Men 4x100m Relay Athletics V Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden 1912 - Tuesday, 9th July - Gold Medal: Great Britain
FinaltimeL____________________
1. Great BritainGBR _42.4s2
David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d’Arcy, Willie Applegarth
2. SwedenSWE _42.6s3
Ivan Möller, Charles Luther, Thure Person, Knut Lindberg
DQ.GermanyGeR _42.4s1- (r170.7)
Otto Röhr, Max Herrmann, Erwin Kern, Richard Rau

world Men 4x100m Relay History

First time this event was held!
Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000.
33 competitors from 8 nations.
RoundHTeams
Semi-Finals36
Heats68
There were six first-round heats, but four of them contained only one team. Sweden ran 43.6 in a solo effort, 0.1 quicker than the USA, Germany ran 43.6 for an easy win over Austria, and Hungary clocked 43.7 just edging France (43.8). The heat winners ran in three semi- finals: in the first the USA crossed the line in 42.2, well ahead of Britain (43.0), but were disqualified for passing the baton outside the changeover zone. Sweden then beat Hungary with a world’s best 42.5 (to 42.9 for Hungary), while Germany won the last heat in an official world record of 42.3, well ahead of Canada (43.5). In the final the first leg was even between Sweden and Britain, Möller doing particularly well to hold Applegarth who had led the 200m final at halfway, with Germany a metre behind. Luther ran an excellent leg for Sweden, gaining one-and-a-half metres on Macintosh, but Sweden’s changeover was so bad that Britain led by a metre after the exchange. Behind them Kern had started off too early and received the baton outside the zone, which caused Germany’s eventual disqual- ification. Britain led Sweden by half a metre at the last exchange, with Germany two further metres behind. Rau, probably the best European of his era over 100m, ran a superb leg, failing to catch d’Arcy by cen- timetres.

Semi-Finals - Monday, 8th July

Winners of each of 3 Semis advanced to Final.
Semi 1time____________________
1. Great BritainGBR _43.0s OR
David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Willie Applegarth, Victor d'ArcyGBRGBR43.0 ORQF
DQ.United StatesUSA _42.4s
Ira Courtney, Frank Belote, Clement Wilson, Carl Cooke
The United States team was disqualified after a baton-passing fault on the first transfer.
Semi 2time____________________
1. SwedenSWE _42.5s OR
Ivan Möller, Charles Luther, Ture Person, Knut Lindberg
2. HungaryHUn _42.9s
Ferenc Szobota, Vilmos Rácz, Pál Szalay, István Jankovich
Semi 3time____________________
1. GermanyGeR _42.3s WR
Otto Röhr, Max Herrmann, Erwin Kern, Richard RauGERGER
2. CanadaCAn _43.5s
Frank McConnell, Frank Lukeman, Harry Beasley, John Howard

Heats - Monday, 8th July

Winners of each of 6 Heats advanced to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1time____________________
1. CanadaCAn _46.2s OR
Frank McConnell, Frank Lukeman, Harry Beasley, John Howard
Heat 2time____________________
1. United StatesUSA _43.7s OR
Ira Courtney, Frank Belote, Clement Wilson, Carl Cooke
Heat 3time____________________
1. Great BritainGBR _45.0s
David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Willie Applegarth, Victor d'Arcy
Heat 4time____________________
1. SwedenGBR _43.6s OR
Ivan Möller, Charles Luther, Ture Person, Knut Lindberg
Heat 5time____________________
1. GermanyGeR _43.6s =OR
Karl Halt, Max Herrmann, Erwin Kern, Richard Rau
2. AustriaAUt _44.8s
Gustav Kröjer, Rudolf Rauch, Fritz Weinzinger, Fritz Fleischer
Heat 6time____________________
1. HungaryHUn _43.7s
Ferenc Szobota, Vilmos Rácz, Pál Szalay, István Jankovich
2. FranceFRA _43.8s
Pierre Failliot, Georges Rolot, Charles Lelong, René Mourlon
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