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

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
DatesAugust 4 (heats)
August 5 (final)
Teams14
Winning time3:14.2
Medalists
   United States
   Germany
   Canada
Athletics at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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 x 400 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Country Time Notes
1 United States 3:21.4 Q
2 Canada 3:22.0 Q
3 Hungary 3:23.2
4 Poland 3:24.2
5 Belgium

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank Country Time Notes
1 Germany 3:20.8 Q
2 Sweden 3:21.2 Q
3 Italy 3:22.6
4 Netherlands
5 Czechoslovakia
6 Greece

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank Country Time Notes
1 Great Britain 3:20.6 Q
2 France 3:23.0 Q
3 Mexico 3:23.4

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

Rank Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) United States 3:14.2 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Germany 3:14.8
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

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