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4 × 100 metres Relay, Men

Date	4 – 5 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	52 from 13 countries
Olympic Record	41.0 =WR / Frank Hussey • Pinky Clarke • Loren Murchison • Al LeConey USA / 13 July 1924 / Details 41.0 WR / Frank Hussey • Pinky Clarke • Loren Murchison • Al LeConey USA / 13 July 1924 / Details

Germany and the USA were favored, with the Germans having recently twice run 40.8, although neither time was ratified as a world record. They both came thru the heats easily. The final was very even but, on the final changeover, Helmut Körnig started too quickly and had to slow down to avoid running out of the exchange zone. That allowed Hank Russell to get the US a slight lead which they held to the finish, equaling the world record of 41.0.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	41.2 (1 h3)	41.0 (1)	Gold
		Frank Wykoff • Jimmy Quinn • Charley Borah • Hank Russell • Claude Bracey (DNS) • Charley Paddock (DNS) • Jackson Scholz (DNS) • Henry Cumming (DNS)
2	–	Germany	GER	– (2 h2)	41.2 (2)	Silver
		Georg Lammers • Richard Corts • Hubert Houben • Helmut Körnig • Friedrich Wilhelm Wichmann (DNS) • Helmut Schlöske (DNS) 1 • Jakob Schüller (DNS)
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	43.5 (2 h1)	41.8 (3)	Bronze
		Cyril Gill • Teddy Smouha • Walter Rangeley • Jack London • Guy Butler (DNS) • John Heap (DNS) • Jack Hambidge (DNS) • Richard Robb (DNS)
4	–	France	FRA	41.8 (1 h2)	42.0 (4)
		André Cerbonney • Gilbert Auvergne • André Dufau • André Mourlon • Maurice Degrelle (DNS) • Alfred Fischer (DNS)
5	–	Switzerland	SUI	42.6 (2 h3)	42.6 (5)
		Emmanuel Goldsmith • Willy Weibel • Willy Tschopp • Hans Niggl • Alfred Sutter (DNS) • Walter Strebi (DNS) • Heinz Hemmi (DNS)
AC r2/2	–	Canada	CAN	42.2 (1 h1)	– (DQ)
		Ralph Adams • Johnny Fitzpatrick • Buck Hester • Percy Williams • Leigh Miller (DNS) • Harry Warren (DNS)
3 h1 r1/2	–	Italy	ITA	– (3 h1)	–
		Giuseppe Castelli • Franco Reiser • Edgardo Toetti • Enrico Torre • Ruggero Maregatti (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2	–	Belgium	BEL	– (3 h2)	–
		Paul Brochart • Fred Zinner • Adolphe Groscol • Willy Dujardin • Frans Prinsen (DNS) • Emile Vercken (DNS)
3 h3 r1/2	–	Japan	JPN	– (3 h3)	–
		Iwao Aizawa • Seishichi Inuma • Shigetoshi Osawa • Chuhei Nanbu • Mikio Oda (DNS) • N. Yamaguchi (DNS) • Yonetaro Nakazawa (DNS) • Tatsuo Toki (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2	–	Greece	GRE	44.0 (4 h1)	–
		Vangelis Moiropoulos • Konstantinos Petridis • Angelos Lamprou • Renos Fragkoudis • Stelios Benardis (DNS) • Emmanuel Gneftos (DNS) • Argyris Karagiannis (DNS) • Nikolaos Papanikolaou (DNS)
4 h3 r1/2	–	Turkey	TUR	– (4 h3)	–
		Semih Türkdoğan • Şinasi Şahingiray • Haydar Aşan • Mehmet Ali Aybar • R. Eniss Bey (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2	–	Spain	ESP	– (5 h1)	–
		Juan Serrahima • Diego Ordóñez • Fernando Muñagorri • Enrique de Chávarri
AC h3 r1/2	–	Hungary	HUN	– (DQ h3)	–
		Ferenc Gerő • János Paizs • István Sugár • István Raggambi • Sándor Hajdu (DNS) • Gusztáv Rózsahegyi (DNS) • Antal Odri (DNS) • J. Nagy (DNS)
DNS	–	Chile	CHI	– (DNS h2)	–
		Óscar Alvarado • Alfredo Ugarte • Rodolfo Wagner • Alex Hannig • José Vicente Salinas
DNS	–	Netherlands	NED	– (DNS h1)	–
		Rinus van den Berge • Jaap Boot • Harry Broos • Wim Hennings • Dolf Benz • Toon van Welsenes • Hannes de Boer • Jan de Vries
DNS	–	Romania	ROU	– (DNS h2)	–
		Ladislau Peter • Lothar Albrich • Virgil Ioan • Gheorghe Csegezi • Otto Schöpp • Tiberiu Russu
DNS	–	South Africa	RSA	– (DNS h2)	–
		Billie Legg • Aubrey Burton-Durham • Johannes Viljoen • Sid Atkinson • Howard Kinsman • George Weightman-Smith
DNS	–	Argentina	ARG	– (DNS h3)	–
		Juan Bautista Pina • Alberto Barucco • Eduardo Albe • Valerio Vallanía

