Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 8 (heats), August 9 (final)
Competitors from 12 nations
Teams12
Winning time3:09.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Freddie Wolff
Godfrey Rampling
Bill Roberts
Godfrey Brown		  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Harold Cagle
Robert Young
Edward O'Brien
Alfred Fitch		  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Helmut Hamann
Friedrich Von Stülpnagel
Harry Voigt
Rudolf Harbig		  Germany
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Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplemen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 8 & August 9.

Results

Heats

The fastest two teams in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat 1

Rank Name Time Notes
1  United States 3:13.0
2  Hungary 3:17.0
3  Poland 3:17.6
4  Japan 3:18.4

Heat 2

Rank Name Time Notes
1  Great Britain 3:14.4
2  Sweden 3:14.6
3  France 3:15.2

Heat 3

Rank Name Time Notes
1  Germany 3:15.0
2  Canada 3:15.0
3  Italy 3:16.6
4  South Africa 3:17.8
5  Czechoslovakia 3:22.2

Final

Rank Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain 3:09.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 3:11.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany 3:11.8
4  Canada 3:11.8
5  Sweden 3:13.0
6  Hungary 3:14.8

References

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