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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 6 and August 7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bob Kiesel
Emmett Toppino
Hec Dyer
Frank Wykoff
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helmut Körnig
Fritz Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppe Castelli
Ruggero Maregatti
Gabriele Salviati
Edgardo Toetti
 Italy
← 1928
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]

Results

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Heats

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Two heats were held; the fastest three times advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Helmut Körnig
Fritz Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
 Germany 41.22 Q
2 Takayoshi Yoshioka
Chuhei Nanbu
Izu Anno
Itaro Nakajima
 Japan 41.8 Q
3 Don Finlay
Stanley Fuller
Stanley Engelhart
Ernie Page
 Great Britain 42.0 Q
4 Angelos Lambrou
Khristos Mantikas
Evangelos Moiropoulos
Renos Frangoudis
 Greece 42.9
5 Bunoo Sutton
Ronald Vernieux
Mehar Chand Dhawan
Dickie Carr
 India 43.7

Heat Two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bob Kiesel
Emmett Toppino
Hec Dyer
Frank Wykoff
 United States 40.61 WR, Q
2 Giuseppe Castelli
Ruggero Maregatti
Gabriele Salviati
Edgardo Toetti
 Italy 42.8 Q
3 Percy Williams
Jim Brown
Harold Wright
Bert Pearson
 Canada 45.0 Q

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bob Kiesel
Emmett Toppino
Hec Dyer
Frank Wykoff
 United States 40.10 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helmut Körnig
Fritz Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
 Germany 40.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppe Castelli
Ruggero Maregatti
Gabriele Salviati
Edgardo Toetti
 Italy 41.2
4 Percy Williams
Jim Brown
Harold Wright
Bert Pearson
 Canada 41.3
5 Takayoshi Yoshioka
Chuhei Nanbu
Izuo Anno
Itaro Nakajima
 Japan 41.3
6 Don Finlay
Stanley Fuller
Stanley Engelhart
Ernie Page
 Great Britain 41.4

Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2017.