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4 × 100 metres Relay, Men

Date4 – 5 August 1928
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants52 from 13 countries

Germany and the USA were favored, with the Germans having recently twice run 40.8, although neither time was ratified as a world record. They both came thru the heats easily. The final was very even, but on the final changeover, Helmut Körnig started too quickly and had to slow down to avoid running out of the exchange zone. That allowed Hank Russell to get the US a slight lead which they held to the finish, equaling the world record of 41.0.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1–United StatesUSA41.2 (1 h3)41.0 (1)Gold
Frank Wykoff • Jimmy Quinn • Charley Borah • Hank Russell • Claude Bracey (DNS) • Charley Paddock (DNS) • Jackson Scholz (DNS) • Henry Cumming (DNS)
2–GermanyGER– (2 h2)41.2 (2)Silver
Georg Lammers • Richard Corts • Hubert Houben • Helmut Körnig • Friedrich Wilhelm Wichmann (DNS) • Helmut Schlöske (DNS) 1 • Jakob Schüller (DNS)
3–Great BritainGBR43.5 (2 h1)41.8 (3)Bronze
Cyril Gill • Teddy Smouha • Walter Rangeley • Jack London • Guy Butler (DNS) • John Heap (DNS) • Jack Hambidge (DNS) • Richard Robb (DNS)
4–FranceFRA41.8 (1 h2)42.0 (4)
André Cerbonney • Gilbert Auvergne • André Dufau • André Mourlon • Maurice Degrelle (DNS) • Alfred Fischer (DNS)
5–SwitzerlandSUI42.6 (2 h3)42.6 (5)
Emmanuel Goldsmith • Willy Weibel • Willy Tschopp • Hans Niggl • Alfred Sutter (DNS) • Walter Strebi (DNS) • Heinz Hemmi (DNS)
AC r2/2–CanadaCAN42.2 (1 h1)– (DQ)
Ralph Adams • Johnny Fitzpatrick • Buck Hester • Percy Williams • Leigh Miller (DNS) • Harry Warren (DNS)
3 h1 r1/2–ItalyITA– (3 h1)–
Giuseppe Castelli • Franco Reiser • Edgardo Toetti • Enrico Torre • Ruggero Maregatti (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2–BelgiumBEL– (3 h2)–
Paul Brochart • Fred Zinner • Adolphe Groscol • Willy Dujardin • Frans Prinsen (DNS) • Emile Vercken (DNS)
3 h3 r1/2–JapanJPN– (3 h3)–
Iwao Aizawa • Seishichi Inuma • Shigetoshi Osawa • Chuhei Nanbu • Mikio Oda (DNS) • N. Yamaguchi (DNS) • Yonetaro Nakazawa (DNS) • Tatsuo Toki (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2–GreeceGRE44.0 (4 h1)–
Vangelis Moiropoulos • Konstantinos Petridis • Angelos Lamprou • Renos Fragkoudis • Stelios Benardis (DNS) • Emmanuel Gneftos (DNS) • Argyris Karagiannis (DNS) • Nikolaos Papanikolaou (DNS)
4 h3 r1/2–TurkeyTUR– (4 h3)–
Semih Türkdoğan • Şinasi Şahingiray • Haydar Aşan • Mehmet Ali Aybar • R. Eniss Bey (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2–SpainESP– (5 h1)–
Juan Serrahima • Diego Ordóñez • Fernando Muñagorri • Enrique de Chávarri
AC h3 r1/2–HungaryHUN– (DQ h3)–
Ferenc Gerő • János Paizs • István Sugár • István Raggambi • Sándor Hajdu (DNS) • Gusztáv Rózsahegyi (DNS) • Antal Odri (DNS) • J. Nagy (DNS)
DNS–ChileCHI– (DNS h2)–
Óscar Alvarado • Alfredo Ugarte • Rodolfo Wagner • Alex Hannig • José Vicente Salinas
DNS–NetherlandsNED– (DNS h1)–
Rinus van den Berge • Jaap Boot • Harry Broos • Wim Hennings • Dolf Benz • Toon van Welsenes • Hannes de Boer • Jan de Vries
DNS–RomaniaROU– (DNS h2)–
Ladislau Peter • Lothar Albrich • Virgil Ioan • Gheorghe Csegezi • Otto Schöpp • Tiberiu Rusu
DNS–South AfricaRSA– (DNS h2)–
Billie Legg • Aubrey Burton-Durham • Johannes Viljoen • Sid Atkinson • Howard Kinsman • George Weightman-Smith
DNS–ArgentinaARG– (DNS h3)–
Juan Bautista Pina • Alberto Barucco • Eduardo Albe • Valerio Vallanía

