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4 x 400 metres Relay, Men

Date7 – 8 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationStadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants76 from 19 countries

Led by 400 metre gold medalist Otis Davis and 400 hurdle gold medalist Glenn Davis, the US was favored in this event. Jack Yerman led off for the US and took the lead with 46.29. After three legs, the US led by about eight metres over Germany, when Otis Davis took the baton. Germany’s anchor was Carl Kaufmann, who had narrowly lost the 400 gold to Davis. With a comfortable lead, Davis was slightly outrun by Kaufmann, who actually closed in the first 200 metres, but the outcome was never in doubt, the US breaking the world record in 3:02.2 and winning by half a second.

PosNrTeamNOCR1SFFinal
1United StatesUSA3:10.4 (1 h4)3:08.4 (1 h2)3:02.2 (1)GoldWR
Jack YermanEarl YoungGlenn DavisOtis DavisTed Woods (DNS)Jerry Siebert (DNS)
2Unified Team of GermanyGER3:10.4 (1 h1)3:07.4 (2 h1)3:02.7 (2)Silver
Jochen ReskeManfred KinderJo KaiserCarl KaufmannRolf Klimbt (DNS)Karl Storm (DNS)
3West Indies FederationWIF3:09.1 (1 h2)3:09.2 (2 h2)3:04.0 (3)Bronze
Mal SpenceJim WedderburnKeith GardnerGeorge KerrMel Spence (DNS)Cliff Bertrand (DNS)
4South AfricaRSA3:16.1 (2 h3)3:06.4 (1 h1)3:05.0 (4)
Edward JefferysEdgar DavisGordon DayMalcolm SpenceGert Potgieter (DNS)
5Great BritainGBR3:20.3 (3 h3)3:07.5 (3 h1)3:08.3 (5)
Malcolm YardleyBarry JacksonJohn WrightonRobbie BrightwellTom Farrell (DNS)John Metcalf (DNS)
6SwitzerlandSUI3:10.7 (1 h3)3:09.7 (3 h2)3:09.4 (6)
René WeberErnst ZauggHansruedi BruderChristian WägliBruno Urben (DNS)Bruno Galliker (DNS)
4 h1 r2/3ItalyITA3:09.8 (3 h2)3:07.7 (4 h1)
Giuseppe BommaritoMario FraschiniNerio FossatiRenato PancieraAdriano Loddo (DNS)Vincenzo Lombardo (DNS)
4 h2 r2/3PolandPOL3:09.5 (2 h2)3:10.8 (4 h2)
Edward BożekStanisław SwatowskiBogusław GierajewskiJerzy KowalskiIreneusz Kluczek (DNS)Zbigniew Makomaski (DNS)
5 h1 r2/3CanadaCAN3:10.5 (2 h1)3:08.2 (5 h1)
Ergas LepsJoe MullinsSig OhlemannTerry TobaccoHarry Jerome (DNS)George Shepherd (DNS)
5 h2 r2/3GhanaGHA3:10.5 (2 h4)3:10.9 (5 h2)
William QuayeJames AddyFrederick OwusuJohn Asare-AntwiEbenezer Quartey (DNS)
6 h1 r2/3YugoslaviaYUG3:10.6 (3 h1)3:10.2 (6 h1)
Srđan SavićÐani KovačMiloje GrujićViktor Šnajder
6 h2 r2/3SwedenSWE3:10.7 (3 h4)3:10.9 (6 h2)
Hans-Olof JohanssonPer-Owe TrollsåsLennart JonssonAlf PeterssonStig Fallberg (DNS)Ronny Sunesson (DNS)
4 h1 r1/3FinlandFIN3:11.7 (4 h1)
Pentti RekolaBörje StrandVoitto HellsténJussi RintamäkiOlavi Salonen (DNS)Pertti Ålander (DNS)
4 h2 r1/3BelgiumBEL3:15.1 (4 h2)
Marcel LambrechtsJos LambrechtsLouis De ClerckRoger MoensJean-Pierre Barra (DNS)Leo Mariën (DNS)
4 h4 r1/3CzechoslovakiaTCH3:11.2 (4 h4)
Zdeněk VáňaJan ŠlégrJaroslav JirásekJosef TrousilVilém Mandlík (DNS)
5 h1 r1/3Puerto RicoPUR3:13.9 (5 h1)
Ovidio de JesúsJosé Luis VillalongoRamón VegaGermán GuenardJosué Delgado (DNS)Iván Rodríguez (DNS)
5 h2 r1/3LuxembourgLUX3:21.7 (5 h2)
Roger BofferdingFelix HeuertzNorbert HaupertRamon Humbert
5 h4 r1/3Soviet UnionURS3:12.1 (5 h4)
Konstantin GrachovBoris KriunovVladimir PolyanichevArnold MatsulevichValery Bulyshev (DNS)Abram Kryvosheiev (DNS)
AC h3 r1/3GreeceGRE– (DNF h3)
Leonidas KormalisKonstantinos MoragiemosEvangelos DepastasVasilios SillisNikolaos Georgopoulos (DNS)Dimitrios Skourtis (DNS)
DNSUgandaUGA
Gadi AdoSam AmukunAggrey AworiJorem OchanaJean Baptiste Okello

Round One (7 September 1960 — 10:30)

Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosNrTeamNOCTime (H)Time (A)
1Unified Team of GermanyGER3:10.43:10.58Q
Jochen ReskeManfred KinderJo KaiserCarl Kaufmann
2CanadaCAN3:10.53:10.65Q
Ergas LepsJoe MullinsSig OhlemannTerry Tobacco
3YugoslaviaYUG3:10.63:10.75Q
Srđan SavićÐani KovačMiloje GrujićViktor Šnajder
4FinlandFIN3:11.73:11.90
Pentti RekolaBörje StrandVoitto HellsténJussi Rintamäki
5Puerto RicoPUR3:13.93:13.91
Ovidio de JesúsJosé Luis VillalongoRamón VegaGermán Guenard

