Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	August 4 (heats) August 5 (final)
Teams:	13
Nations:	13
Win Value:	41.0
Gold:	Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charles Borah Henry Russell
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1			42.2	Q
2			43.5	Q
3
4			44.0
5

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1			41.8	Q
2				Q
3

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1			41.2	Q
2			42.6	Q
3
4
				DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, Q = Qualified

Final

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
			41.0	=WR
			41.2
			41.8
4			42.0
5			42.6
				DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, =WR = Equalled world record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173758/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.