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4 × 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	Number	Competitors	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

Date	6 August 1932 — 14:30
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	–	Germany	GER	41.2	41.22	Q
Lead-Off	169	Helmut Körnig		–	–
2nd Leg	166	Fritz Hendrix		–	–
3rd Leg	159	Erich Borchmeyer		–	–
Anchor	168	Arthur Jonath		–	–
2	–	Japan	JPN	41.8	–	Q
Lead-Off	305	Takayoshi Yoshioka		–	–
2nd Leg	289	Chuhei Nanbu		–	–
3rd Leg	280	Izuo Anno		–	–
Anchor	292	Itaro Nakajima		–	–
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	42.0	–	Q
Lead-Off	196	Don Finlay		–	–
2nd Leg	197	Stanley Fuller		–	–
3rd Leg	193	Stanley Engelhart		–	–
Anchor	201	Ernie Page		–	–
4	–	Greece	GRE	42.9	–
Lead-Off	218	Angelos Lamprou		–	–
2nd Leg	219	Christos Mantikas		–	–
3rd Leg	220	Vangelis Moiropoulos		–	–
Anchor	217	Renos Fragkoudis		–	–
5	–	British India	IND	43.7	–
Lead-Off	247	Bunoo Sutton		–	–
2nd Leg	248	Ronald Vernieux		–	–
3rd Leg	246	Mehar Chand Dhawan		–	–
Anchor	245	Dickie Carr		–	–
DNS	–	Brazil	BRA	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	–	United States	USA	40.6	40.61	QWR
Lead-Off	440	Bob Kiesel		–	–
2nd Leg	462	Emmett Toppino		–	–
3rd Leg	419	Hec Dyer		–	–
Anchor	466	Frank Wykoff		–	–
2	–	Italy	ITA	42.8	–	Q
Lead-Off	258	Giuseppe Castelli		–	–
2nd Leg	265	Ruggero Maregatti		–	–
3rd Leg	271	Gabriele Salviati		–	–
Anchor	273	Edgardo Toetti		–	–
3	–	Canada	CAN	45.0	–	Q
Lead-Off	81	Percy Williams		–	–
2nd Leg	64	Jim Brown		–	–
3rd Leg	83	Harold Wright		–	–
Anchor	75	Bert Pearson		–	–
DNS	–	Mexico	MEX	–	–
DNS	–	Argentina	ARG	–	–

Final Round

Date	7 August 1932 — 15:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	–	United States	USA	40.0	40.10	WR
Lead-Off	440	Bob Kiesel		–	–
2nd Leg	462	Emmett Toppino		–	–
3rd Leg	419	Hec Dyer		–	–
Anchor	466	Frank Wykoff		–	–
2	–	Germany	GER	40.9	–
Lead-Off	169	Helmut Körnig		–	–
2nd Leg	166	Fritz Hendrix		–	–
3rd Leg	159	Erich Borchmeyer		–	–
Anchor	168	Arthur Jonath		–	–
3	–	Italy	ITA	41.2	–
Lead-Off	258	Giuseppe Castelli		–	–
2nd Leg	265	Ruggero Maregatti		–	–
3rd Leg	271	Gabriele Salviati		–	–
Anchor	273	Edgardo Toetti		–	–
4	–	Canada	CAN	41.3	–
Lead-Off	81	Percy Williams		–	–
2nd Leg	64	Jim Brown		–	–
3rd Leg	83	Harold Wright		–	–
Anchor	75	Bert Pearson		–	–
5	–	Japan	JPN	41.3	–
Lead-Off	305	Takayoshi Yoshioka		–	–
2nd Leg	289	Chuhei Nanbu		–	–
3rd Leg	280	Izuo Anno		–	–
Anchor	292	Itaro Nakajima		–	–
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	41.4	–
Lead-Off	196	Don Finlay		–	–
2nd Leg	197	Stanley Fuller		–	–
3rd Leg	193	Stanley Engelhart		–	–
Anchor	201	Ernie Page		–	–