Heat Two

PosNrTeamNOCTime (H)Time (A)
1West Indies FederationWIF3:09.13:09.28Q
Mal SpenceJim WedderburnKeith GardnerGeorge Kerr
2PolandPOL3:09.53:09.67Q
Edward BożekStanisław SwatowskiBogusław GierajewskiJerzy Kowalski
3ItalyITA3:09.83:10.00Q
Giuseppe BommaritoMario FraschiniNerio FossatiRenato Panciera
4BelgiumBEL3:15.13:15.26
Marcel LambrechtsJos LambrechtsLouis De ClerckRoger Moens
5LuxembourgLUX3:21.73:21.87
Roger BofferdingFelix HeuertzNorbert HaupertRamon Humbert

Heat Three

PosNrTeamNOCTime (H)Time (A)
1SwitzerlandSUI3:10.73:10.79Q
René WeberErnst ZauggHansruedi BruderChristian Wägli
2South AfricaRSA3:16.13:16.32Q
Edward JefferysEdgar DavisGordon DayMalcolm Spence
3Great BritainGBR3:20.33:20.47Q
Malcolm YardleyBarry JacksonJohn WrightonRobbie Brightwell
DNFGreeceGRE
Leonidas KormalisKonstantinos MoragiemosEvangelos DepastasVasilios Sillis

Heat Four

PosNrTeamNOCTime (H)Time (A)
1United StatesUSA3:10.43:10.58Q
Jack YermanEarl YoungGlenn DavisOtis Davis
2GhanaGHA3:10.53:10.66Q
William QuayeJames AddyFrederick OwusuJohn Asare-Antwi
3SwedenSWE3:10.73:10.91Q
Hans-Olof JohanssonPer-Owe TrollsåsLennart JonssonAlf Petersson
4CzechoslovakiaTCH3:11.23:11.33
Zdeněk VáňaJan ŠlégrJaroslav JirásekJosef Trousil
5Soviet UnionURS3:12.13:12.31
Konstantin GrachovBoris KriunovVladimir PolyanichevArnold Matsulevich

Semi-Finals (7 September 1960 — 17:10)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosNrTeamNOCTime (H)Time (A)
1South AfricaRSA3:06.43:06.53Q
Edward JefferysEdgar DavisGordon DayMalcolm Spence
2Unified Team of GermanyGER3:07.43:07.60Q
Jochen ReskeManfred KinderJo KaiserCarl Kaufmann
3Great BritainGBR3:07.53:07.67Q
Malcolm YardleyBarry JacksonJohn WrightonRobbie Brightwell
4ItalyITA3:07.73:07.83
Giuseppe BommaritoMario FraschiniNerio FossatiRenato Panciera
5CanadaCAN3:08.23:08.37
Ergas LepsJoe MullinsSig OhlemannTerry Tobacco
6YugoslaviaYUG3:10.23:10.34
Srđan SavićÐani KovačMiloje GrujićViktor Šnajder

Heat Two

PosNrTeamNOCTime (H)Time (A)
1United StatesUSA3:08.43:08.57Q
Jack YermanEarl YoungGlenn DavisOtis Davis
2West Indies FederationWIF3:09.23:09.34Q
Mal SpenceJim WedderburnKeith GardnerGeorge Kerr
3SwitzerlandSUI3:09.73:09.77Q
René WeberErnst ZauggHansruedi BruderChristian Wägli
4PolandPOL3:10.83:10.88
Edward BożekStanisław SwatowskiBogusław GierajewskiJerzy Kowalski
5GhanaGHA3:10.93:11.03
William QuayeJames AddyFrederick OwusuJohn Asare-Antwi
6SwedenSWE3:10.93:11.05
Hans-Olof JohanssonPer-Owe TrollsåsLennart JonssonAlf Petersson

Final (8 September 1960 — 16:30)

PosNrTeamNOCTime (H)Time (A)Split (Pos)
1United StatesUSA3:02.23:02.37WR
402Jack Yerman46.2946.29 (1)
401Earl Young45.521:31.81 (1)
417Glenn Davis45.312:17.12 (1)
400Otis Davis45.253:02.37 (1)
2Unified Team of GermanyGER3:02.73:02.84
268Jochen Reske47.1147.11 (4)
266Manfred Kinder45.041:32.15 (2)
Jo Kaiser45.832:17.98 (2)
267Carl Kaufmann44.863:02.84 (2)
3West Indies FederationWIF3:04.03:04.13
101Mal Spence46.5846.58 (2)
102Jim Wedderburn46.411:32.99 (4)
99Keith Gardner45.702:18.7 (3)
100George Kerr45.643:04.33 (3)
4South AfricaRSA3:05.03:05.18
108Edward Jefferys47.0847.08 (3)
112Edgar Davis45.821:32.90 (3)
110Gordon Day46.392:19.29 (4)
109Malcolm Spence45.893:05.18 (4)
5Great BritainGBR3:08.33:08.47
627Malcolm Yardley47.2647.26 (5)
Barry Jackson46.891:34.15 (5)
626John Wrighton47.632:21.78 (5)
625Robbie Brightwell46.683:08.46 (5)
6SwitzerlandSUI3:09.43:09.55
221René Weber47.6247.62 (6)
Ernst Zaugg47.821:35.44 (6)
Hansruedi Bruder46.872:22.31 (6)
222Christian Wägli47.243:09.55 (6)