1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Men
Attendees	78 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	Stadio Olimpico
Competition phase	September 7, 1960 (prelims) September 8, 1960 (semifinals / finals)
Winning time	39.66 s
Medalist  Germany Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf , Martin Lauer  Soviet Union Gusman Kossanow , Leonid Bartenew , Juri Konovalov , Edwin Osolin  Great Britain Peter Radford , David Jones , David Segal , Nick Whitehead

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was held on September 7th and 8th, 1960 at the Stadio Olimpico . 78 athletes took part in nineteen seasons.

The German relay team won the Olympic championship ahead of the teams from the Soviet Union and Great Britain.

The Swiss relay managed to qualify for the semifinals, but failed there in fourth place. An Austrian team did not take part.

Existing records

World record	39.5 s	USA ( Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker , Bobby Morrow )	Melbourne , Australia	1st December 1956
		Federal Republic of Germany ( Manfred Steinbach , Martin Lauer , Heinz Fütterer , Manfred Germar )	Cologne , FR Germany	August 29, 1958
Olympic record		USA ( Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker , Bobby Morrow )	Melbourne finals , Australia	1st December 1956

Conducting the competition

The relays competed on September 7th to four heats. The first three teams qualified for the semi-finals. From the two preliminary decisions on September 8th, the first three teams each also reached the final on the same day.

Note: The qualified relays are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

September 7, 4.10 p.m.: Prelim

September 8, 3:15 p.m .: semi-finals

September 8, 6:10 p.m .: Final

Prelims

Date: September 7, 1960, from 4.10 p.m.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Great Britain	Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead	40.1 s	40.27 s
2	Soviet Union	Gusman Kossanow Leonid Bartenew Yuri Konovalov Edwin Osolin	40.2 s	40.39 s
3	Switzerland	Peter Laeng Heinz Müller Werner Schaufelberger Sebald Schnellmann	40.8 s	40.92 s
4th	Iraq	Jassim Karim Kuraishi Khudhir Zalata Fahmi Falih Mahmoud Ghanim	41.7 s	41.87 s
5	Thailand	Boonsong Arjtaweekul Prajim Wongsuwan Paiboon Vacharaban Suthi Manyakass	42.0 s	42.19 s

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Italy	Armando Sardi Pier Giorgio Cazzola Salvatore Giannone Livio Berruti	40.0 s	40.16 s
2	Nigeria	James Omagbemi Abdul Amu Smart Akraka Adebayo Oladapo	40.1 s	40.25 s
3	Venezuela	Horacio Esteves Lloyd Murad Emilio Romero Rafael Romero	41.0 s	41.11 s
4th	Philippines	Remegio Vista Isaac Gómez Enrique Bautista Rogelio Onofre	41.4 s	41.55 s
DSQ	Uganda	Aggrey Awori Gadi Ado Erasmus Amukun Jean Baptiste Okello

Forward 3

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Germany	Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer	39.5 s	39.61 s	WRe / ORe
2	Greece	Ioannis Komitoudis Konstantinos Lolos Leonidas Kormalis Nikolaos Georgopoulos	41.6 s	41.81 s
3	Pakistan	Abdul Malik Muhammad Ramzan Ali Ghulam Raziq Abdul Khaliq	42.5 s	42.67 s
DSQ	Poland	Marian Foik Janusz Jarzembowski Józef Szmidt Jerzy Juskowiak

Forward 4

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	United States	Frank Budd Ray Norton Stone Johnson Dave Sime	39.7 s	39.87 s
2	Canada	Lynn Eves George Short Terry Tobacco Harry Jerome	42.1 s	42.27 s
3	Japan	Keiji Ogushi Hirotada Hayase Takayuki Okazaki Hiroshi Shibata	42.4 s	42.60 s
4th	Afghanistan	Ali Zaid Abdul Ghafar Ghafoori Habib Sayed Abdul Hadi Shekaib	44.4 s	44.53 s
DSQ	France	Paul Genevay Jocelyn Delecour Abdoulaye Seye Claude Piquemal

Semifinals

Date: September 8, 1960, from 3:15 p.m.

