Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4x100 metre relay

at the Games of the XI Olympiad

Venue

Dates

August 9 (heats, final)

Teams

Winning time

39.8

Medalists

	Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Frank Wykoff	United States
	Orazio Mariani Gianni Caldana Elio Ragni Tullio Gonnelli	Italy
	Wilhelm Leichum Erich Borchmeyer Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger	Germany

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

The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 9. The United States team of Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff won in a world record time of 39.8. Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, both Jewish, were originally slated to compete in the American relay team but were unexpectedly replaced by Owens and Metcalfe.

Results

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

Rank	Name	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Draper, Frank Wykoff	40.0	=WR
2	Italy	Mariani, Caldana, Ragni, Gonnelli	41.1
3	South Africa	Eric Grimbeek, Pat Dannaher, Tom Lavery, Marthinus Theunissen	41.7
4	Finland	Toivo Ahjopalo, Toivo Sariola, Palle Virtanen, Aki Tammisto	42.0
	Japan	Takayoshi Yoshioka, Monta Suzuki, B. Taniguchi, Masao Yazawa		DSQ

Rank	Name	Time
1	Netherlands	41.3
2	Argentina	41.9
3	Hungary	42.0
4	Great Britain	42.4
5	France	42.6
6	Republic of China	44.8

Rank	Name	Time
1	Germany	41.4
2	Canada	41.5
3	Sweden	41.5
4	Switzerland	42.2

Rank	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	United States	39.8	WR
02 !	Italy	41.1
03 !	Germany	41.2
4	Argentina	42.2
5	Canada	42.7
	Netherlands		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, WR = World record

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