Athletics - Men's 4x400 m

4x400 m Relay

1936

London 1948

  1. USA
    (1600) Art Harnden (USA/1948)
    (1600) Cliff Bourland (USA/1948)
    (1600=2600) Mal Whitfield (USA/1948-52)
    (1600) Roy Cochran (USA/1948)
  2. France
    (1000) Francis Schewetta (FRA/1948)
    (1000) Jean Kérébel (FRA/1948)
    (1000) Robert Chef d'Hôtel (FRA/1948)
    (1000) Jacques Lunis (FRA/1948)
  3. Sweden
    (640) Folke Alnevik (SWE/1948)
    (640) Kurt Lundquist (SWE/1948)
    (640=708) Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt (SWE/1948-52)
    (640=708) Rune Larsson (SWE/1948-52)
  4. Finland
    (400) Bebbe Storskrubb (FIN/1948)
    (400) Olavi Talja (FIN/1948-52)
    (400) Runar Holmberg (FIN/1948)
    (400) Tauno Suvanto (FIN/1948)
  5. Italy
    (160=177) Gianni Rocca (ITA/1948-52)
    (160) Ottavio Missoni (ITA/1948)
    (160) Luigi Paterlini (ITA/1948)
    (160) Antonio Siddi (ITA/1948-52)
  6. Jamaica
    (160=1760) Arthur Wint (JAM/1948-52)
    (160=1760) George Rhoden (JAM/1948-52)
    (160=1760) Herb McKenley (JAM/1948-52)
    (160=1760) Les Laing (JAM/1948-52)
    third in round one
  7. Argentina
    (68) Antonio Pocoví (ARG/1948)
    (68) Guillermo Avalos (ARG/1948)
    (68) Guillermo Evans (ARG/1948)
    (68) Hermenegildo Alberti (ARG/1948)
  8. Canada
    (68) Ernie McCullough (CAN/1948)
    (68) Don McFarlane (CAN/1948)
    (68) Bob McFarlane (CAN/1948)
    (68) Bill LaRochelle (CAN/1948)
  9. Great Britain
    (68) Derek Pugh (GBR/1948)
    (68=318) Les Lewis (GBR/1948-52)
    (68) Martin Pike (GBR/1948)
    (68=1668) Bill Roberts (GBR/1936-48)
    fourth in round one
  10. Chile
    (17) Carlos Silva (CHI/1948)
    (17) Gustavo Ehlers (CHI/1948)
    (17) Jaime Hitelman (CHI/1948)
    (17) Sergio Guzmán (CHI/1948)
  11. Switzerland
    (17) Karl Volkmer (SUI/1948)
    (17) Max Trepp (SUI/1948)
    (17) Oskar Hardmeier (SUI/1948)
    (17) Walter Keller (SUI/1948)
  12. Yugoslavia
    (17) Aleksandar Ćosić (yug-SRB/1948)
    (17) Jerko Bulić (yug-CRO/1948)
    (17) Marko Račič (yug-SLO/1948)
    (17) Zvonko Sabolović (yug-SRB/1948)
    fifth in round one
  13. Greece
    (4.3) Lazaros Petropoulakis (GRE/1948)
    (4.3) Stefanos Petrakis (GRE/1948-52)
    (4.3) Stylianos Stratakos (GRE/1948)
    (4.3) Vasilios Mavroidis (GRE/1948-52)
  14. Ireland
    (4.3) Charles Denroche (IRL/1948)
    (4.3) Jimmy Reardon (IRL/1948)
    (4.3) Paul Dolan (IRL/1948-52)
    (4.3) Reggie Myles (IRL/1948)
  15. Turkey
    (4.3) Doğan Acarbay (TUR/1948-52)
    (4.3) Kemal Horulu (TUR/1948-52)
    (4.3) Rıza Maksut İşman (TUR/1948)
    (4.3) Seydi Dinçtürk (TUR/1948)

