Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates	July 12, 1924 (semifinals) July 13, 1924 (final)
Competitors	28 from 7 nations
Medalists
Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson  United States Byléhn, Engdahl, Svensson, Wejnarth  Sweden Butler, Renwick, Ripley, Toms  Great Britain

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of this event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 12, 1924, and on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

As for all other events the track was 500 metres in circumference. Twenty-eight runners from seven nations competed.^[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:16.6	Mel Sheppard Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath	Stockholm (SWE)	July 15, 1912
Olympic Record	3:16.6	Mel Sheppard Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath	Stockholm (SWE)	July 15, 1912

In the final, the United States team set a new world record with 3:16.0.

Results

Round 1

The heats were held on Saturday, July 12, 1924, and started at 4 p.m. The top two in each heat qualified for the semi-finals which means that only one team (Finland) was eliminated.

Heat 1

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	Raymond Fritz, Gaston Féry, Francis Galtier, Barthélémy Favodon (FRA)	3:30.0	Q
2	Artur Svensson, Erik Byléhn, Gustaf Wejnarth, Nils Engdahl (SWE)	3:37.5	Q

Heat 2

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	Edward Toms, George Renwick, Richard Ripley, Guy Butler (GBR)	3:22.0	Q
2	Guido Cominotto, Luigi Facelli, Alfredo Gargiullo, Ennio Maffiolini (ITA)	3:30.0	Q
3	Erik Åström, Hirsch Drisin, Eero Lehtonen, Erik Wilén (FIN)	3:32.2

Heat 3

Place	Athletes	Time	Qual.
1	Commodore Cochran, William Stevenson, Oliver MacDonald, Alan Helffrich (USA)	3:27.0	Q
2	Horace Aylwin, Alan Christie, David Johnson, William Maynes (CAN)	3:34.5	Q

Final

The final was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924, and was started at 5:15 p.m.

Place	Athletes	Time
1	Commodore Cochran, William Stevenson, Oliver MacDonald, Alan Helffrich (USA)	3:16.0 WR
2	Artur Svensson, Erik Byléhn, Gustaf Wejnarth, Nils Engdahl (SWE)	3:17.0
3	Edward Toms, George Renwick, Richard Ripley, Guy Butler (GBR)	3:17.4
4	Horace Aylwin, Alan Christie, David Johnson, William Maynes (CAN)	3:22.8
5	Raymond Fritz, Gaston Féry, Francis Galtier, Barthélémy Favodon (FRA)	3:23.4
—	Guido Cominotto, Luigi Facelli, Alfredo Gargiullo, Ennio Maffiolini (ITA)	3:28.0

The winning USA relay team.

References

1. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.