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4 x 100 metres Relay, Men

Date	6 – 7 August 1932
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	32 from 8 countries

This was an easy victory for the United States. In the heats they broke the world record with 40.6. They actually ran without their three fastest runners from the individual races, leaving Eddie Tolan, Ralph Metcalfe, and George Simpson on the bench. Still they shattered their world record in the final, pulling away on every leg, to win in 40.0, leading Germany by nine metres.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	40.6 (1 h2)	40.0 (1)	Gold	WR
		Bob Kiesel • Emmett Toppino • Hec Dyer • Frank Wykoff • Ralph Metcalfe (DNS) • George Simpson (DNS) • Eddie Tolan (DNS)
2	–	Germany	GER	41.2 (1 h1)	40.9 (2)	Silver
		Helmut Körnig • Fritz Hendrix • Erich Borchmeyer • Arthur Jonath • Jochen Büchner (DNS) • Ernst Geerling (DNS) • Willi Welscher (DNS)
3	–	Italy	ITA	42.8 (2 h2)	41.2 (3)	Bronze
		Giuseppe Castelli • Ruggero Maregatti • Gabriele Salviati • Edgardo Toetti • Gustavo Piva (DNS) • Giacomo Carlini (DNS) • Luigi Facelli (DNS)
4	–	Canada	CAN	45.0 (3 h2)	41.3 (4)
		Percy Williams • Jim Brown • Harold Wright • Bert Pearson • Jimmy Ball (DNS) • Ray Lewis (DNS)
5	–	Japan	JPN	41.8 (2 h1)	41.3 (5)
		Takayoshi Yoshioka • Chuhei Nanbu • Izuo Anno • Itaro Nakajima • Teiichi Nishi (DNS) • Naoto Tajima (DNS)
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	42.0 (3 h1)	41.4 (6)
		Don Finlay • Stanley Fuller • Stanley Engelhart • Ernie Page • David, Lord Burghley (DNS) • Godfrey Rampling (DNS) • Fred Reid (DNS) • Crew Stoneley (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2	–	Greece	GRE	42.9 (4 h1)	–
		Angelos Lamprou • Christos Mantikas • Vangelis Moiropoulos • Renos Fragkoudis • Nikolaos Papanikolaou (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2	–	British India	IND	43.7 (5 h1)	–
		Bunoo Sutton • Ronald Vernieux • Mehar Chand Dhawan • Dickie Carr
DNS	–	Brazil	BRA	– (DNS h1)	–
		Arnaldo Ferrara • Esmeraldo Azuaga • Raimundo Chrispiniano • Aloisio da Silva • José de Almeida • Mario Marques • Sylvio Padilha • Ricardo Guimarães
DNS	–	Mexico	MEX	– (DNS h2)	–
		Jesús Moraila • Everardo Múzquiz • Fernando Ortiz • Fernando Ramírez • Enrique Sánchez
DNS	–	Argentina	ARG	– (DNS h2)	–
		Héctor Berra • Carlos Bianchi • Roberto Genta • Samuel Giacosa • Carlos Hofmeister

Round One (6 August 1932 — 14:30)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	–	Germany	GER	41.2	41.22	Q
		Helmut Körnig • Fritz Hendrix • Erich Borchmeyer • Arthur Jonath
2	–	Japan	JPN	41.8	–	Q
		Takayoshi Yoshioka • Chuhei Nanbu • Izuo Anno • Itaro Nakajima
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	42.0	–	Q
		Don Finlay • Stanley Fuller • Stanley Engelhart • Ernie Page
4	–	Greece	GRE	42.9	–
		Angelos Lamprou • Christos Mantikas • Vangelis Moiropoulos • Renos Fragkoudis
5	–	British India	IND	43.7	–
		Bunoo Sutton • Ronald Vernieux • Mehar Chand Dhawan • Dickie Carr
DNS	–		BRA	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	–	United States	USA	40.6	40.61	QWR
		Bob Kiesel • Emmett Toppino • Hec Dyer • Frank Wykoff
2	–	Italy	ITA	42.8	–	Q
		Giuseppe Castelli • Ruggero Maregatti • Gabriele Salviati • Edgardo Toetti
3	–	Canada	CAN	45.0	–	Q
		Percy Williams • Jim Brown • Harold Wright • Bert Pearson
DNS	–		MEX	–	–
DNS	–		ARG	–	–

Final (7 August 1932 — 15:30)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	–	United States	USA	40.0	40.10	WR
		Bob Kiesel • Emmett Toppino • Hec Dyer • Frank Wykoff
2	–	Germany	GER	40.9	–
		Helmut Körnig • Fritz Hendrix • Erich Borchmeyer • Arthur Jonath
3	–	Italy	ITA	41.2	–
		Giuseppe Castelli • Ruggero Maregatti • Gabriele Salviati • Edgardo Toetti
4	–	Canada	CAN	41.3	–
		Percy Williams • Jim Brown • Harold Wright • Bert Pearson
5	–	Japan	JPN	41.3	–
		Takayoshi Yoshioka • Chuhei Nanbu • Izuo Anno • Itaro Nakajima
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	41.4	–
		Don Finlay • Stanley Fuller • Stanley Engelhart • Ernie Page