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4 × 400 metres Relay, Men

Date4 – 5 August 1928
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants56 from 14 countries

Great Britain had the fastest time in the heats, with 3:20.6, but would finish only fifth in the final. The USA took the lead on the first leg of the final, with George Baird running 48.2, and they were never headed. Their anchor was run by Ray Barbuti, who had won the open 400 metres, but he was probably slightly outrun by the German anchor, Hermann Engelhard. Still, Barbuti held off the German charge and the US won in world record time.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1–United StatesUSA3:21.4 (1 h1)3:14.2 (1)GoldWR
George Baird • Bud Spencer • Fred Alderman • Ray Barbuti • Euil Snider (DNS) • John Lewis (DNS) • Hermon Phillips (DNS) • Joe Tierney (DNS)
2–GermanyGER3:20.8 (1 h2)3:14.8 (2)Silver
Otto Neumann • Richard Krebs • Harry Storz • Hermann Engelhard • Jochen Büchner (DNS) • Reinhold Schmidt (DNS) • Otto Peltzer (DNS)
3–CanadaCAN3:22.0 (2 h1)3:15.4 (3)Bronze
Alex Wilson • Phil Edwards • Stan Glover • Jimmy Ball • Harry Warren (DNS) • Fred Macbeth (DNS) • Brant Little (DNS)
4–SwedenSWE3:21.2 (2 h2)3:15.8 (4)
Björn Kugelberg • Bertil von Wachenfeldt • Erik Byléhn • Sten Pettersson • Artur Svensson (DNS) • Erik Kjellström (DNS)
5–Great BritainGBR3:20.6 (1 h3)3:16.4 (5)
Roger Leigh-Wood • William Craner • John Rinkel • Douglas Lowe • Donald Chapman (DNS) • Billy Green (DNS) • John Hanlon (DNS) • Guy Butler (DNS)
6–FranceFRA3:23.0 (2 h3)3:19.4 (6)
Georges Krotoff • Joseph Jackson • Georges Dupont • René Féger • Willy Wolljung (DNS) • Séra Martin (DNS)
3 h1 r1/2–HungaryHUN3:23.2 (3 h1)–
Mór Gerő • László Magdics • László Barsi • Antal Odri • Jenő Szalay (DNS) • István Sugár (DNS) • Ödön Ferenczy (DNS) • Lajos Remetz (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2–ItalyITA3:22.6 (3 h2)–
Giacomo Carlini • Luigi Facelli • Guido Cominotto • Ettore Tavernari • Ugo Vianello (DNS)
3 h3 r1/2–MexicoMEX3:23.4 (3 h3)–
Alfonso García • José Lucilo Iturbe • Jesús Moraila • Víctor Villaseñor • Mario Gómez (DNS) • Ciro Chapa (DNS) • Francisco Costas (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2–PolandPOL3:24.2 (4 h1)–
Feliks Malanowski • Zygmunt Weiss • Stefan Kostrzewski • Klemens Biniakowski • Feliks Żuber (DNS)
4 h2 r1/2–NetherlandsNED– (4 h2)–
Andries Hoogerwerf • Adje Paulen • Harry Broos • Rinus van den Berge • Jan Prins (DNS) • Gerard van Raad (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2–BelgiumBEL– (5 h1)–
Philippe Coenjaerts • Emile Vercken • Frans Prinsen • Eugène Langenraedt • Émile Binet (DNS) • Gérard Bertheloot (DNS)
5 h2 r1/2–CzechoslovakiaTCH– (5 h2)–
Johann Bartl • Karel Kněnický • Vilém Šindler • Jaroslav Vykoupil • Adolf Kittel (DNS) • Ladislav Dostál (DNS) • Karel Nedobitý (DNS) • E. Herdani (DNS)
6 h2 r1/2–GreeceGRE– (6 h2)–
Stelios Benardis • Renos Fragkoudis • Vangelis Moiropoulos • Vasilios Stavrinos • Antonios Mangos (DNS) • Konstantinos Petridis (DNS) • Emmanuel Gneftos (DNS) • Nikolaos Papanikolaou (DNS)
DNS–SwitzerlandSUI– (DNS h3)–
Josef Imbach • Gottfried Lüscher • Eugène Bec • Paul Martin • Dolfi Meier
DNS–British IndiaIND– (DNS h3)–
Ronald Burns • James Hall • S. Abdul Hamid • Joseph Murphy
DNS–FinlandFIN– (DNS h1)–
Erkka Wilén • Erik Åström • Arvo Lindroos • Jukka Matilainen • Lauri Härö

