Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4×100 metres relay at the Games of the VII Olympiad
The U.S. team, left-right:Paddock, Scholz, Murchison and Kirskey
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 21–22
Competitors	52 from 13 nations
Medalists
Morris Kirksey, Loren Murchison, Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz  United States Émile Ali-Khan, René Lorain, René Mourlon, René Tirard  France Agne Holmström, Sven Malm, William Petersson, Nils Sandström  Sweden

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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of this event. The competition was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920, and on Sunday, August 22, 1920. Fifty-two runners from 13 nations competed.^[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	42.3	Otto Röhr Max Herrmann Erwin Kern Richard Rau	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912
Olympic Record	42.3	Otto Röhr Max Herrmann Erwin Kern Richard Rau	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912

In the final the team of the United States set a new world record with 42.2 seconds.

Results

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey (USA)	43.0	Q
2	Jean Colbach, Paul Hammer, Jean Proess, Alex Servais (LUX)	44.4	Q
3	Félix Mendizábal, Diego Ordóñez, Carlos Botín, Federico Reparez (ESP)	44.6
—	Bjarne Guldager, Asle Bækkedal, Rolf Stenersen, Erling Aastad (NOR)	DSQ
	Vittorio Zucca, Giovanni Orlandi, Giorgio Croci, Mario Riccobono (ITA)	DSQ

Semifinal 2

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	René Lorain, René Tirard, René Mourlon, Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	43.0	Q
2	William Hill, Harold Abrahams, Denis Black, Victor d'Arcy (GBR)	43.3	Q
3	Albert Heijnneman, Jan de Vries, Harry van Rappard, Cor Wezepoel (NED)	43.5
4	Max Houben, Julien Lehouck, Omer Smet, Paul Brochart (BEL)	43.7

Semifinal 3

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	Agne Holmström, William Petersson, Sven Malm, Nils Sandström (SWE)	43.4	Q
2	Henri Thorsen, Fritiof Andersen, August Sørensen, Marinus Sørensen (DEN)	43.8	Q
3	Jack Oosterlaak, Willie Bukes, Henry Dafel, Francis Irvine (RSA)	44.4
4	August Waibel, Walter Leibundgut, Adolf Rysler, Josef Imbach (SUI)	44.2

Final

The final was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

Place	Athletes	Time
1	Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey (USA)	42.2 WR
2	René Lorain, René Tirard, René Mourlon, Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	42.5
3	Agne Holmström, William Petersson, Sven Malm, Nils Sandström (SWE)	42.8
4	William Hill, Harold Abrahams, Denis Black, Victor d'Arcy (GBR)	43.0
5	Henri Thorsen, Fritiof Andersen, August Sørensen, Marinus Sørensen (DEN)	43.3
6	Jean Colbach, Paul Hammer, Jean Proess, Alex Servais (LUX)	43.6

References

1. "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

External links

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.