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1936 Olympic Games Berlin, Germany - Men's 4 x 400 m

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Host City: Berlin, Germany

Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 8, 1936

Date Finished: August 9, 1936

(Competitors: 49; Countries: 12; Finalists: 24/6)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

Overview by IAAF

Having changed their policy in the 4 x 100m relay and used their top men, the USA inexplicably did not use Williams and LuValle in the 4 x 400m relay. As a result, the gold was virtually handed to the British. After Limon led the first leg by 6m from Cagle, Rampling took over for Britain, running a storming leg of 46.7 to take a 3m lead. With Roberts (fourth in the 400m) and Brown (silver medallist) to follow the Britons were not to be denied, and with laps of 46.4 and 46.7 they came home more than 15m clear of the USA. The subsequently great Rudolf Harbig just held off Loaring of Canada for the bronze medal.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

For some reason, the American chose not to run Archie Williams and Jimmy LuValle, gold and bronze medalists in the 400 metres. Without them, the British were stronger and won fairly comfortably. The early lead was set by Canada and Marshall Limon, but Godfrey Rampling stormed ahead on the second leg for Britain, and they took the lead for good.

			Results

*4 x 400 m*	Men		Final	9 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	3.09.0		Freddie Wolff 49.2, Godfrey Rampling 46.7, Bill Roberts 46.4, Godfrey Brown 46.7	Great Britain	GBR
2	3.11.0		Harold Cagle 48.7, Robert Young 47.6, Edward O'Brien 46.7, Alfred Fitch 48.0	United States	USA
3	3.11.8		Helmut Hamann 49.3, Friedrich von Stülpnagel 48.3, Harry Voigt 46.6, Rudolf Harbig 47.6	Germany	GER
4	3.11.8		Marshall Limon 47.9, Phil Edwards 48.5, William Fritz 48.3, John Loaring 47.1	Canada	CAN
5	3.13.0		Sven Strömberg, 49.5 Per Edfeldt 48.0, Olle Danielsson 48.0, Bertil von Wachenfeldt 47.5	Sweden	SWE
6	3.14.8		Tibor Ribényi 49.8, Zoltán Zsitvai 48.6, József Vadas 48.5, József Kovacs 47.9	Hungary	HUN
*4 x 400 m*	Men		Round One Heat One	8 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	3.13.0	Q	Harold Cagle, Robert Young, Edward O'Brien, Alfred Fitch	United States	USA
2	3.17.0	Q	Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitvai, József Vadas, József Kovacs	Hungary	HUN
3	3.17.6		Tadeusz Śliwak, Antoni Maszewski, Kazimierz Kucharski, Klemens Biniakowski	Poland	POL
4	3.18.4		Toyoyi Aihara, Masao Ichihara, Seiken Cho, Hiroyoshi Kubota	Japan	JPN
*4 x 400 m*	Men		Round One Heat Two	8 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	3.14.4	Q	Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown	Great Britain	GBR
2	3.14.6	Q	Sven Strömberg, Per Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	SWE
3	3.15.2		Raymond Boisset, Georges Guillez, Georges Henry, Prudent Joye	France	FRA
*4 x 400 m*	Men		Round One Heat Three	8 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	3.15.0	Q	Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig	Germany	GER
2	3.15.0	Q	Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, William Fritz, John Loaring	Canada	CAN
3	3.16.6		Angelo Ferrario, Marsilio Rossi, Otello Spampani, Mario Lanzi	Italy	ITA
4	3.17.8		Willie Botha, Frank Rushton, William Lindeque, Dennis Shore	South Africa	RSA
5	3.22.0		Heinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický	Czechoslovakia	TCH