Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Henry Russell (right) crossing the finish line in the final
Dates	August 4 (heats) August 5 (final)
Teams	13
Winning time	41.0
Medalists
Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charles Borah Henry Russell   United States   Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig   Germany   Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London   Great Britain

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	Canada	42.2	Q
2	Great Britain	43.5	Q
3	Italy
4	Greece	44.0
5	Spain

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	France	41.8	Q
2	Germany		Q
3	Belgium

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
1	United States	41.2	Q
2	Switzerland	42.6	Q
3	Japan
4	Turkey
	Hungary		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, Q = Qualified

Final

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	United States	41.0	=WR
02 !	Germany	41.2
03 !	Great Britain	41.8
4	France	42.0
5	Switzerland	42.6
	Canada		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, =WR = Equalled world record

References

• 1928 Summer Olympics results: Men's 4x100 metre relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-06.