Final time _____________ 1. United States _41.0s =WR Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell 2. Germany _31.2s Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig 3. Great Britain _41.8s Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London 4. France _42.0s André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon 5. Switzerland _42.6s Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl -. Canada _DSQ Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600.
Canada (42.2) and France (41.8) the other heat winners. Germany had
twice run 40.8 during 1928 – neither of which was ever ratified as a
world record – and qualified easily in 42.0 behind France.
In the final the USA and Germany were evenly matched until the
final changeover, when Körnig started too early and had to slow slight-
ly to get the baton from Houben. By then Russell was clear, and he won
by one and a half metres. Britain was third after London made up nearly
5m on Mourlon.
Heat 1 time _____________ 1. Canada _42.2s Q Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams 2. Great Britain _43.5s Q Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London 3. Italy _ Giuseppe Castelli, Franco Reyser, Edgardo Toetti, Enrico Torre 4. Greece _44.0s Vangelis Moiropoulos, Konstantinos Petridis, Angelos Lambrou, Renos Frangoudis 5. Spain _ Juan Serrahima, Diego Ordóñez, Fernando Muñagorri, Enrique de Chávarri
Heat 2 time _____________ 1. France _41.8s Q André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon 2. Germany _ Q Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig 3. Belgium _ Paul Brochart, Fred Zinner, Adolphe Groscol, Willy Dujardin
Heat 3 time _____________ 1. United States _41.2s Q Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell 2. Switzerland _42.6s Q Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl 3. Japan _ Iwao Aizawa, Seishichi Inuma, Shigetoshi Osawa, Chuhei Nanbu 4. Turkey _ Semih Türkdoğan, Şinasi Şahingiray, Haydar Aşan, Mehmet Ali Aybar -. Hungary _DSQ Ferenc Gerő, János Paizs, István Sugár, István Raggambi
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Last updated: 1 May 2022Facebook Todor Krastev