Helsinki 1952

  1. Jamaica
    (1600=1760) Arthur Wint (JAM/1948-52)
    (1600=1760) George Rhoden (JAM/1948-52)
    (1600=1760) Herb McKenley (JAM/1948-52)
    (1600=1760) Les Laing (JAM/1948-52)
  2. USA
    (1000) Charlie Moore (USA/1952)
    (1000) Gene Cole (USA/1952)
    (1000=2600) Mal Whitfield (USA/1948-52)
    (1000) Ollie Matson (USA/1952)
  3. Germany
    (640) Günther Steines (GER/1952)
    (640) Hans Geister (GER/1952)
    (640) Heinz Ulzheimer (GER/1952)
    (640=1040) Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER/1952-56)
  4. Canada
    (400=650) Doug Clement (CAN/1952-56)
    (400) James Lavery (CAN/1952)
    (400) Jack Carroll (CAN/1952)
    (400) Jack Hutchins (CAN/1948-52)
  5. Great Britain
    (250) Alan Dick (GBR/1952)
    (250=318) Les Lewis (GBR/1948-52)
    (250) Nick Stacey (GBR/1952)
    (250) Terry Higgins (GBR/1952)
  6. France
    (160=228) Jacques Degats (FRA/1952-56)
    (160=228) Jean-Paul Martin du Gard (FRA/1952-56)
    (160=228) Jean-Pierre Goudeau (FRA/1952-56)
    (160) Robert Bart (FRA/1952)
    third in round one
  7. Sweden
    (68) Gösta Brännström (SWE/1952)
    (68=708) Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt (SWE/1948-52)
    (68=708) Rune Larsson (SWE/1948-52)
    (68) Tage Ekfeldt (SWE/1952)
  8. Hungary
    (68) Solymossy Egon (HUN/1952)
    (68) Bánhalmi Ferenc (HUN/1948-52)
    (68) Szentgáli Lajos (HUN/1952-56)
    (68) Adamik Zoltán (HUN/1952)
  9. Soviet Union
    (68=136) Ardalion Ignatyev (urs-RUS/1952-56)
    (68) Edmunds Pīlāgs (urs-EST/1952)
    (68) Gennady Slepnyov (urs-RUS/1952)
    (68=136) Yury Lituyev (urs-RUS/1952-56)
    fourth in round one
  10. Belgium
    (17) Albert Lowagie (BEL/1952)
    (17) Antoine Uytterhoeven (BEL/1952)
    (17) Fernand Linssen (BEL/1948-52)
    (17=20.63) Roger Moens (BEL/1952,60)
  11. Italy
    (17) Armando Filiput (ITA/1952)
    (17) Baldassare Porto (ITA/1952)
    (17=177) Gianni Rocca (ITA/1948-52)
    (17) Luigi Grossi (ITA/1952)
  12. South Africa
    (17) John Anderton (RSA/1952)
    (17) Louis van Biljon (RSA/1952)
    (17) Ron Wilkie (RSA/1952)
    (17) Bill Chivell (RSA/1952)
    fifth in round one
  13. Luxembourg
    (4.3) Fred Hammer (LUX/1952-56)
    (4.3) Gérard Rasquin (LUX/1952-56)
    (4.3) Jean Hamilius (LUX/1952)
    (4.3) Roby Schaeffer (LUX/1952)
  14. Switzerland
    (4.3) Ernst von Gunten (SUI/1952)
    (4.3) Hans Ernst Schneider (SUI/1952)
    (4.3) Sepp Steger (SUI/1952)
    (4.3) Paul Stalder (SUI/1952)
  15. Australia
    (4.3) Edwin Carr, Jr. (AUS/1952)
    (4.3) Ken Doubleday (AUS/1952-56)
    (4.3) Morris Curotta (AUS/1948-52)
    (4.3) Ray Weinberg (AUS/1948-52)
    sixth in round one
  16. Finland
    (1.3=18.3) Ossi Mildh (FIN/1952-56)
    (1.3) Pauli Tavisalo (FIN/1952)
    (1.3) Ragnar Graeffe (FIN/1952)
    (1.3) Rolf Back (FIN/1952)
  17. Pakistan
    (1.3) Abdul Rehman (PAK/1952)
    (1.3) Aurang Zeb (PAK/1952)
    (1.3) Mirza Khan (PAK/1952)
    (1.3) Muhammad Shafi (PAK/1952)
    seventh in round one
  18. Japan
    (0.64) Okano Eitaro (JPN/1952)
    (0.64) Yamamoto Hiroshi (JPN/1952)
    (0.64) Matoba Junkichi (JPN/1952)
    (0.64=17.64) Muroya Yoshitaka (JPN/1952-56)
  19. did not start
    Samuel Andersón (CUB/1952)

