| The USA made things very clear in the heats with a time of 40.6 (40.61 on electric timing), which equalled Germany’s world record, though the USA’s time was unratified because of their performance the next day. Germany, winners of the other heat in 41.2 (41.22), were drawn in lane 4 in the final, with the USA in lane 1. Kiesel gave the USA a fine start, gaining 2m on veteran Körnig, and the USA steadily drew away to win by 9m in 40.0 to destroy the world record. Had the USA decided to use Metcalfe, Tolan and Simpson, their three fastest men, the time might have been nearer 39.5. |
| This was an easy victory for the United States. In the heats they broke the world record with 40.6. They actually ran without their three fastest runners from the individual races, leaving Eddie Tolan, Ralph Metcalfe, and George Simpson on the bench. Still they shattered their world record in the final, pulling away on every leg, to win in 40.0, leading Germany by nine metres. |
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Final |
7 August |
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40,1 |
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Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff |
United States |
USA |
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WR |
40.0 h |
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40.9 |
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Helmut Körnig, Friedrich Hendrix, Erich Borchmeyer, Arthur Jonath |
Germany |
GER |
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41.2 |
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Giuseppe Castelli, Ruggero Maregatti, Gabriele Salviati, Edgardo Toetti |
Italy |
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41.3 |
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Percy Williams, James Brown, Harold Wright, Birchall Pearson |
Canada |
CAN |
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41.3 |
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Takayoshi Yoshioka, Chuhei Nambu, Izuo Anno, Itaro Nakajima |
Japan |
JPN |
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41.4 |
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Don Finlay, Stanley Fuller, Stanley Englehart, Ernest Page |
Great Britain |
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Round One Heat One |
6 August |
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41,22 |
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Helmut Körnig, Friedrich Hendrix, Erich Borchmeyer, Arthur Jonath |
Germany |
GER |
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41.2 h |
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41.8 |
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Takayoshi Yoshioka, Chuhei Nambu, Izuo Anno, Itaro Nakajima |
Japan |
JPN |
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42.0 |
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Don Finlay, Stanley Fuller, Stanley Englehart, Ernest Page |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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42.9 |
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Angelos Lambrou, Khristos Mantikas, Evangelos Moiropoulos, Renos Frangoudis |
Greece |
GRE |
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43.7 |
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Bunoo Sutton, Ronald Vernieux, Mehar Chand Dhawan, Dickie Carr |
India |
IND |
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Round One Heat Two |
6 August |
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40,61 |
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Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff |
United States |
USA |
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40.6 h |
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42.8 |
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Giuseppe Castelli, Ruggero Maregatti, Gabriele Salviati, Edgardo Toetti |
Italy |
ITA |
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45.0 |
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Percy Williams, James Brown, Harold Wright, Birchall Pearson |
Canada |
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