Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | September 7 (heats and semifinals) September 8 (final) | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 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 | |
| 20 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 × 100 metres relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 7 and September 8.[1]
Results
Heats
The fastest three teams in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain |
40.27 | ||
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
40.39 | ||
| 3 | Peter Laeng Heinz Müller Werner Schaufelberger Sebald Schnellmann |
 Switzerland |
40.92 | |
| 4 | Mahmoud Ghanim |
 Iraq |
41.87 | |
| 5 | Phaibulya Vacharabhan Suthi Manyakass |
 Thailand |
42.19 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armando Sardi Pier Giorgio Cazzola Salvatore Giannone Livio Berruti |
 Italy |
40.16 | |
| 2 | Jimmy Omagbemi Abdul Karim Amu Smart Akraka Adebayo Oladapo |
 Nigeria |
40.25 | |
| 3 | Clive Bonas Horacio Esteves* Emilio Romero Rafael Romero |
 Venezuela |
41.11 | |
| 4 | Remegio Vista Isaac Gómez Enrique Bautista Rogelio Onofre |
 Philippines |
41.55 | |
| - | Aggrey Awori Gadi Ado Erasmus Amukun Jean Baptiste Okello |
 Uganda |
[41.90] | DQ |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer |
 United Team of Germany |
39.61 | =WR |
| 2 | Ioannis Komitoudis Konstantinos Lolos Leonidas Kormalis Nikolaos Georgopoulos |
 Greece |
41.81 | |
| 3 |  Pakistan |
42.67 | ||
| - | Marian Foik Jan Jarzembowski Józef Szmidt Jerzy Juskowiak |
 Poland |
[40.73] | DQ |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Budd Ray Norton Stone Johnson Dave Sime |
 United States |
39.87 | |
| 2 | Lynn Eves George Short Terry Tobacco Harry Jerome* |
 Canada |
42.27 | |
| 3 | Keiji Ogushi Kimitada Hayase Takayuki Okazaki Hiroshi Shibata |
 Japan |
42.60 | |
| 4 | Abdul Ghafar Ghafoori Abdul Hadi Shekaib Habib Sayed Ali Yusuf Zaid |
 Afghanistan |
44.53 | |
| - | Paul Genevay Jocelyn Delecour Abdoulaye Seye Claude Piquemal |
 France |
[40.45] | DQ |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer |
United Team of Germany |
39.88 | |
| 2 | Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Emilio Romero Rafael Romero |
Venezuela |
40.49 | |
| 3 | Great Britain |
40.63 | ||
| 4 | Lynn Eves George Short Terry Tobacco Sig Ohlemann |
Canada |
41.27 | |
| 5 | Keiji Ogushi Kimitada Hayase Takayuki Okazaki Hiroshi Shibata |
Japan |
42.39 | |
| - | Jimmy Omagbemi Abdul Karim Amu Smart Akraka Adebayo Oladapo |
Nigeria |
[40.33] | DQ |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Budd Ray Norton Stone Johnson Dave Sime |
United States |
39.67 | |
| 2 | Armando Sardi Pier Giorgio Cazzola Salvatore Giannone Livio Berruti |
Italy |
40.29 | |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
40.30 | ||
| 4 | Peter Laeng Heinz Müller Werner Schaufelberger Sebald Schnellmann |
Switzerland |
41.06 | |
| 5 | Ioannis Komitoudis Konstantinos Lolos Leonidas Kormalis Nikolaos Georgopoulos |
Greece |
41.90 | |
| 6 | Pakistan |
42.99 |
Final
The United States team (of Frank Budd-Ray Norton-Stone Johnson-Dave Sime) finished first in a world record time of 39.4 s but were disqualified because at the first exchange from Budd to Norton, Norton started too early and the exchange happened outside the changeover box. The West German team who finished second in 39.5 s received the gold medals and became the new world record holders.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer |
United Team of Germany |
39.4 (39.66) | WR |
 |
Soviet Union |
40.1 (40.24) | ||
 |
Great Britain |
40.2 (40.32) | ||
| 4 | Armando Sardi Pier Giorgio Cazzola Salvatore Giannone Livio Berruti |
Italy |
40.2 (40.33) | |
| 5 | Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Emilio Romero Rafael Romero |
Venezuela |
40.7 (40.83) | |
| - | Frank Budd Ray Norton Stone Johnson Dave Sime |
United States |
[39.4 (39.60)] | DQ |
Key: WR = world record; =WR = equalled world record; DQ = disqualified; * = competed in heats only
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.