| | Event type
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men
| Date | 12 – 13 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stade Yves-de-Manoir, Colombes |
| Participants | 28 from 7 countries |
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.
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RSA
SUIRound One
| Date | 12 July 1924 — 16:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two in each heat advanced to the final. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time (Hand) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |  FRA | 3:30.0 | ||
| Lead-Off | Raymond Fritz | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | Gaston Féry | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | Francis Galtier | – | |||
| Anchor | Barthélémy Favodon | – | |||
| 2 | Sweden |  SWE | 3:37.5 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Lead-Off | Edward Toms | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | George Renwick | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | Dick Ripley | – | |||
| Anchor | Guy Butler | – | |||
| 2 | Italy |  ITA | 3:30.0 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Lead-Off | Com Cochran | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | Bill Stevenson | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | Oliver MacDonald | – | |||
| Anchor | Alan Helffrich | – | |||
| 2 | Canada |  CAN | 3:34.5 | ||
| Lead-Off | Horace Aylwin | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | Alan Christie | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | David Johnson | – | |||
| Anchor | Billy Maynes | – |
Final Round
| Date | 13 July 1924 — 17:15 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time (Hand) | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | USA | 3:16.0 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| 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 | – | – (–) | – (–) |