Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 6 and 7 August. The United States team won the final with a time of 3:10.4.[1]

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates6 August (heats)
7 August (final)
Competitors from 15 nations
Teams15
Winning time3:10.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roy Cochran
Cliff Bourland
Arthur Harnden
Mal Whitfield
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean Kerebel
Francis Schewetta
Robert Chef d'Hôtel
Jacques Lunis
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kurt Lundquist
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
Folke Alnevik
Rune Larsson
 Sweden
← 1936
1952 →

Records

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

World record
Olympic record
  United States
(Ed Ablowich, Bill Carr, Ivan Fuqua, Karl Warner)
3:08.2 Los Angeles, United States 7 August 1932

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday 6 August 1948 17:30 Round 1
Saturday 7 August 1948 16:50 Final

Results

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Round 1

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The first two teams in each heat qualified for the Final.[2]

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   United States Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield 3:12.6 Q
2   Italy Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi 3:14.0 Q
3   Great Britain Leslie Lewis, Martin Pike, Derek Pugh, Bill Roberts 3:14.2
4   Switzerland Oskar Hardmeier, Walter Keller, Max Trepp, Karl Volkmer 3:23.0
-   Ireland Charles Denroche, Paul Dolan, Reggie Myles, Jimmy Reardon DSQ

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Jamaica Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint 3:14.0 Q
2   France Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta 3:17.0 Q
3   Canada Bill LaRochelle, Ernie McCullough, Bob McFarlane, Don McFarlane 3:19.0
4   Chile Gustavo Ehlers, Sergio Guzmán, Jaime Hitelman, Carlos Silva 3:23.8
5   Turkey Doğan Acarbay, Seydi Dinçtürk, Kemal Horulu, Rıza Maksut İşman 3:35.0

Heat 3

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Finland Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja 3:20.6 Q
2   Sweden Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt 3:21.0 Q
3   Argentina Hermelindo Alberti, Guillermo Avalos, Guillermo Evans, Antonio Pocovi 3:21.2
4   Yugoslavia Jerko Bulić, Aleksandar Ćosić, Marko Račič, Zvonko Sabolović 3:25.4
5   Greece Vasilios Mavroidis, Stefanos Petrakis, Lazaros Petropoulakis, Stylianos Stratakos 3:33.0

Final

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    United States Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, Mal Whitfield 3:10.4
    France Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jean Kerebel, Jacques Lunis, Francis Schewetta 3:14.8
    Sweden Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt 3:16.0
4   Finland Runar Holmberg, Bebbe Storskrubb, Tauno Suvanto, Olavi Talja 3:24.8
  Jamaica Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint DNF
  Italy Ottavio Missoni, Luigi Paterlini, Gianni Rocca, Antonio Siddi DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. LONDON: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 259. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.