Melbourne 1956

  1. USA
    (1600) Charlie Jenkins (USA/1956)
    (1600) J.W. Mashburn (USA/1956)
    (1600) Lou Jones (USA/1956)
    (1600) Tom Courtney (USA/1956)
  2. Australia
    (1000) David Lean (AUS/1956)
    (1000) Graham Gipson (AUS/1956)
    (1000) Kevan Gosper (AUS/1956-60)
    (1000) Leon Gregory (AUS/1956)
    ran in round one
    (160) John Goodman (AUS/1956)
  3. Great Britain
    (640) Derek Johnson (GBR/1956)
    (640) John Salisbury (GBR/1956)
    (640) Mike Wheeler (GBR/1956)
    (640) Peter Higgins (GBR/1956)
  4. Germany
    (400) Jürgen Kühl (GER/1956)
    (400=1040) Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER/1952-56)
    (400) Manfred Poerschke (GER/1956)
    (400) Walter Oberste (GER/1956)
  5. Canada
    (250=650) Doug Clement (CAN/1952-56)
    (250) Laird Sloan (CAN/1956)
    (250) Murray Cockburn (CAN/1956)
    (250=282.5) Terry Tobacco (CAN/1956-60)
  6. Jamaica
    (160=1320) George Kerr (win-JAM/1956-64)
    (160=616) Mel Spence (JAM/1956,64)
    (160=800) Keith Gardner (win-JAM/1956-60)
    (160=1320) Mal Spence (win-JAM/1956-64)
    third in round one
  7. France
    (68=228) Jacques Degats (FRA/1952-56)
    (68=228) Jean-Paul Martin du Gard (FRA/1952-56)
    (68=228) Jean-Pierre Goudeau (FRA/1952-56)
    (68) Pierre Haarhoff (FRA/1956)
  8. Czechoslovakia
    (68=71.63) Jaroslav Jirásek (tch-CZE/1956-60)
    (68=71.63) Josef Trousil (tch-CZE/1956-64)
    (68) Václav Janeček (tch-CZE/1952-56)
    (68) Vilém Mandlík (tch-CZE/1956-60)
  9. Soviet Union
    (68) Anatoly Yulin (urs-RUS/1952-56)
    (68=136) Ardalion Ignatyev (urs-RUS/1952-56)
    (68=68.68) Konstantin Grachov (urs-RUS/1956-60)
    (68=136) Yury Lituyev (urs-RUS/1952-56)
    fourth in round one
  10. Finland
    (17) Eero Kivelä (FIN/1956)
    (17=18.3) Ossi Mildh (FIN/1952-56)
    (17=20.63) Pentti Rekola (FIN/1956-60)
    (17=20.63) Voitto Hellstén (FIN/1952-60)
  11. Japan
    (17) Akagi Kanji (JPN/1956)
    (17) Keiji Ogushi (JPN/1956-64)
    (17) Suzuki Shigeharu (JPN/1956)
    (17=17.64) Muroya Yoshitaka (JPN/1952-56)
  12. Kenya
    (17) Kiptalam Keter (KEN/1956)
    (17) Bartonjo Rotich (KEN/1956-60)
    (17) Kamau Wanyoke (KEN/1956)
    (17) Kibet Boit (KEN/1956)
    fifth in round one
  13. Ethiopia
    (5.2) Ajanew Bayene (ETH/1956)
    (5.2) Beyene Legesse (ETH/1956)
    (5.2) Abebe Hailou (ETH/1956)
    (5.2) Mamo Wolde (ETH/1956)
  14. Puerto Rico
    (5.2) Francisco Rivera (PUR/1952-56)
    (5.2) Ismael Delgado (PUR/1956)
    (5.2) Iván Rodríguez (PUR/1956-60)
    (5.2=5.88) Ovidio de Jesús (PUR/1956-60)
    sixth in round one
  15. Colombia
    (2.5) Alfonso Muñoz (COL/1956)
    (2.5) Carlos Sierra (COL/1956)
    (2.5) Guillermo Zapata (COL/1956)
    (2.5) Jaime Aparicio (COL/1948,56)

