Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 6 & August 7.[1] The United States team won the final, but was initially disqualified when officials thought the pass between Barney Ewell and Lorenzo Wright had taken place outside the zone. After further review, officials saw that the pass took place inside the zone, and restored U.S. results.

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesAugust 6 (heats)
August 7 (final)
Competitors from 15 nations
Teams15
Winning time40.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barney Ewell
Lorenzo Wright
Harrison Dillard
Mel Patton
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alastair McCorquodale
Jack Gregory
Ken Jones
Jack Archer
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michele Tito
Enrico Perucconi
Carlo Monti
Antonio Siddi
 Italy
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
Olympic record
  United States
(Foy Draper, Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens, Frank Wykoff)
39.8 Berlin, Germany 9 August 1936

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 6 August 1948 16:00 Round 1
Saturday, 7 August 1948 15:30 Finals

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 took place on 6 August. The first two teams from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   United States Harrison Dillard, Barney Ewell, Mel Patton, Lorenzo Wright 41.1 Q
2   Italy Carlo Monti, Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Michele Tito 41.3 Q
3   Brazil Haroldo da Silva, Hélio da Silva, Ivan Hausen, Rosalvo Ramos 42.4
-   Turkey Kemal Aksur, Erdal Barkay, Raşit Öztaş, Ruhi Sarıalp DSQ

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Great Britain Jack Archer, Jack Gregory, Ken Jones, Alastair McCorquodale 41.4 Q
2   Hungary László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Ferenc Tima 41.4 Q
3   Australia John Bartram, Bill Bruce, Morris Curotta, John Treloar 41.5
4   Uruguay Hércules Azcune, Mario Fayos, Juan López, Walter Pérez 42.8
5   Bermuda Hazzard Dill, Perry Johnson, Stanley Lines, Frank Mahoney 45.4
-   Belgium Fernand Bourgaux, Pol Braekman, Fernand Linssen, Isidoor Van De Wiele DNF

Heat 3

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Netherlands Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan 41.7 Q
2   Canada Ted Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Don Pettie 42.3 Q
3   Argentina Alberto Biedermann, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Carlos Isaac, Fernando Lapuente 42.4
4   Iceland Ásmundur Bjarnason, Haukur Clausen, Trausti Eyjólfsson, Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson 42.9
-   France Julien Lebas, Marc Litaudon, Alain Porthault, René Valmy DNF

Final

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Harrison Dillard, Barney Ewell, Mel Patton, Lorenzo Wright 40.6
    Great Britain Jack Archer, Jack Gregory, Ken Jones, Alastair McCorquodale 41.3
    Italy Carlo Monti, Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Michele Tito 41.5
4   Hungary László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Ferenc Tima 41.6
5   Canada Ted Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Don Pettie 41.9
6   Netherlands Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan 41.9

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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