Round One

Date4 August 1928 — 16:00
FormatTop two in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–United StatesUSA3:21.4Q
Lead-Off509George Baird –
2nd Leg563Bud Spencer –
3rd Leg496Fred Alderman –
Anchor499Ray Barbuti –
2–CanadaCAN3:22.0Q
Lead-Off669Alex Wilson –
2nd Leg650Phil Edwards –
3rd Leg652Stan Glover –
Anchor646Jimmy Ball –
3–HungaryHUN3:23.2
Lead-Off17Mór Gerő –
2nd Leg29László Magdics –
3rd Leg4László Barsi –
Anchor33Antal Odri –
4–PolandPOL3:24.2
Lead-Off422Feliks Malanowski –
2nd Leg425Zygmunt Weiss –
3rd Leg421Stefan Kostrzewski –
Anchor417Klemens Biniakowski –
5–BelgiumBEL–
Lead-Off609Philippe Coenjaerts –
2nd Leg628Emile Vercken –
3rd Leg624Frans Prinsen –
Anchor618Eugène Langenraedt –
DNS–FinlandFIN–
810Erkka Wilén DNS–
767Erik Åström DNS–
787Arvo Lindroos DNS–
795Jukka Matilainen DNS–
–Lauri Härö DNS–

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–GermanyGER3:20.8Q
Lead-Off732Otto Neumann –
2nd Leg725Richard Krebs –
3rd Leg742Harry Storz –
Anchor709Hermann Engelhard –
2–SwedenSWE3:21.2Q
Lead-Off848Björn Kugelberg –
2nd Leg865Bertil von Wachenfeldt –
3rd Leg842Erik Byléhn –
Anchor860Sten Pettersson –
3–ItalyITA3:22.6
Lead-Off225Giacomo Carlini –
2nd Leg229Luigi Facelli –
3rd Leg226Guido Cominotto –
Anchor876Ettore Tavernari –
4–NetherlandsNED–
Lead-Off307Andries Hoogerwerf –
2nd Leg322Adje Paulen –
3rd Leg298Harry Broos –
Anchor293Rinus van den Berge –
5–CzechoslovakiaTCH–
Lead-Off379Johann Bartl –
2nd Leg385Karel Kněnický –
3rd Leg390Vilém Šindler –
Anchor393Jaroslav Vykoupil –
6–GreeceGRE–
Lead-Off128Stelios Benardis –
2nd Leg133Renos Fragkoudis –
3rd Leg137Vangelis Moiropoulos –
Anchor143Vasilios Stavrinos –

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–Great BritainGBR3:20.6Q
Lead-Off466Roger Leigh-Wood –
2nd Leg450William Craner –
3rd Leg483John Rinkel –
Anchor470Douglas Lowe –
2–FranceFRA3:23.0Q
Lead-Off77Georges Krotoff –
2nd Leg76Joseph Jackson –
3rd Leg65Georges Dupont –
Anchor72René Féger –
3–MexicoMEX3:23.4
Lead-Off170Alfonso García –
2nd Leg173José Lucilo Iturbe –
3rd Leg174Jesús Moraila –
Anchor177Víctor Villaseñor –
DNS–SwitzerlandSUI–
270Josef Imbach DNS–
271Gottfried Lüscher DNS–
266Eugène Bec DNS–
272Paul Martin DNS–
273Dolfi Meier DNS–
DNS–British IndiaIND–
204Ronald Burns DNS–
206James Hall DNS–
207S. Abdul Hamid DNS–
208Joseph Murphy DNS–

Final Round

Date5 August 1928 — 15:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)SplitExchange
1–United StatesUSA3:14.2– (–)– (–)WR
Lead-Off509George Baird –48.2 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg563Bud Spencer –47.8 (1)1:36.0 (1)
3rd Leg496Fred Alderman –49.4 (4)2:25.4 (1)
Anchor499Ray Barbuti –48.8 (5)– (–)
2–GermanyGER3:14.8– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off732Otto Neumann –48.8 (2)– (–)
2nd Leg725Richard Krebs –49.2 (3)1:38.0 (3)
3rd Leg742Harry Storz –48.2 (2)2:26.2 (2)
Anchor709Hermann Engelhard –48.6 (4)– (–)
3–CanadaCAN3:15.4– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off669Alex Wilson –49.2 (4)– (–)
2nd Leg650Phil Edwards –48.6 (2)1:37.8 (2)
3rd Leg652Stan Glover –50.0 (5)2:27.8 (=3)
Anchor646Jimmy Ball –47.6 (=1)– (–)
4–SwedenSWE3:15.8– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off848Björn Kugelberg –51.0 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg865Bertil von Wachenfeldt –49.4 (4)1:40.4 (5)
3rd Leg842Erik Byléhn –47.4 (1)2:27.8 (=3)
Anchor860Sten Pettersson –48.0 (3)– (–)
5–Great BritainGBR3:16.4– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off466Roger Leigh-Wood –48.9 (3)– (–)
2nd Leg450William Craner –51.4 (6)1:40.3 (4)
3rd Leg483John Rinkel –48.5 (3)2:28.8 (5)
Anchor470Douglas Lowe –47.6 (=1)– (–)
6–FranceFRA3:19.4– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off77Georges Krotoff –– (–)– (–)
2nd Leg76Joseph Jackson –– (–)– (–)
3rd Leg65Georges Dupont –– (–)– (–)
Anchor72René Féger –– (–)– (–)