Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DatesJuly 12 (quarterfinals)
July 13 (semifinals and final)
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abrahams, Nichol, Rangeley, Royle
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) van den Berge, Boot, Broos, de Vries
 Netherlands
← 1920
1928 →

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of this event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 12, 1924, and on Sunday, July 13, 1924.[1]

As for all other events the track was 500 metres in circumference.

Sixty runners from 15 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 42.2 United States Charley Paddock
United States Jackson Scholz
United States Loren Murchison
United States Morris Kirksey
Antwerp (BEL) August 22, 1920
Olympic Record 42.2 United States Charley Paddock
United States Jackson Scholz
United States Loren Murchison
United States Morris Kirksey
Antwerp (BEL) August 22, 1920

In the first heat the team of the Great Britain set a new world record with 42.0 seconds. This record was equalized in the third heat by the team of the Netherlands. In the sixth heat the American team bettered the world record with a time of 41.2 seconds. On the next day they improved their own record to 41.0 seconds.

Results

Round 1

The heats were held on Saturday, July 12, 1924. The top two in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  Harold Abrahams, Wilfred Nichol, Walter Rangeley, Lancelot Royle (GBR) 42.0 Q WR
2  Argyris Karagiannis, Konstantinos Pantelidis, Alexandros Papafingos, Ioannis Talianos (GRE) 46.1 Q

Heat 2

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  ) 42.8 Q
2  ) 43.0 Q
3  ) 44.2

Heat 3

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  Jaap Boot, Harry Broos, Jan de Vries, Rinus van den Berge (NED) 42.0 Q =WR
2  Ferenc Gerő, Lajos Kurunczy, László Muskát, Gusztáv Rózsahegyi (HUN) 42.6 Q
3  
Anton Husgafval (FIN
)
42.6

Heat 4

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  Karl Borner, Heinz Hemmi, Josef Imbach, Victor Moriaud (SUI) 42.2 Q
2  Ernesto Bonacina, Giovanni Frangipane, Pietro Pastorino, Enrico Torre (ITA) 42.8 Q
3  Otto Diesch, Félix Escobar, Guillermo Newberry, Camilo Rivas (ARG) 44.0

Heat 5

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  
Thor Österdahl, Curt Wiberg (SWE
)
43.8 Q
2  ) 44.0 Q

Heat 6

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  
Alfred LeConey, Loren Murchison (USA
)
41.2 Q WR
2  ) 44.5 Q

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on Sunday, July 13, 1924. The top two in each heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  
Alfred LeConey, Loren Murchison (USA
)
41.0 Q WR
2  Karl Borner, Heinz Hemmi, Josef Imbach, Victor Moriaud (SUI) 42.2 Q
3  ) 43.3
4  Argyris Karagiannis, Konstantinos Pantelidis, Alexandros Papafingos, Ioannis Talianos (GRE) 45.2

Semifinal 2

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  Harold Abrahams, Wilfred Nichol, Walter Rangeley, Lancelot Royle (GBR) 41.8 Q
2  Ferenc Gerő, Lajos Kurunczy, László Muskát, Gusztáv Rózsahegyi (HUN) 42.4 Q
3  Ernesto Bonacina, Giovanni Frangipane, Pietro Pastorino, Enrico Torre (ITA) 42.9
4  ) 43.8

Semifinal 3

Place Athletes Time Qual.
1  Jaap Boot, Harry Broos, Jan de Vries, Rinus van den Berge (NED) 42.2 Q
2  ) 42.5 Q
3  
Thor Österdahl, Curt Wiberg (SWE
)
43.0
4  ) 43.6

Final

The final was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

Place Athletes Time
1  
Alfred LeConey, Loren Murchison (USA
)
41.0 =WR
2  Harold Abrahams, Wilfred Nichol, Walter Rangeley, Lancelot Royle (GBR) 41.2
3  Jaap Boot, Harry Broos, Jan de Vries, Rinus van den Berge (NED) 41.8
4  Ferenc Gerő, Lajos Kurunczy, László Muskát, Gusztáv Rózsahegyi (HUN) 42.0
5  ) 42.2
 Karl Borner, Heinz Hemmi, Josef Imbach, Victor Moriaud (SUI) DSQ

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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