The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 6 and August 7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Results
Heats Two heats were held; the fastest three times advanced to the final round.
Heat one Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Helmut KörnigFritz HendrixErich BorchmeyerArthur Jonath 41.22 Q 2 Takayoshi YoshiokaChuhei NanbuIzu AnnoItaro Nakajima 41.8 Q 3 Don FinlayStanley FullerStanley EngelhartErnie Page 42.0 Q 4 Angelos LambrouKhristos MantikasEvangelos MoiropoulosRenos Frangoudis 42.9 5 Bunoo SuttonRonald VernieuxMehar Chand DhawanDickie Carr 43.7
Heat Two Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bob KieselEmmett ToppinoHec DyerFrank Wykoff 40.61 WR, Q 2 Giuseppe CastelliRuggero MaregattiGabriele Salviati Edgardo Toetti 42.8 Q 3 Percy WilliamsJim BrownHarold WrightBert Pearson 45.0 Q
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bob KieselEmmett ToppinoHec DyerFrank Wykoff 40.0 WR Helmut KörnigFritz HendrixErich BorchmeyerArthur Jonath 40.9 Giuseppe CastelliRuggero MaregattiGabriele SalviatiEdgardo Toetti 41.2 4 Percy WilliamsJim BrownHarold Wright Bert Pearson 41.3 5 Takayoshi YoshiokaChuhei NanbuIzuo AnnoItaro Nakajima 41.3 6 Don FinlayStanley FullerStanley EngelhartErnie Page 41.4
Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish
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