Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 6 (heats) August 7 (final)
Teams	15
Winning time	40.6
Medalists
Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Mel Patton   United States   Alastair McCorquodale John Gregory Ken Jones John Archer   Great Britain   Michele Tito Enrico Perucconi Carlo Monti Antonio Siddi   Italy
«1936	1952»

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
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
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 6 & August 7. The United States team easily won the final, but was initially disqualified when officials thought the pass between Barney Ewell and Lorenzo Wright had taken place outside of the zone. After further review, officials reversed the decision giving the U.S. the victory.

Results

Final

Rank	Country	Time (hand)	Notes
1 !	United States	40.6
2 !	Great Britain	41.3
3 !	Italy	41.5
4	Hungary	41.6
5	Canada	41.9
6	Netherlands	41.9

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 4x100 metre relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-21.