Colonel William A. Phillips

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5.[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Country Time Athletes Notes
1  United States 3:21.4 George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti Q
2  Canada 3:22.0 Alex Wilson, Phil Edwards, Stan Glover, Jimmy Ball Q
3  Hungary 3:23.2 Mór Gerő, László Magdics, László Barsi, Antal Odri
4  Poland 3:24.2 Feliks Malanowski, Zygmunt Weiss, Stefan Kostrzewski, Klemens Biniakowski
5  Belgium Philippe Coenjaerts, Émile Vercken, François Prinsen, Émile Langenraedt

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank Country Time Athletes Notes
1  Germany 3:20.8 Otto Neumann, Richard Krebs, Harry Storz, Hermann Engelhard Q
2  Sweden 3:21.2 Björn Kugelberg, Bertil von Wachenfeldt, Erik Byléhn, Sten Pettersson Q
3  Italy 3:22.6 Giacomo Carlini, Luigi Facelli, Guido Cominotto, Ettore Tavernari
4  Netherlands Andries Hoogerwerf, Adje Paulen, Harry Broos, Rinus van den Berge
5  Czechoslovakia Johann Bartl, Karel Kněnický, Vilém Šindler, Jaroslav Vykoupil
6  Greece Stelios Benardis, Renos Frangoudis, Vangelis Moiropoulos, Vasilios Stavrinos

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank Country Time Athletes Notes
1  Great Britain 3:20.6 Roger Leigh-Wood, William Craner, John Rinkel, Douglas Lowe Q
2  France 3:23.0 Georges Krotoff, Joseph Jackson, Georges Dupont, René Féger Q
3  Mexico 3:23.4 Alfonso García, José Lucílo Iturbe, Jesús Moraila, Víctor Villaseñor

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

Rank Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 3:14.2 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 3:14.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 3:15.4
4  Sweden 3:15.8
5  Great Britain 3:16.4
6  France 3:19.4

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.