1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 4 x 100 meter relay | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 52 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 4th, 1928 (preliminary) August 5th, 1928 (final) |
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The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on August 4th and 5th, 1928 in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam . 52 athletes took part in 13 relays.
The gold medal was won by the US season with the cast of Frank Wykoff , James Quinn , Charles Borah and Henry Russell . Silver went to Germany with Georg Lammers , Richard Corts , Hubert Houben and Helmut Körnig , bronze to Great Britain with Cyril Gill , Edward Smouha , Walter Rangeley and Jack London .
Existing records
- World record : 41.0 s - USA ( Louis Clarke , Frank Hussey , Al LeConey , Loren Murchison ), Paris , July 13, 1924 / Newark AC ( Chester Bowman , John Currie , James Pappas , Henry Cumming ), Lincoln (Nebraska) , 13. July 1924 (over 4 × 110 yards ) / Eintracht Frankfurt ( Ernst Geerling , Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann , Adolf Metzner , Hans Salz ), Halle (Saale) , June 10, 1928
- Olympic record : 41.0 s - USA ( Louis Clarke , Frank Hussey , Al LeConey , Loren Murchison ), first semifinals and final in Paris , July 13, 1924
Conducting the competition
The relays competed on August 4 for three preliminary races. The two best teams each qualified for the final, which took place on August 5th.
Note: The qualified relays are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: August 4, 1928
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada |
Ralph Adams John Fitzpatrick George Hester Percy Williams |
42.2 s | |
2 | Great Britain |
Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London |
43.5 s | |
3 | Italy |
Giuseppe Castelli Franco Reyser Edgardo Toetti Enrico Torre |
k. A. | |
4th | Greece |
Vangelis Moiropoulos Konstantinos Petridis Angelos Lambrou Renos Frangoudis |
44.0 s | |
5 | Spain |
Juan Serrahima Diego Ordóñez Fernando Muñagorri Enrique de Chávarri |
k. A. |
Forward 2
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | France |
André Cerbonney Gilbert Auvergne André Dufau André Mourlon |
41.8 s | |
2 | German Empire |
Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig |
k. A. | |
3 | Belgium |
Paul Brochart Fred Zinner Adolphe Groscol Willy Dujardin |
k. A. |
Forward 3
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
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1 | United States |
Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charles Borah Henry Russell |
41.8 s | |
2 | Switzerland |
Emmanuel Goldsmith Willy Weibel Willy Tschopp Hans Niggl |
42.6 s | |
3 | Japan |
Iwao Aizawa Seichichi Inuma Shigetoshi Osawa Nambu Chūhei |
42.6 s | |
4th | Turkey |
Semih Türkdoğan Şinasi Şahingiray Haydar Aşan Mehmet Ali Aybar |
k. A. | |
DSQ | Hungary |
Ferenc Gerő János Paizs István Sugár István Raggambi |
final
space | Season | occupation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charles Borah Henry Russell |
41.0 s | WRe |
2 | German Empire |
Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig |
41.2 s | |
3 | Great Britain |
Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London |
41.8 s | |
4th | France |
André Cerbonney Gilbert Auvergne André Dufau André Mourlon |
42.0 s | |
5 | Switzerland | Emmanuel Goldsmith Willy Weibel Willy Tschopp Hans Niggl |
42.6 s | |
DSQ | Canada |
Ralph Adams John Fitzpatrick George Hester Percy Williams |
Date: August 5, 1928
The US and German relay teams were considered favorites. In fact, there was an exciting duel between these two teams. The first three German runners had gained a clear lead with excellent individual performances and good to very good changes. The last change from Hubert Houben to Helmut Körnig, however, failed. Kornig started a little too early and had to stop in order not to overrun the change mark. This is how the USA came up and overtook the German quartet. Körnig was able to make up ground on the home stretch against Henry Russell, but it wasn't enough to win. The USA set the existing world record with 41.0 s , Germany was two tenths of a second behind and bronze went to the British with 41.8 s.
The USA won the 4 x 100 meter relay for the third time in a row .
For Germany it was the first medal in this discipline.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 211f
Web links
- SportsReference 4 × 100 m relay , accessed on September 13, 2017
- Official report pp. 463–464, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 13, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 561 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 211f