Run 1

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Germany	Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer	39.7 s	39.88 s
2	Venezuela	Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Emilio Romero Rafael Romero	40.3 s	40.49 s
3	Great Britain	Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead	40.5 s	40.63 s
4th	Canada	Lynn Eves George Short Terry Tobacco Sig Ohlemann	41.1 s	41.27 s
5	Japan	Keiji Ogushi Hirotada Hayase Takayuki Okazaki Hiroshi Shibata	42.2 s	42.39 s
DSQ	Nigeria	James Omagbemi Abdul Amu Smart Akraka Adebayo Oladapo

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	United States	Frank Budd Ray Norton Stone Johnson Dave Sime	39.7 s	39.67 s
2	Italy	Armando Sardi Pier Giorgio Cazzola Salvatore Giannone Livio Berruti	40.2 s	40.29 s
3	Soviet Union	Gusman Kossanow Leonid Bartenew Yuri Konovalov Edwin Osolin	40.2 s	40.30 s
4th	Switzerland	Peter Laeng Heinz Müller Werner Schaufelberger Sebald Schnellmann	40.9 s	41.06 s
5	Greece	Ioannis Komitoudis Konstantinos Lolos Leonidas Kormalis Nikolaos Georgopoulos	41.7 s	41.90 s
6th	Pakistan	Abdul Malik Muhammad Ramzan Ali Ghulam Raziq Abdul Khaliq	42.8 s	42.99 s

final

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Germany	Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer	39.5 s	39.66 s	WRe / ORe
2	Soviet Union	Gusman Kossanow Leonid Bartenew Yuri Konovalov Edwin Osolin	40.1 s	40.24 s
3	Great Britain	Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead	40.2 s	40.32 s
4th	Italy	Armando Sardi Pier Giorgio Cazzola Salvatore Giannone Livio Berruti	40.2 s	40.33 s
5	Venezuela	Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Emilio Romero Rafael Romero	40.7 s	40.83 s
DSQ	United States	Frank Budd Ray Norton Stone Johnson Dave Sime

Date: September 8, 1960, 6:10 p.m.

The favorite was the US relay, which clearly had the best individual runners. The German team were given good chances, especially when they set the world record in the first round . The German team had injury-related problems, however, as their designated final runner Manfred Germar could not be used. To determine the substitute, there was an elimination race between Manfred Steinbach and Martin Lauer, which the world hurdle record holder Lauer won.

In the final, Bernd Cullmann ran strong as the star runner of the German team and even brought his relay slightly into the lead. Problems arose when the US team changed from Frank Budd to Ray Norton. Norton, who even slowed down slightly, took over the baton clearly behind the transition area. Armin Hary increased the Germans' lead on the back straight, but US runner Stone Johnson almost came close to Walter Mahlendorf in the corner. At the beginning of the home stretch, Lauer was just ahead of Dave Sime, who, however, had one of the fastest final runs. The US relay crossed the finish line in 39.4 seconds (electronically 39.59 s). But the error was already indicated here and led to the disqualification, so there was no new world record. Germany became Olympic champion and once again equalized the existing world record. The squadrons of the Soviet Union and Great Britain moved up to the medal positions.

After seven consecutive US relay victories, there was no medal for the US for the first time since 1912 .

It was Germany's first Olympic victory in the 4 x 100 meter relay .

With the relay win, Armin Hary was the first German athlete to win two gold medals.

literature

Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 217f

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , published on November 5, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed on October 13, 2017
• Official report pp. 96-99, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017

Videos

• 4X100 METRI OLIMPIADI ROMA 1960 , published November 5, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed October 13, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on October 13, 2017
2. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 64 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
3. ^ Official report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 96/98 (English) on library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
4. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 98 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
5. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 99 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2017
6. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 217f