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4 × 400 metres Relay, Men

Date	12 – 13 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Yves-de-Manoir, Colombes
Participants	28 from 7 countries
Olympic Record	3:16.6 WR / Mel Sheppard • Ed Lindberg • Ted Meredith • Charles Reidpath USA / 15 July 1912 / Details

The heats served the purpose of eliminating only one team, Finland. In the final, Great Britain had to do without the services of Eric Liddell, winner of the open 400 metres, who was preaching a sermon on the Sunday of the final. The US was given the lead on the second leg by Bill Stevenson, a Rhodes Scholar who later was an Ambassador to the Philippines. They held the lead and won in world record time.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:27.0 (1 h3)	3:16.0 (1)	Gold	WR
	Com Cochran • Bill Stevenson • Oliver MacDonald • Alan Helffrich • James Burgess (DNS) • Charley Brookins (DNS) • Larry Brown (DNS) • Morgan Taylor (DNS)
2	Sweden	SWE	3:37.5 (2 h1)	3:17.0 (2)	Silver
	Artur Svensson • Erik Byléhn • Gustaf Wejnarth • Nils Engdahl • Kurt Branting (DNS) • Thor Österdahl (DNS)
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:22.0 (1 h2)	3:17.4 (3)	Bronze
	Edward Toms • George Renwick • Dick Ripley • Guy Butler • James Cushing (DNS) • Arthur Marshall (DNS) • Harry Houghton (DNS) • Edgar Mountain (DNS)
4	Canada	CAN	3:34.5 (2 h3)	3:22.8 (4)
	Horace Aylwin • Alan Christie • David Johnson • Billy Maynes • William Fuller (DNS) • Jack Harris (DNS) • Tom McKay (DNS) • Hec Phillips (DNS)
5	France	FRA	3:30.0 (1 h1)	3:23.4 (5)
	Raymond Fritz • Gaston Féry • Francis Galtier • Barthélémy Favodon • Pierre Jousse (DNS) • Jean Tainturier (DNS) • Maurice Delvart (DNS) • Raymond Jamois (DNS)
6	Italy	ITA	3:30.0 (2 h2)	3:28.0 (6)
	Guido Cominotto • Luigi Facelli • Alfredo Gargiullo • Ennio Maffiolini • Pietro Grassi (DNS) • Angelo Magnani (DNS) • Mario Giuseppe Bonini (DNS) • Puccio Pucci (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2	Finland	FIN	3:32.2 (3 h2)	–
	Erik Åström • Hirsch Drisin • Eero Lehtonen • Erkka Wilén • Anton Husgafvel (DNS) • Lauri Härö (DNS) • Gösta Jansson (DNS) • Martti Jukola (DNS)
DNS	Argentina	ARG	–	–
	Federico Brewster • Emilio Casasnovas • Francisco Dova • Félix Escobar • Enrique Thompson
DNS	Australia	AUS	–	–
	Edwin Carr, Sr. • Dennis Duigan • Richard Honner • Charles Lane • Roy Norman
DNS	Austria	AUT	–	–
	Otto Benedek • Karl Schenner • Otto Schönthal • Karl Swatonek
DNS	Spain	ESP	–	–
	Manuel Aguirre • Manuel Anatol • Carlos Echeverría • Luis Larrañaga • José María Puyo • Miguel García • Fernando Labourdette • José María Larrabeiti
DNS	Hungary	HUN	–	–
	János Benedek • Lajos Fixl • Ferenc Gerő • Lajos Kurunczy • László Muskát • Elemér Somfay
DNS	British India	IND	–	–
	Bertie Heathcote • V. N. Venkataramanaswamy • James Hall • Will Hildreth • Cheruvari Lakshmanan • Terence Pitt • Dalip Singh • Pala Singh
DNS	Japan	JPN	–	–
	Tokushige Noto • Mikio Oda • Katsuo Okazaki • Sasago Tani • Seiichi Ueda
DNS	Mexico	MEX	–	–
	José Martínez • Herminio Ahumada • Guillermo Amparan • Juan Escutia • Carlos Garcés
DNS	Netherlands	NED	–	–
	Wim Bolten • Harry Broos • Wim Kat • Menso Menso • Adje Paulen • Rinus van den Berge
DNS	Poland	POL	–	–
	Józef Jaworski • Stefan Kostrzewski • Stefan Ołdak • Zygmunt Weiss
DNS	South Africa	RSA	–	–
	Toby Betts • George Dustan • Howard Kinsman • Clarence Oldfield • Christiaan Steyn
DNS	Switzerland	SUI	–	–
	Josef Imbach • Paul Martin • Willy Schärer • Christian Simmen • Walter Strebi