Round One

Date4 August 1928 — 14:00
FormatTop two in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–CanadaCAN42.2Q
Lead-Off645Ralph Adams –
2nd Leg651Johnny Fitzpatrick –
3rd Leg654Buck Hester –
Anchor667Percy Williams –
2–Great BritainGBR43.5Q
Lead-Off456Cyril Gill –
2nd Leg486Teddy Smouha –
3rd Leg480Walter Rangeley –
Anchor469Jack London –
3–ItalyITA–
Lead-Off224Giuseppe Castelli –
2nd Leg237Franco Reiser –
3rd Leg240Edgardo Toetti –
Anchor239Enrico Torre –
4–GreeceGRE44.0
Lead-Off137Vangelis Moiropoulos –
2nd Leg139Konstantinos Petridis –
3rd Leg136Angelos Lamprou –
Anchor133Renos Fragkoudis –
5–SpainESP–
Lead-Off378Juan Serrahima –
2nd Leg375Diego Ordóñez –
3rd Leg374Fernando Muñagorri –
Anchor368Enrique de Chávarri –
DNS–NetherlandsNED–
293Rinus van den Berge DNS–
296Jaap Boot DNS–
298Harry Broos DNS–
305Wim Hennings DNS–
292Dolf Benz DNS–
334Toon van Welsenes DNS–
295Hannes de Boer DNS–
333Jan de Vries DNS–

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–FranceFRA41.8Q
Lead-Off56André Cerbonney –
2nd Leg51Gilbert Auvergne –
3rd Leg66André Dufau –
Anchor86André Mourlon –
2–GermanyGER–Q
Lead-Off727Georg Lammers –
2nd Leg707Richard Corts –
3rd Leg717Hubert Houben –
Anchor722Helmut Körnig –
3–BelgiumBEL–
Lead-Off605Paul Brochart –
2nd Leg631Fred Zinner –
3rd Leg612Adolphe Groscol –
Anchor610Willy Dujardin –
DNS–ChileCHI–
680Óscar Alvarado DNS–
688Alfredo Ugarte DNS–
689Rodolfo Wagner DNS–
683Alex Hannig DNS–
687José Vicente Salinas DNS–
DNS–South AfricaRSA–
287Billie Legg DNS–
283Aubrey Burton-Durham DNS–
289Johannes Viljoen DNS–
282Sid Atkinson DNS–
286Howard Kinsman DNS–
290George Weightman-Smith DNS–
DNS–RomaniaROU–
360Ladislau Peter DNS–
353Lothar Albrich DNS–
359Virgil Ioan DNS–
355Gheorghe Csegezi DNS–
363Otto Schöpp DNS–
362Tiberiu Rusu DNS–

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–United StatesUSA41.2Q
Lead-Off569Frank Wykoff –
2nd Leg–Jimmy Quinn –
3rd Leg508Charley Borah –
Anchor557Hank Russell –
2–SwitzerlandSUI42.6Q
Lead-Off268Emmanuel Goldsmith –
2nd Leg279Willy Weibel –
3rd Leg278Willy Tschopp –
Anchor274Hans Niggl –
3–JapanJPN–2
Lead-Off249Iwao Aizawa –
2nd Leg251Seishichi Inuma –
3rd Leg259Shigetoshi Osawa –
Anchor255Chuhei Nanbu –
4–TurkeyTUR–
Lead-Off402Semih Türkdoğan –
2nd Leg397Şinasi Şahingiray –
3rd Leg399Haydar Aşan –
Anchor400Mehmet Ali Aybar –
DQ–HungaryHUN–
Lead-Off16Ferenc Gerő –
2nd Leg877János Paizs –
3rd Leg40István Sugár –
Anchor36István Raggambi –
DNS–ArgentinaARG–
594Juan Bautista Pina DNS–
590Alberto Barucco DNS–
589Eduardo Albe DNS–
596Valerio Vallanía DNS–

Final Round

Date5 August 1928 — 14:15
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–United StatesUSA41.0=WR
Lead-Off569Frank Wykoff –
2nd Leg–Jimmy Quinn –
3rd Leg508Charley Borah –
Anchor557Hank Russell –
2–GermanyGER41.2
Lead-Off727Georg Lammers –
2nd Leg707Richard Corts –
3rd Leg717Hubert Houben –
Anchor722Helmut Körnig –
3–Great BritainGBR41.8
Lead-Off456Cyril Gill –
2nd Leg486Teddy Smouha –
3rd Leg480Walter Rangeley –
Anchor469Jack London –
4–FranceFRA42.0
Lead-Off56André Cerbonney –
2nd Leg51Gilbert Auvergne –
3rd Leg66André Dufau –
Anchor86André Mourlon –
5–SwitzerlandSUI42.6
Lead-Off268Emmanuel Goldsmith –
2nd Leg279Willy Weibel –
3rd Leg278Willy Tschopp –
Anchor274Hans Niggl –
DQ–CanadaCAN–
Lead-Off645Ralph Adams –
2nd Leg651Johnny Fitzpatrick –
3rd Leg654Buck Hester –
Anchor667Percy Williams –