Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 9.[1] The United States team of Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff won in a world record time of 39.8. Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were originally slated to compete in the American relay team but were replaced by Owens and Metcalfe prior to the start of the race. There were speculations that their Jewish heritage contributed to the decision "not to embarrass the German hosts"; however, given that African-Americans were also heavily disliked by the Nazis, Glickman and Stoller's replacement with black American athletes Owens and Metcalfe does not support this theory. Others just say that Owens and Metcalfe were in a better physical condition, and that was the main reason behind the replacement.

Men's 4 × 100 metre relay
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 9 (heats, final)
Competitors from 15 nations
Teams15
Winning time39.8
Medalists
Jesse Owens
Ralph Metcalfe
Foy Draper
Frank Wykoff		  United States
Orazio Mariani
Gianni Caldana
Elio Ragni
Tullio Gonnelli		  Italy
Wilhelm Leichum
Erich Borchmeyer
Erwin Gillmeister
Gerd Hornberger		  Germany
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

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1
RankCountryCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 United StatesJesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff40.0=WR
2 ItalyOrazio Mariani, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni, Tullio Gonnelli41.1
3 South AfricaEric Grimbeek, Pat Dannaher, Tom Lavery, Marthinus Theunissen 41.7
4 FinlandToivo Ahjopalo, Toivo Sariola, Palle Virtanen, Aki Tammisto42.0
 JapanTakayoshi Yoshioka, Monta Suzuki, Mutsuo Taniguchi, Masao YazawaDSQ

Heat 2
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1 NetherlandsTjeerd Boersma, Wil van Beveren, Chris Berger, Tinus Osendarp41.3
2 ArgentinaJuan Lavenás, Antonio Sande, Carlos Hofmeister, Tomás Beswick41.9
3 HungaryMario Minai, Gyula Gyenes, József Kovács, József Sir42.0
4 Great BritainCharles Wiard, Don Finlay, Walter Rangeley, Alan Pennington42.4
5 FranceMaurice Carlton, Pierre Dondelinger, Paul Bronner, Robert Paul42.6
6 Republic of ChinaPoh Kimseng, Huang Yingjie, Chen Kingkwan, Liu Changchun44.8

Heat 3
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1 GermanyWilhelm Leichum, Erich Borchmeyer, Erwin Gillmeister, Gerd Hornberger41.4
2 CanadaSam Richardson, Bruce Humber, Lee Orr, Howard McPhee41.5
3 SwedenLennart Lindgren, Irvin Ternström, Östen Sandström, Åke Stenqvist41.5
4 SwitzerlandAlbert Jud, Bernard Marchand, Georges Meyer, Paul Hänni42.2

Final
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
 United StatesJesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff39.8WR
 ItalyOrazio Mariani, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni, Tullio Gonnelli41.1
 GermanyWilhelm Leichum, Erich Borchmeyer, Erwin Gillmeister, Gerd Hornberger41.2
4 ArgentinaJuan Lavenás, Antonio Sande, Carlos Hofmeister, Tomás Beswick42.2
5 CanadaSam Richardson, Bruce Humber, Lee Orr, Howard McPhee42.7
 NetherlandsTjeerd Boersma, Wil van Beveren, Chris Berger, Tinus OsendarpDSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, WR = World record

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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