Round One

Date	12 July 1924 — 16:00
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	France	FRA	3:30.0	Q
Lead-Off	Raymond Fritz		–
2nd Leg	Gaston Féry		–
3rd Leg	Francis Galtier		–
Anchor	Barthélémy Favodon		–
2	Sweden	SWE	3:37.5	Q
Lead-Off	Artur Svensson		–
2nd Leg	Erik Byléhn		–
3rd Leg	Gustaf Wejnarth		–
Anchor	Nils Engdahl		–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	Great Britain	GBR	3:22.0	Q
Lead-Off	Edward Toms		–
2nd Leg	George Renwick		–
3rd Leg	Dick Ripley		–
Anchor	Guy Butler		–
2	Italy	ITA	3:30.0	Q
Lead-Off	Guido Cominotto		–
2nd Leg	Luigi Facelli		–
3rd Leg	Alfredo Gargiullo		–
Anchor	Ennio Maffiolini		–
3	Finland	FIN	3:32.2
Lead-Off	Erik Åström		–
2nd Leg	Hirsch Drisin		–
3rd Leg	Eero Lehtonen		–
Anchor	Erkka Wilén		–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	United States	USA	3:27.0	Q
Lead-Off	Com Cochran		–
2nd Leg	Bill Stevenson		–
3rd Leg	Oliver MacDonald		–
Anchor	Alan Helffrich		–
2	Canada	CAN	3:34.5	Q
Lead-Off	Horace Aylwin		–
2nd Leg	Alan Christie		–
3rd Leg	David Johnson		–
Anchor	Billy Maynes		–

Final Round

Date	13 July 1924 — 17:15

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time (Hand)	Split	Exchange
1	United States	USA	3:16.0	– (–)	– (–)	WR
Lead-Off	Com Cochran		–	50.1 (=2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	Bill Stevenson		–	49.2 (1)	1:39.3 (1)
3rd Leg	Oliver MacDonald		–	48.5 (=1)	2:27.8 (1)
Anchor	Alan Helffrich		–	48.2 (1)	– (–)
2	Sweden	SWE	3:17.0	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	Artur Svensson		–	50.1 (=2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	Erik Byléhn		–	49.8 (2)	1:39.9 (2)
3rd Leg	Gustaf Wejnarth		–	48.7 (3)	2:28.6 (3)
Anchor	Nils Engdahl		–	48.4 (2)	– (–)
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:17.4	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	Edward Toms		–	49.8 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	George Renwick		–	50.2 (3)	1:40.0 (3)
3rd Leg	Dick Ripley		–	48.5 (=1)	2:28.5 (2)
Anchor	Guy Butler		–	48.9 (3)	– (–)
4	Canada	CAN	3:22.8	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	Horace Aylwin		–	– (–)	– (–)
2nd Leg	Alan Christie		–	– (–)	– (–)
3rd Leg	David Johnson		–	– (–)	– (–)
Anchor	Billy Maynes		–	– (–)	– (–)
5	France	FRA	3:23.4	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	Raymond Fritz		–	– (–)	– (–)
2nd Leg	Gaston Féry		–	– (–)	– (–)
3rd Leg	Francis Galtier		–	– (–)	– (–)
Anchor	Barthélémy Favodon		–	– (–)	– (–)
6	Italy	ITA	3:28.0	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	Guido Cominotto		–	– (–)	– (–)
2nd Leg	Luigi Facelli		–	– (–)	– (–)
3rd Leg	Alfredo Gargiullo		–	– (–)	– (–)
Anchor	Ennio Maffiolini		–	– (–)	– (–)