Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
| Dates | August 6 (heats) August 7 (final) |
|---|---|
| Teams | 15 |
| Winning time | 3:10.4 |
| Medalists | |
| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 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 | |||
| 10 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 7 August and 7 August. The United States team won the final with a time of 3:10.4.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record Olympic record |
 United States(Edgar Ablowich, Bill Carr, Ivan Fuqua, Karl Warner) |
3:08.2 | Los Angeles, United States | 7 August 1932 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 6 August 1948 | 17:30 | Round 1 |
| Saturday, 7 August 1948 | 16:50 | Final |
Results
Round 1
The first two teams in each heat qualified for the Final.[1]
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield | 3:12.6 | Q |
| 2 |  Italy | Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi | 3:14.0 | Q |
| 3 |  Great Britain | Leslie Lewis, Martin Pike, Derek Pugh, Bill Roberts | 3:14.2 | |
| 4 |  Switzerland | Oskar Hardmeier, Walter Keller, Max Trepp, Karl Volkmer | 3:23.0 | |
| - |  Ireland | Charles Denroche, Paul Dolan, Reggie Myles, Jimmy Reardon | DSQ |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jamaica | Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint | 3:14.0 | Q |
| 2 |  France | Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta | 3:17.0 | Q |
| 3 |  Canada | Bill LaRochelle, Ernie McCullough, Bob McFarlane, Don McFarlane | 3:19.0 | |
| 4 |  Chile | Gustavo Ehlers, Sergio Guzmán, Jaime Itlmann, Carlos Silva | 3:23.8 | |
| - |  Turkey | Doğan Acarbay, Seydi Dinçtürk, Kemal Horulu, Rıza Maksut İşman | 3:35.0 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland | Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja | 3:20.6 | Q |
| 2 |  Sweden | Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:21.0 | Q |
| 3 |  Argentina | Hermenegildo Alberti, Guillermo Avalos, Guillermo Evans, Antonio Pocovi | 3:21.2 | |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia | Jerko Bulić, Aleksandar Ćosić, Marko Račič, Zvonko Sabolović | 3:25.4 | |
| - | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece | Vasilios Mavroidis, Stefanos Petrakis, Lazaros Petropoulakis, Stylianos Stratakos | 3:33.0 |
Final
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | United States | Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield | 3:10.4 | |
 | France | Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta | 3:14.8 | |
 | Sweden | Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:16.0 | |
| 4 | Finland | Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja | 3:24.8 | |
| Jamaica | Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint | DNF | ||
| Italy | Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
References
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 4x400 metre relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ↑ THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. LONDON: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 259. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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