Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Athletics at the Olympics
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
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The British team, left-right: Butler, Ainsworth-Davis, Lindsay, Griffiths
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Venue | Olympisch Stadion |
Dates | August 22–23 |
Competitors | 24 from 6 nations |
Medalists | |
Athletics
at the
1920 Summer Olympics |
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Track events | |
100 m | men |
200 m | men |
400 m | men |
800 m | men |
1500 m | men |
5000 m | men |
10,000 m | men |
110 m hurdles | men |
400 m hurdles | men |
3000 m steeplechase | men |
4 × 100 m relay | men |
4 × 400 m relay | men |
3000 m team race | men |
3 km walk | men |
10 km walk | men |
Road events | |
Marathon | men |
Field events | |
Long jump | men |
Triple jump | men |
High jump | men |
Pole vault | men |
Shot put | men |
Discus throw | men |
Hammer throw | men |
Javelin throw | men |
56 lb weight throw | men |
Combined events | |
Pentathlon | men |
Decathlon | men |
Cross-country events | |
Individual | men |
Team | men |
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics . The competition was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920, and on Monday, August 23, 1920. Twenty-four runners from six nations competed. [1]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 3:16.6 |
Mel Sheppard
Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath |
Stockholm ( SWE ) | July 15, 1912 |
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Olympic Record | 3:16.6 |
Mel Sheppard
Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath |
Stockholm ( SWE ) | July 15, 1912 |
Results
Semifinals
The semi-finals were held on Sunday, August 22, 1920.
Semifinal 1
Place | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Jules Migeot , Omer Corteyn , Omer Smet , François Morren ( BEL ) | 3:38.8 | Q |
2 | Cecil Griffiths , Robert Lindsay , John Ainsworth-Davis , Guy Butler ( GBR ) | 3:40.9 | Q |
3 | Géo André , Gaston Féry , Maurice Delvart , André Devaux ( FRA ) | 3:46.6 | Q |
Semifinal 2
Place | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Henry Dafel , Clarence Oldfield , Jack Oosterlaak , Bevil Rudd ( RSA ) | 3:38.6 | Q |
2 | George Schiller , George Bretnall , Ted Meredith , Frank Shea ( USA ) | 3:40.7 | Q |
3 | Sven Krokström , Sven Malm , Eric Sundblad , Nils Engdahl ( SWE ) | 3:46.4 | Q |
Final
The final was held on Monday, August 23, 1920.
Place | Athletes | Time |
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1 | Cecil Griffiths , Robert Lindsay , John Ainsworth-Davis , Guy Butler ( GBR ) | 3:22.2 |
2 | Henry Dafel , Clarence Oldfield , Jack Oosterlaak , Bevil Rudd ( RSA ) | 3:23.0 |
3 | Géo André , Gaston Féry , Maurice Delvart , André Devaux ( FRA ) | 3:23.5 |
4 | George Schiller , George Bretnall , Ted Meredith , Frank Shea ( USA ) | 3:23.6 |
5 | Sven Krokström , Sven Malm , Eric Sundblad , Nils Engdahl ( SWE ) | 3:24.3 |
6 | Jules Migeot , Omer Corteyn , Omer Smet , François Morren ( BEL ) | 3:24.9 |
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp 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
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish) . Retrieved 16 August 2007 .
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Mixed |
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See also:
1908 Men's medley relay
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