Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Appearance
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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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Dates | 6 August (heats) 7 August (final) |
Competitors | from 15 nations |
Teams | 15 |
Winning time | 3:10.4 |
Medalists | |
Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 × 400 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 6 and 7 August. The United States team won the final with a time of 3:10.4.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record Olympic record |
![]() (Ed Ablowich, Bill Carr, Ivan Fuqua, Karl Warner) |
3:08.2 | Los Angeles, United States | 7 August 1932 |
Schedule
[edit]All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Friday 6 August 1948 | 17:30 | Round 1 |
Saturday 7 August 1948 | 16:50 | Final |
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]The first two teams in each heat qualified for the Final.[2]
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield | 3:12.6 | Q |
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Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi | 3:14.0 | Q |
3 | ![]() |
Leslie Lewis, Martin Pike, Derek Pugh, Bill Roberts | 3:14.2 | |
4 | ![]() |
Oskar Hardmeier, Walter Keller, Max Trepp, Karl Volkmer | 3:23.0 | |
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Charles Denroche, Paul Dolan, Reggie Myles, Jimmy Reardon | DSQ |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint | 3:14.0 | Q |
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Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta | 3:17.0 | Q |
3 | ![]() |
Bill LaRochelle, Ernie McCullough, Bob McFarlane, Don McFarlane | 3:19.0 | |
4 | ![]() |
Gustavo Ehlers, Sergio Guzmán, Jaime Hitelman, Carlos Silva | 3:23.8 | |
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Doğan Acarbay, Seydi Dinçtürk, Kemal Horulu, Rıza Maksut İşman | 3:35.0 |
Heat 3
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja | 3:20.6 | Q |
2 | ![]() |
Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:21.0 | Q |
3 | ![]() |
Hermelindo Alberti, Guillermo Avalos, Guillermo Evans, Antonio Pocovi | 3:21.2 | |
4 | ![]() |
Jerko Bulić, Aleksandar Ćosić, Marko Račič, Zvonko Sabolović | 3:25.4 | |
5 | ![]() |
Vasilios Mavroidis, Stefanos Petrakis, Lazaros Petropoulakis, Stylianos Stratakos | 3:33.0 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield | 3:10.4 | |
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Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta | 3:14.8 | |
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Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | 3:16.0 | |
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Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja | 3:24.8 | |
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Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint | DNF | ||
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Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. LONDON: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 259. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.