Rome 1960

  1. USA
    (1600) Jack Yerman (USA/1960)
    (1600) Earl Young (USA/1960)
    (1600) Glenn Davis (USA/1960)
    (1600) Otis Davis (USA/1960)
  2. Germany
    (1000) Jochen Reske (GER/1960)
    (1000=2079) Manfred Kinder (frg-GER/1960-68)
    (1000) Jo Kaiser (GER/1960)
    (1000) Carl Kaufmann (GER/1960)
  3. West Indies
    (640=1320) Mal Spence (wif-JAM/1956-64)
    (640) Jim Wedderburn (wif-BAR/1960)
    (640=800) Keith Gardner (wif-JAM/1956-60)
    (640=1320) George Kerr (wif-JAM/1956-64)
  4. South Africa
    (400) Edward Jefferys (RSA/1960)
    (400) Edgar Davis (RSA/1960)
    (400) Gordon Day (RSA/1960)
    (400) Malcolm Spence (RSA/1956-60)
  5. Great Britain
    (250) Malcolm Yardley (GBR/1960)
    (250) Barry Jackson (GBR/1960)
    (250) John Wrighton (GBR/1960)
    (250=1250) Robbie Brightwell (GBR/1960-64)
  6. Switzerland
    (160) René Weber (SUI/1960)
    (160) Ernst Zaugg (SUI/1960)
    (160) Hansruedi Bruder (SUI/1960)
    (160) Christian Wägli (SUI/1960)
    fourth in semifinal
  7. Italy
    (82) Giuseppe Bommarito (ITA/1960)
    (82) Mario Fraschini (ITA/1960)
    (82) Nerio Fossati (ITA/1960)
    (82) Renato Panciera (ITA/1960)
  8. Poland
    (82) Edward Bożek (POL/1960)
    (82=242) Stanisław Swatowski (POL/1960-64)
    (82) Bogusław Gierajewski (POL/1960-64)
    (82) Jerzy Kowalski (POL/1960)
    fifth in semifinal
  9. Canada
    (32.5) Ergas Leps (CAN/1960)
    (32.5) Joe Mullins (CAN/1960)
    (32.5) Sig Ohlemann (CAN/1960)
    (32.5=282.5) Terry Tobacco (CAN/1956-60)
  10. Ghana
    (32.5) William Quaye (GHA/1960,68)
    (32.5=38.9) James Addy (GHA/1960-72)
    (32.5) Frederick Owusu (GHA/1960)
    (32.5) John Asare-Antwi (GHA/1960)
    sixth in semifinal
  11. Yugoslavia
    (13) Srđan Savić (yug-BIH/1960)
    (13) Đani Kovač (yug-CRO/1960-64)
    (13) Miloje Grujić (yug-SRB/1960)
    (13) Viktor Šnajder (yug-CRO/1960)
  12. Sweden
    (13) Hans-Olof Johansson (SWE/1960)
    (13) Per-Owe Trollsås (SWE/1960)
    (13) Lennart Jonsson (SWE/1960)
    (13) Alf Petersson (SWE/1960)
    fourth in round one
  13. Finland
    (3.625=20.63) Pentti Rekola (FIN/1956-60)
    (3.625) Börje Strand (FIN/1960)
    (3.625=20.63) Voitto Hellstén (FIN/1952-60)
    (3.625) Jussi Rintamäki (FIN/1960)
  14. Belgium
    (3.625) Marcel Lambrechts (BEL/1956-60)
    (3.625) Jos Lambrechts (BEL/1960-64)
    (3.625) Louis De Clerck (BEL/1960)
    (3.625=20.63) Roger Moens (BEL/1952,60)
  15. Czechoslovakia
    (3.625) Zdeněk Váňa (tch-CZE/1960)
    (3.625) Jan Šlégr (tch-CZE/1960)
    (3.625=71.63) Jaroslav Jirásek (tch-CZE/1956-60)
    (3.625=71.63) Josef Trousil (tch-CZE/1956-64)
    fifth in round one
  16. Puerto Rico
    (0.68=5.88) Ovidio de Jesús (PUR/1956-60)
    (0.68) José Luis Villalongo (PUR/1960)
    (0.68) Ramón Vega (PUR/1960)
    (0.68) Germán Guenard (PUR/1960)
  17. Luxembourg
    (0.68) Roger Bofferding (LUX/1960)
    (0.68) Felix Heuertz (LUX/1960)
    (0.68) Norbert Haupert (LUX/1960)
    (0.68) Ramon Humbert (LUX/1960)
  18. Soviet Union
    (0.68=68.68) Konstantin Grachov (urs-RUS/1956-60)
    (0.68) Boris Kriunov (urs-RUS/1960)
    (0.68) Vladimir Polyanishev (urs-RUS/1960)
    (0.68) Arnold Matsulevich (urs-RUS/1960)
    did not finish in round one
  19. Greece
    (0.68) Leonidas Kormalis (GRE/1960)
    (0.68) Konstantinos Moragiemos (GRE/1960)
    (0.68) Evangelos Depastas (GRE/1956-60)
    (0.68) Vasilios Sillis (GRE/1952,60)

