Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 4 (heats) August 5 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:14.2 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5.[1]
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
Heat 1
| Rank | Country | Time | Athletes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
3:21.4 | George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti | Q |
| 2 |  Canada |
3:22.0 | Alex Wilson, Phil Edwards, Stan Glover, Jimmy Ball | Q |
| 3 |  Hungary |
3:23.2 | Mór Gerő, László Magdics, László Barsi, Antal Odri | |
| 4 |  Poland |
3:24.2 | Feliks Malanowski, Zygmunt Weiss, Stefan Kostrzewski, Klemens Biniakowski | |
| 5 |  Belgium |
Philippe Coenjaerts, Émile Vercken, François Prinsen, Émile Langenraedt |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 2
| Rank | Country | Time | Athletes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
3:20.8 | Otto Neumann, Richard Krebs, Harry Storz, Hermann Engelhard | Q |
| 2 |  Sweden |
3:21.2 | Björn Kugelberg, Bertil von Wachenfeldt, Erik Byléhn, Sten Pettersson | Q |
| 3 |  Italy |
3:22.6 | Giacomo Carlini, Luigi Facelli, Guido Cominotto, Ettore Tavernari | |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
Andries Hoogerwerf, Adje Paulen, Harry Broos, Rinus van den Berge | ||
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia |
Johann Bartl, Karel Kněnický, Vilém Šindler, Jaroslav Vykoupil | ||
| 6 |  Greece |
Stelios Benardis, Renos Frangoudis, Vangelis Moiropoulos, Vasilios Stavrinos |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 3
| Rank | Country | Time | Athletes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain |
3:20.6 | Roger Leigh-Wood, William Craner, John Rinkel, Douglas Lowe | Q |
| 2 |  France |
3:23.0 | Georges Krotoff, Joseph Jackson, Georges Dupont, René Féger | Q |
| 3 |  Mexico |
3:23.4 | Alfonso García, José Lucílo Iturbe, Jesús Moraila, Víctor Villaseñor |
Key: Q = Qualified
Final[edit]
| Rank | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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United States |
3:14.2 | WR |
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Germany |
3:14.8 | |
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Canada |
3:15.4 | |
| 4 | Sweden |
3:15.8 | |
| 5 | Great Britain |
3:16.4 | |
| 6 | France |
3:19.4 |
Key: WR = World record
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.