Final time _____________ 1. United States 41.0s =WR Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell 2. Germany 31.2s Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig 3. Great Britain 41.8s Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London 4. France 42.0s André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon 5. Switzerland 42.6s Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl -. Canada DSQ Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600.
Canada (42.2) and France (41.8) the other heat winners. Germany had
twice run 40.8 during 1928 – neither of which was ever ratified as a
world record – and qualified easily in 42.0 behind France.
In the final the USA and Germany were evenly matched until the
final changeover, when Körnig started too early and had to slow slight-
ly to get the baton from Houben. By then Russell was clear, and he won
by one and a half metres. Britain was third after London made up nearly
5m on Mourlon.
Heat 1 time _____________ 1. Canada 42.2s Q Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams 2. Great Britain 43.5s Q Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London 3. Italy Giuseppe Castelli, Franco Reyser, Edgardo Toetti, Enrico Torre 4. Greece 44.0s Vangelis Moiropoulos, Konstantinos Petridis, Angelos Lambrou, Renos Frangoudis 5. Spain Juan Serrahima, Diego Ordóñez, Fernando Muñagorri, Enrique de Chávarri
Heat 2 time _____________ 1. France 41.8s Q André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon 2. Germany Q Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig 3. Belgium Paul Brochart, Fred Zinner, Adolphe Groscol, Willy Dujardin
Heat 3 time _____________ 1. United States 41.2s Q Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell 2. Switzerland 42.6s Q Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl 3. Japan Iwao Aizawa, Seishichi Inuma, Shigetoshi Osawa, Chuhei Nanbu 4. Turkey Semih Türkdoğan, Şinasi Şahingiray, Haydar Aşan, Mehmet Ali Aybar -. Hungary DSQ Ferenc Gerő, János Paizs, István Sugár, István Raggambi
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