Tokyo 1964

  1. USA
    (1600) Ollan Cassell (USA/1964)
    (1600) Mike Larrabee (USA/1964)
    (1600) Ulis Williams (USA/1964)
    (1600) Henry Carr (USA/1964)
  2. Great Britain
    (1000) Tim Graham (GBR/1964)
    (1000) Adrian Metcalfe (GBR/1964)
    (1000) John Cooper (GBR/1964-68)
    (1000=1250) Robbie Brightwell (GBR/1960-64)
    did not start:
    (-=640) John Sherwood (GBR/1968-72)
  3. Trinidad and Tobago
    (640) Edwin Skinner (TTO/1964)
    (640) Kent Bernard (TTO/1964)
    (640=864) Edwin Roberts (TTO/1964-72)
    (640) Wendell Mottley (TTO/1964)
  4. Jamaica
    (400) Laurie Khan (JAM/1964)
    (400=1320) Mal Spence (win-JAM/1956-64)
    (400=616) Mel Spence (JAM/1956,64)
    (400=1320) George Kerr (win-JAM/1956-64)
  5. Germany
    (250) Jörg Jüttner (GER/1964)
    (250) Hans-Ullrich Schulz (GER/1964)
    (250) Johannes Schmitt (GER/1964)
    (250=2079) Manfred Kinder (frg-GER/1960-68)
  6. Poland
    (160) Marian Filipiuk (POL/1964)
    (160) Ireneusz Kluczek (POL/1964)
    (160=242) Stanisław Swatowski (POL/1960-64)
    (160=891) Andrzej Badeński (POL/1964-72)
  7. Soviet Union
    (100) Hrihoriy Sverbetov (urs-UKR/1964)
    (100) Viktor Bychkov (urs-RUS/1964)
    (100) Vasil Anisimov (urs-UKR/1964)
    (100) Vadim Arkhipchuk (urs-UKR/1960-64)
  8. France
    (64) Michel Hiblot (FRA/1964)
    (64) Bernard Martin (FRA/1964)
    (64) Germain Nelzy (FRA/1964)
    (64=128) Jean-Pierre Boccardo (FRA/1964-68) ran in heats (ranked on tima)
  9. Italy
    (40) Bruno Bianchi (ITA/1964)
    (40) Salvatore Morale (ITA/1960-64)
    (40) Roberto Frinolli (ITA/1964-72)
    (40=141.6) Sergio Bello (ITA/1964-68)
  10. Australia
    (25) Peter Vassella (AUS/1964)
    (25) Gary Knoke (AUS/1964-72)
    (25) Gary Eddy (AUS/1964)
    (25) Ken Roche (AUS/1964)
  11. India
    (16) Makhan Singh (IND/1964)
    (16) Amrit Pal (IND/1964)
    (16) Ajmer Singh (IND/1964)
    (16) Milkha Singh (IND/1956-64)
  12. Switzerland
    (10) Jean-Louis Descloux (SUI/1964)
    (10) Hansjörg Bosshard (SUI/1964)
    (10) Marius Theiler (SUI/1964)
    (10) Peter Laeng (SUI/1960-64)
  13. Ghana
    (6.4=38.9) James Addy (GHA/1960-72)
    (6.4) Brobbey Mensah (GHA/1964)
    (6.4) Sam Bugri (GHA/1964-72)
    (6.4) Ebenezer Quartey (GHA/1964)
  14. Japan
    (4) Honda Toru (JPN/1964)
    (4) Hayase Hirotada (JPN/1960-64)
    (4) Amano Yoshihiro (JPN/1964)
    (4) Yoshida Masami (JPN/1964)
  15. Senegal
    (2.5=12.5) Daour M'Baye Guèye (SEN/1964-68)
    (2.5) Daniel Thiaw (SEN/1964)
    (2.5) Mamadou N'Diaye (SEN/1964)
    (2.5=12.5) Papa M'Baye N'Diaye (SEN/1964-68)
  16. Malaysia
    (1.6) Karu Selvaratnam (MAS/1964)
    (1.6) Kuda Ditta (MAS/1964)
    (1.6) Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman (MAS/1964)
    (1.6) Victor Asirvatham (MAS/1964-68)
  17. Thailand
    (1) Somsak Thongsuk (THA/1964)
    (1) Nipon Pensuvapap (THA/1964)
    (1) Adisorn Vitsudhamakul (THA/1964)
    (1) Manut Bumrungphuk (THA/1956-64)

1968


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