Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	August 4 (heats) August 5 (final)
Teams:	14
Nations:	14
Win Value:	3:14.2
Gold:	George Baird Fred Alderman Emerson Spencer Ray Barbuti
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Otto Neumann Harry Werner Storz Richard Krebs Hermann Engelhard
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	James Ball Stanley Glover Phil Edwards Alex Wilson
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5.^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Time	Athletes	Notes
1		3:21.4		Q
2		3:22.0		Q
3		3:23.2
4		3:24.2
5

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Time	Athletes	Notes
1		3:20.8		Q
2		3:21.2		Q
3		3:22.6
4
5
6

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank	Country	Time	Athletes	Notes
1		3:20.6		Q
2		3:23.0		Q
3		3:23.4

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
		3:14.2	WR
		3:14.8
		3:15.4
4		3:15.8
5		3:16.4
6		3:19.4

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-4-x-400-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.