Round One

Date	4 August 1928 — 14:00
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	3	Canada	CAN	42.2	Q
Lead-Off	645	Ralph Adams		–
2nd Leg	651	Johnny Fitzpatrick		–
3rd Leg	654	Buck Hester		–
Anchor	667	Percy Williams		–
2	6	Great Britain	GBR	43.5	Q
Lead-Off	456	Cyril Gill		–
2nd Leg	486	Teddy Smouha		–
3rd Leg	480	Walter Rangeley		–
Anchor	469	Jack London		–
3	5	Italy	ITA	–
Lead-Off	224	Giuseppe Castelli		–
2nd Leg	237	Franco Reiser		–
3rd Leg	240	Edgardo Toetti		–
Anchor	239	Enrico Torre		–
4	2	Greece	GRE	44.0
Lead-Off	137	Vangelis Moiropoulos		–
2nd Leg	139	Konstantinos Petridis		–
3rd Leg	136	Angelos Lamprou		–
Anchor	133	Renos Fragkoudis		–
5	1	Spain	ESP	–
Lead-Off	378	Juan Serrahima		–
2nd Leg	375	Diego Ordóñez		–
3rd Leg	374	Fernando Muñagorri		–
Anchor	368	Enrique de Chávarri		–
DNS	4	Netherlands	NED	–
	293	Rinus van den Berge DNS		–
	296	Jaap Boot DNS		–
	298	Harry Broos DNS		–
	305	Wim Hennings DNS		–
	292	Dolf Benz DNS		–
	334	Toon van Welsenes DNS		–
	295	Hannes de Boer DNS		–
	333	Jan de Vries DNS		–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	1	France	FRA	41.8	Q
Lead-Off	56	André Cerbonney		–
2nd Leg	51	Gilbert Auvergne		–
3rd Leg	66	André Dufau		–
Anchor	86	André Mourlon		–
2	4	Germany	GER	–	Q
Lead-Off	727	Georg Lammers		–
2nd Leg	707	Richard Corts		–
3rd Leg	717	Hubert Houben		–
Anchor	722	Helmut Körnig		–
3	6	Belgium	BEL	–
Lead-Off	605	Paul Brochart		–
2nd Leg	631	Fred Zinner		–
3rd Leg	612	Adolphe Groscol		–
Anchor	610	Willy Dujardin		–
DNS	2	Chile	CHI	–
	680	Óscar Alvarado DNS		–
	688	Alfredo Ugarte DNS		–
	689	Rodolfo Wagner DNS		–
	683	Alex Hannig DNS		–
	687	José Vicente Salinas DNS		–
DNS	3	South Africa	RSA	–
	287	Billie Legg DNS		–
	283	Aubrey Burton-Durham DNS		–
	289	Johannes Viljoen DNS		–
	282	Sid Atkinson DNS		–
	286	Howard Kinsman DNS		–
	290	George Weightman-Smith DNS		–
DNS	5	Romania	ROU	–
	360	Ladislau Peter DNS		–
	353	Lothar Albrich DNS		–
	359	Virgil Ioan DNS		–
	355	Gheorghe Csegezi DNS		–
	363	Otto Schöpp DNS		–
	362	Tiberiu Russu DNS		–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	5	United States	USA	41.2	Q
Lead-Off	569	Frank Wykoff		–
2nd Leg	–	Jimmy Quinn		–
3rd Leg	508	Charley Borah		–
Anchor	557	Hank Russell		–
2	4	Switzerland	SUI	42.6	Q
Lead-Off	268	Emmanuel Goldsmith		–
2nd Leg	279	Willy Weibel		–
3rd Leg	278	Willy Tschopp		–
Anchor	274	Hans Niggl		–
3	3	Japan	JPN	–		2
Lead-Off	249	Iwao Aizawa		–
2nd Leg	251	Seishichi Inuma		–
3rd Leg	259	Shigetoshi Osawa		–
Anchor	255	Chuhei Nanbu		–
4	6	Turkey	TUR	–
Lead-Off	402	Semih Türkdoğan		–
2nd Leg	397	Şinasi Şahingiray		–
3rd Leg	399	Haydar Aşan		–
Anchor	400	Mehmet Ali Aybar		–
DQ	1	Hungary	HUN	–
Lead-Off	16	Ferenc Gerő		–
2nd Leg	877	János Paizs		–
3rd Leg	40	István Sugár		–
Anchor	36	István Raggambi		–
DNS	2	Argentina	ARG	–
	594	Juan Bautista Pina DNS		–
	590	Alberto Barucco DNS		–
	589	Eduardo Albe DNS		–
	596	Valerio Vallanía DNS		–

Final Round

Date	5 August 1928 — 14:15

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	5	United States	USA	41.0	=WR
Lead-Off	569	Frank Wykoff		–
2nd Leg	–	Jimmy Quinn		–
3rd Leg	508	Charley Borah		–
Anchor	557	Hank Russell		–
2	3	Germany	GER	41.2
Lead-Off	727	Georg Lammers		–
2nd Leg	707	Richard Corts		–
3rd Leg	717	Hubert Houben		–
Anchor	722	Helmut Körnig		–
3	2	Great Britain	GBR	41.8
Lead-Off	456	Cyril Gill		–
2nd Leg	486	Teddy Smouha		–
3rd Leg	480	Walter Rangeley		–
Anchor	469	Jack London		–
4	4	France	FRA	42.0
Lead-Off	56	André Cerbonney		–
2nd Leg	51	Gilbert Auvergne		–
3rd Leg	66	André Dufau		–
Anchor	86	André Mourlon		–
5	6	Switzerland	SUI	42.6
Lead-Off	268	Emmanuel Goldsmith		–
2nd Leg	279	Willy Weibel		–
3rd Leg	278	Willy Tschopp		–
Anchor	274	Hans Niggl		–
DQ	1	Canada	CAN	–
Lead-Off	645	Ralph Adams		–
2nd Leg	651	Johnny Fitzpatrick		–
3rd Leg	654	Buck Hester		–
Anchor	667	Percy Williams		–