| | Event type
4 x 400 metres Relay, Men
| Date | 12 – 13 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes |
| Participants | 28 from 7 countries |
The heats served the purpose of eliminating only one team, Finland. In the final, Great Britain had to do without the services of Eric Liddell, winner of the open 400 metres, who was preaching a sermon on the Sunday of the final. The US was given the lead on the second leg by Bill Stevenson, a Rhodes Scholar who later was an Ambassador to the Philippines. They held the lead and won in world record time.
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MEX
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POL
RSA
SUIRound One (12 July 1924 — 16:00)
Top two in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France |  FRA | 3:30.0 | |||||||||
| Raymond Fritz • Gaston Féry • Francis Galtier • Barthélémy Favodon | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Sweden |  SWE | 3:37.5 | |||||||||
| Artur Svensson • Erik Byléhn • Gustaf Wejnarth • Nils Engdahl | |||||||||||||
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 3:22.0 | |||||||||
| Edward Toms • George Renwick • Dick Ripley • Guy Butler | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy |  ITA | 3:30.0 | |||||||||
| Guido Cominotto • Luigi Facelli • Alfredo Gargiullo • Ennio Maffiolini | |||||||||||||
| 3 | – | Finland |  FIN | 3:32.2 | |||||||||
| Erik Åström • Hirsch Drisin • Eero Lehtonen • Erkka Wilén | |||||||||||||
Heat Three
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States |  USA | 3:27.0 | |||||||||
| Com Cochran • Bill Stevenson • Oliver MacDonald • Alan Helffrich | |||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Canada |  CAN | 3:34.5 | |||||||||
| Horace Aylwin • Alan Christie • David Johnson • Billy Maynes | |||||||||||||
Final (13 July 1924 — 17:15)
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time (H) | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States | USA | 3:16.0 | ||||
| – | Com Cochran | 50.1 | 50.1 (=2) | |||||
| – | Bill Stevenson | 49.2 | 1:39.3 (1) | |||||
| – | Oliver MacDonald | 48.5 | 2:27.8 (1) | |||||
| – | Alan Helffrich | 48.2 | 3:16.0 (1) | |||||
| 2 | – | Sweden | SWE | 3:17.0 | ||||
| – | Artur Svensson | 50.1 | 50.1 (=2) | |||||
| – | Erik Byléhn | 49.8 | 1:39.9 (2) | |||||
| – | Gustaf Wejnarth | 48.7 | 2:28.6 (3) | |||||
| – | Nils Engdahl | 48.4 | 3:17.0 (2) | |||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 3:17.4 | ||||
| – | Edward Toms | 49.8 | 49.8 (1) | |||||
| – | George Renwick | 50.2 | 1:40.0 (3) | |||||
| – | Dick Ripley | 48.5 | 2:28.5 (2) | |||||
| – | Guy Butler | 48.9 | 3:17.4 (3) | |||||
| 4 | – | Canada | CAN | 3:22.8 | ||||
| – | Horace Aylwin | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Alan Christie | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | David Johnson | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Billy Maynes | – | – (–) | |||||
| 5 | – | France | FRA | 3:23.4 | ||||
| – | Raymond Fritz | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Gaston Féry | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Francis Galtier | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Barthélémy Favodon | – | – (–) | |||||
| 6 | – | Italy | ITA | 3:28.0 | ||||
| – | Guido Cominotto | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Luigi Facelli | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Alfredo Gargiullo | – | – (–) | |||||
| – | Ennio Maffiolini | – | – (–) |