Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 6 and August 7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helmut Körnig
Fritz Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppe Castelli
Ruggero Maregatti
Gabriele Salviati
Edgardo Toetti
 Italy
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 6 and August 7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1]

Results

Heats

Two heats were held; the fastest three times advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Helmut Körnig
Fritz Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
 Germany 41.22 Q
2  Japan 41.8 Q
3 Don Finlay
Stanley Fuller
Stanley Engelhart
Ernie Page
 Great Britain 42.0 Q
4
Renos Frangoudis
 Greece 42.9
5
Dickie Carr
 India 43.7

Heat Two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1
Hec Dyer
Frank Wykoff
 United States 40.61 WR, Q
2 Giuseppe Castelli
Ruggero Maregatti
Gabriele Salviati
Edgardo Toetti
 Italy 42.8 Q
3
Bert Pearson
 Canada 45.0 Q

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hec Dyer
Frank Wykoff
 United States 40.10 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helmut Körnig
Fritz Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
 Germany 40.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppe Castelli
Ruggero Maregatti
Gabriele Salviati
Edgardo Toetti
 Italy 41.2
4
Bert Pearson
 Canada 41.3
5  Japan 41.3
6 Don Finlay
Stanley Fuller
Stanley Engelhart
Ernie Page
 Great Britain 41.4

Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2017.