The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 1 Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams 42.2 Q 2 Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London 43.5 Q 3 Giuseppe Castelli, Franco Reyser, Edgardo Toetti, Enrico Torre 4 Vangelis Moiropoulos, Konstantinos Petridis, Angelos Lambrou, Renos Frangoudis 44.0 5 Juan Serrahima, Diego Ordóñez, Fernando Muñagorri, Enrique de Chávarri
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 2
Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 1 André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon 41.8 Q 2 Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig Q 3 Paul Brochart, Fred Zinner, Adolphe Groscol, Willy Dujardin
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 3
Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 1 Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell 41.2 Q 2 Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl 42.6 Q 3 Iwao Aizawa, Seishichi Inuma, Shigetoshi Osawa, Chuhei Nanbu 4 Semih Türkdoğan, Şinasi Şahingiray, Haydar Aşan, Mehmet Ali Aybar Ferenc Gerő, János Paizs, István Sugár, István Raggambi DSQ
Key: DSQ = Disqualified, Q = Qualified
Final
Rank Country Athletes Time Notes Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell 41.0 =WR Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig 41.2 Cyril Gill, Teddy Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London 41.8 4 André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auvergne, André Dufau, André Mourlon 42.0 5 Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Willy Tschopp, Hans Niggl 42.6 Ralph Adams, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Buck Hester, Percy Williams DSQ
Key: DSQ = Disqualified, =WR = Equalled world record
References