Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5.[1]

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 4 (heats)
August 5 (final)
Competitors from 14 nations
Teams14
Winning time3:14.2
Medalists
George Baird
Fred Alderman
Emerson Spencer
Ray Barbuti
 United States
Otto Neumann
Harry Werner Storz
Richard Krebs
Hermann Engelhard
 Germany
James Ball
Stanley Glover
Phil Edwards
Alex Wilson
 Canada

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankCountryTimeAthletesNotes
1 United States3:21.4George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray BarbutiQ
2 Canada3:22.0Alex Wilson, Phil Edwards, Stan Glover, Jimmy BallQ
3 Hungary3:23.2Mór Gerő, László Magdics, László Barsi, Antal Odri
4 Poland3:24.2Feliks Malanowski, Zygmunt Weiss, Stefan Kostrzewski, Klemens Biniakowski
5 BelgiumPhilippe Coenjaerts, Émile Vercken, François Prinsen, Émile Langenraedt

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankCountryTimeAthletesNotes
1 Germany3:20.8Otto Neumann, Richard Krebs, Harry Storz, Hermann EngelhardQ
2 Sweden3:21.2Björn Kugelberg, Bertil von Wachenfeldt, Erik Byléhn, Sten PetterssonQ
3 Italy3:22.6Giacomo Carlini, Luigi Facelli, Guido Cominotto, Ettore Tavernari
4 NetherlandsAndries Hoogerwerf, Adje Paulen, Harry Broos, Rinus van den Berge
5 CzechoslovakiaJohann Bartl, Karel Kněnický, Vilém Šindler, Jaroslav Vykoupil
6 GreeceStelios Benardis, Renos Frangoudis, Vangelis Moiropoulos, Vasilios Stavrinos

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

RankCountryTimeAthletesNotes
1 Great Britain3:20.6Roger Leigh-Wood, William Craner, John Rinkel, Douglas LoweQ
2 France3:23.0Georges Krotoff, Joseph Jackson, Georges Dupont, René FégerQ
3 Mexico3:23.4Alfonso García, José Lucílo Iturbe, Jesús Moraila, Víctor Villaseñor

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

RankCountryTimeNotes
 United States3:14.2WR
 Germany3:14.8
 Canada3:15.4
4 Sweden3:15.8
5 Great Britain3:16.4
6 France3:19.4

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "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.
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