • Al LeConey
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	41.2
		Harold Abrahams • Walter Rangeley • Lance Royle • Wilfred Nichol
3	–	Netherlands	NED	41.8
		Jaap Boot • Harry Broos • Jan de Vries • Rinus van den Berge
4	–	Hungary	HUN	42.0
		Ferenc Gerő • Lajos Kurunczy • László Muskát • Gusztáv Rózsahegyi
5	–	France	FRA	42.2
		Maurice Degrelle • Albert Heisé • André Mourlon • René Mourlon
DQ	–	Switzerland	SUI	–
		Karl Borner • Heinz Hemmi • Josef Imbach • Victor Moriaud