Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 8 (heats), August 9 (final)
Competitors	from 12 nations
Teams	12
Winning time	3:09.0
Medalists
Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts Godfrey Brown  Great Britain Harold Cagle Robert Young Edward O'Brien Alfred Fitch  United States Helmut Hamann Friedrich Von Stülpnagel Harry Voigt Rudolf Harbig  Germany
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Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeple	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 8 and August 9.^[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

The fastest two teams in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat 1[]

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	United States	Harold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch	3:13.0
2	Hungary	Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács	3:17.0
3	Poland	Tadeusz Śliwak, Antoni Maszewski, Kazimierz Kucharski, Klemens Biniakowski	3:17.6
4	Japan	Toyoyi Aihara, Masao Ichihara, Seiken Cho, Hiroyoshi Kubota	3:18.4

Heat 2[]

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Great Britain	Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown	3:14.4
2	Sweden	Sven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt	3:14.6
3	France	Raymond Boisset, Georges Guillez, Georges Henry, Prudent Joye	3:15.2

Heat 3[]

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Germany	Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig	3:15.0
2	Canada	Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring	3:15.0
3	Italy	Angelo Ferrario, Marsilio Rossi, Otello Spampani, Mario Lanzi	3:16.6
4	South Africa	Willie Botha, Frank Rushton, William Lindeque, Dennis Shore	3:17.8
5	Czechoslovakia	Heinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický	3:22.2

Final[]

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
	Great Britain	Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown	3:09.0
	United States	Harold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch	3:11.0
	Germany	Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig	3:11.8
4	Canada	Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring	3:11.8
5	Sweden	Sven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt	3:13.0
6	Hungary	Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács	3:14.8

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