Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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| Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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| Dates | August 6 (heats) August 7 (final) |
| Competitors | from 15 nations |
| Teams | 15 |
| Winning time | 3:10.4 |
| Medalists | |
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| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 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 | |||
| 10 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 x 400 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 6 & August 7. The United States team easily won the final with a time of 3:10.4.
Results
Heats
The first two teams in each heat qualified for the Final.[1]
Heat 1
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
Roy Cochran Cliff Bourland Arthur Harnden Mal Whitfield |
3:12.6 |
| 2 |  Italy |
Rocca, G. Missoni, O. Paterlini, L. Siddi, A. |
3:14.0 |
| 3 |  Great Britain |
Lewis, L. Pugh,D. Pike, M. Roberts, W. |
3:14.2 |
| 4 |  Switzerland |
Oskar Hardmeier Walter Keller Max Trepp Volkmer, K. |
3:23.0 |
| - |  Ireland |
Denroche, C. Myles, R. Dolan, P. Reardon, J. |
Disqualified |
Heat 2
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jamaica |
Rhoden, V. Laing, L. Wint, A. McKenley, H. |
3:14.0 |
| 2 |  France |
Jean Kerebel Francis Schewetta Robert Chef D'Hotel Jacques Lunis |
3:17.0 |
| 3 | 23x15px Canada | McCullough, E. Larochelle, W. McFarlane, D. McFarlane, R. |
3:19.0 |
| 4 |  Chile |
Silva Anguita, C. Hitelman Reiticft, J. Guzman Lira, S. Ehlers Trostel, G. |
3:23.8 |
| 5 |  Turkey |
Dincturk, S. Ishman, R. Acarbay, E. Horulu, K. |
3:35.0 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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| 1 |  Finland |
Tauno Suvanto Olavi Talja Runar Holmberg Storskrubb, A. |
3:20.6 |
| 2 |  Sweden |
Kurt Lundqvist Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson |
3:21.0 |
| 3 |  Argentina |
Pocovi, A. Alberti, H. Evans, G. Avalos, A. |
3:21.2 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia |
Bulic, J. Racic, M. Cosic, A. Sabolovic, Z. |
3:25.4 |
| 5 |  Greece |
Mavroidis, B. Petropoulakis, L. Petrakis, S. Stratakos, S. |
3:33.0 |
Final
| Rank | Country | Time (hand) | Notes |
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United States |
3:10.4 | |
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France |
3:14.8 | |
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Sweden |
3:16.0 | |
| 4 | Finland |
3:24.8 | |
| Jamaica |
DNF | ||
| Italy |
DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
References
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 4x400 metre relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-23.
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