| Event: | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Games: | 1932 Summer |
| Venue: | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Dates: | August 6 and August 7 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Hec Dyer Frank Wykoff |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Helmut Körnig Fritz Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Giuseppe Castelli Ruggero Maregatti Gabriele Salviati Edgardo Toetti |
| Bronzenoc: | ITA |
| Prev: | 1928 |
| Next: | 1936 |
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 6 and August 7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1]
Two heats were held; the fastest three times advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41.22 | Q | ||
| 2 | Takayoshi Yoshioka Chuhei Nanbu Izu Anno Itaro Nakajima | 41.8 | Q | |
| 3 | Don Finlay Stanley Fuller Stanley Engelhart Ernie Page | 42.0 | Q | |
| 4 | Angelos Lambrou Khristos Mantikas Evangelos Moiropoulos Renos Frangoudis | 42.9 | ||
| 5 | Bunoo Sutton Ronald Vernieux Mehar Chand Dhawan Dickie Carr | 43.7 | ||
Heat Two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40.61 | WR, Q | ||
| 2 | Giuseppe Castelli Ruggero Maregatti Gabriele Salviati Edgardo Toetti | 42.8 | Q | |
| 3 | Percy Williams Jim Brown Harold Wright Bert Pearson | 45.0 | Q | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40.10 | WR | |||
| 40.9 | ||||
| 41.2 | ||||
| 4 | 41.3 | |||
| 5 | 41.3 | |||
| 6 | 41.4 | |||
Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish