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4 × 100 metres Relay, Men

Date21 – 22 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
Participants52 from 13 countries
Olympic Record 42.3 WR / Otto Röhr • Max Herrmann • Erwin Kern • Richard Rau GER / 8 July 1912 / Details

The Americans were expected to win easily. They did win and set a world record in the process, but the French team ran quite well and was fairly close behind at the finish.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1–United StatesUSA43.0 (1 h1)42.2 (1)GoldWR
Charley Paddock • Jackson Scholz • Loren Murchison • Morris Kirksey
2–FranceFRA43.0 (1 h2)42.6est / at 3 metres (2)Silver
René Lorain • René Tirard • René Mourlon • Émile Ali Khan • Louis Renart (DNS) • Robert Caste (DNS) • Raymond Jamois (DNS) • Jean-René Seurin (DNS)
3–SwedenSWE43.4 (1 h3)42.9est / at 2 metres (3)Bronze
Agne Holmström • William Petersson • Sven Malm • Nils Sandström
4–Great BritainGBR44.0est / at 8 metres (2 h2)43.0est / at 1 metre (4)
Willie Hill • Harold Abrahams • Denis Black • Vic d'Arcy
5–DenmarkDEN43.8est / at 3 metres (2 h3)43.5est / at 4 metres (5)
Henri Thorsen • Fritiof Normann Andersen • August Sørensen • Marinus Sørensen
6–LuxembourgLUX44.4est / at 12 metres (2 h1)44.7est / at 10 metres (6)
Jean Colbach • Paul Hammer • Jean Proess • Alex Servais
3 h1 r1/2–SpainESP44.6est / at 2 metres (3 h1)–
Félix Mendizábal • Diego Ordóñez • Carlos Botín • Federico Reparaz • Jaime Camps (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2–NetherlandsNED44.1est / at 1 metre (3 h2)–
Albert Heijnneman • Jan de Vries • Harry, Ridder van Rappard • Cor Wezepoel
3 h3 r1/2–South AfricaRSA44.2est / at 3 metres (3 h3)–
Jack Oosterlaak • Willie Bukes • Henry Dafel • Bevil Rudd
4 h2 r1/2–BelgiumBEL47.0est / at 25 metres (4 h2)–
Max Houben • Julien Lehouck • Omer Smet • Paul Brochart
4 h3 r1/2–SwitzerlandSUI45.0 (4 h3)–
August Waibel • Walter Leibundgut • Adolf Rysler • Josef Imbach
AC h1 r1/2–ItalyITA[43.6est / at 2 metres] (DQ h1)–
Vittorio Zucca • Giambattista Orlandi • Giorgio Croci • Mario Riccoboni
AC h1 r1/2–NorwayNOR[44.0est / at 9 metres] (DQ h1)–
Bjarne Guldager • Erling Aastad • Asle Bækkedal • Rolf Stenersen
DNS–CzechoslovakiaTCH– (DNS h2)–

Round One

Date21 August 1920 — 14:30
FormatTop 2 teams in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–United StatesUSA43.0Q
Lead-Off216Charley Paddock –
2nd Leg233Jackson Scholz –
3rd Leg202Loren Murchison –
Anchor188Morris Kirksey –
2–LuxembourgLUX44.4est / at 12 metresQ
Lead-Off523Jean Colbach –
2nd Leg524Paul Hammer –
3rd Leg527Jean Proess –
Anchor528Alex Servais –
3–SpainESP44.6est / at 2 metres
Lead-Off122Félix Mendizábal –
2nd Leg124Diego Ordóñez –
3rd Leg113Carlos Botín –
Anchor127Federico Reparaz –
DQ–ItalyITA[43.6est / at 2 metres]
Lead-Off504Vittorio Zucca –
2nd Leg490Giambattista Orlandi –
3rd Leg473Giorgio Croci –
Anchor495Mario Riccoboni –
DQ–NorwayNOR[44.0est / at 9 metres]
Lead-Off535Bjarne Guldager –
2nd Leg531Erling Aastad –
3rd Leg533Asle Bækkedal –
Anchor545Rolf Stenersen –

Heat #2

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–FranceFRA43.0Q
Lead-Off293Émile Ali Khan –
2nd Leg370René Tirard –
3rd Leg348René Lorain –
Anchor349René Mourlon –
2–Great BritainGBR44.0est / at 8 metresQ
Lead-Off399Willie Hill –
2nd Leg375Harold Abrahams –
3rd Leg379Denis Black –
Anchor387Vic d'Arcy –
3–NetherlandsNED44.1est / at 1 metre
Lead-Off444Albert Heijnneman –
2nd Leg441Jan de Vries –
3rd Leg456Harry, Ridder van Rappard –
Anchor459Cor Wezepoel –
4–BelgiumBEL47.0est / at 25 metres
Lead-Off28Max Houben –
2nd Leg33Julien Lehouck –
3rd Leg52Omer Smet –
Anchor9Paul Brochart –
DNS–CzechoslovakiaTCH–

Heat #3

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–SwedenSWE43.4Q
Lead-Off586Agne Holmström –
2nd Leg616William Petersson –
3rd Leg610Sven Malm –
Anchor620Nils Sandström –
2–DenmarkDEN43.8est / at 3 metresQ
Lead-Off110Henri Thorsen –
2nd Leg89Fritiof Normann Andersen –
3rd Leg107August Sørensen –
Anchor109Marinus Sørensen –
3–South AfricaRSA44.2est / at 3 metres
Lead-Off559Jack Oosterlaak –
2nd Leg550Willie Bukes –
3rd Leg551Henry Dafel –
Anchor555Bevil Rudd –
4–SwitzerlandSUI45.0
Lead-Off647August Waibel –
2nd Leg641Walter Leibundgut –
3rd Leg646Adolf Rysler –
Anchor640Josef Imbach –

Final Round

Date22 August 1920 — 14:45
PosNumberCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–United StatesUSA42.2WR
Lead-Off216Charley Paddock –
2nd Leg233Jackson Scholz –
3rd Leg202Loren Murchison –
Anchor188Morris Kirksey –
2–FranceFRA42.6est / at 3 metres
Lead-Off348René Lorain –
2nd Leg370René Tirard –
3rd Leg349René Mourlon –
Anchor293Émile Ali Khan –
3–SwedenSWE42.9est / at 2 metres
Lead-Off586Agne Holmström –
2nd Leg616William Petersson –
3rd Leg610Sven Malm –
Anchor620Nils Sandström –
4–Great BritainGBR43.0est / at 1 metre
Lead-Off399Willie Hill –
2nd Leg375Harold Abrahams –
3rd Leg379Denis Black –
Anchor387Vic d'Arcy –
5–DenmarkDEN43.5est / at 4 metres
Lead-Off110Henri Thorsen –
2nd Leg89Fritiof Normann Andersen –
3rd Leg107August Sørensen –
Anchor109Marinus Sørensen –
6–LuxembourgLUX44.7est / at 10 metres
Lead-Off523Jean Colbach –
2nd Leg524Paul Hammer –
3rd Leg527Jean Proess –
Anchor528Alex Servais –