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Host City: London, Great Britain

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

Date Started: August 6, 1948

Date Finished: August 7, 1948

(Competitors: 60; Countries: 15; Finalists: 24/6)

Venue(s): Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Overview by IAAF

When Ed Conwell had to retire from the US team because of asthma, Lorenzo Wright, a member of the team in the long jump who had placed sixth in his Olympic trials 100m heat, was added to the squad. After the USA (41.1), Britain (41.4) and Holland (41.7) won the heats, the final saw Ewell gain over 2m on the opposition on the first leg, and the lead built up to nearly 5m when Dillard handed over to Patton. The 200m winner took the USA home by over 7m, with Britain 3m clear of Italy. The USA were then disqualified, but on review of film of the race it could be seen that the official mistook a line in the next lane outside for the end of the USA’s passing zone, and the USA were rightfully awarded the gold.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The US team was originally to have had Ed Conwell but he had to withdraw with asthma, and was replaced by Lorenzo Wright, who had medaled in the long jump. The US won the final quite comfortably, but were initially disqualified for a faulty exchange between Barney Ewell and Wright. On reviewing film of the race, it could be seen that the exchange had occurred within the legal zone, and the DQ was reversed, giving the United States the gold medal. However, the final decision did not become official for three days.

			Results

*4 x 100 m*	Men		Final	7 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	40,7		“Barney” Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton	United States	USA		40.6 h
2	41.3		Jack Archer, John Gregory, Alastair McCorquodale, Ken Jones	Great Britain	GBR		at 0.71
3	41.5		Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Carlo Monti, Michele Tito	Italy	ITA		at 1.01
4	41.6		Ferenc Tima, László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi	Hungary	HUN		at 1.20
5	41.9		Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Donald Pettie, Edward Haggis	Canada	CAN		at 1.22
6	41.9		Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan	Netherlands	NED		at 1.27
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Round One Heat One	6 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	41,2	Q	“Barney” Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton	United States	USA		41.1 h
2	41.3	Q	Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Carlo Monti, Michele Tito	Italy	ITA		at 0.11
3	42.4		Rosalvo Ramos, Hélio da Silva, Aroldo da Silva, Ivan Hausen	Brazil	BRA
AC	DQ		Kemal Aksur, Erdal Barkay, Raşit Öztaş, Ruhi Sarıalp	Turkey	TUR
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Two	6 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	41,4	Q	Jack Archer, John Gregory, Alastair McCorquodale, Ken Jones	Great Britain	GBR		41.4 h
2	41.4	Q	Ferenc Tima, László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi	Hungary	HUN
3	41.5		Bill Bruce, John Bartram, Morris Curotta, John Treloar	Australia	AUS
4	42.8		Mario Fayos, Juan López, Walter Pérez, Hércules Azcune	Uruguay	URU
5	45.4		Hazzard Dill, Perry Johnson, Stanley Lines, Frank Mahoney	Bermuda	BER
AC	DNF		Fernand Bourgaux, Pol Braekman, Fernand Linssen, Isidoor Van De Wiele	Belgium	BEL
*4 x 100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Three	6 August

Rank	Mark		Team	Country	NOC	Records	Notes
1	41.7	Q	Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan	Netherlands	NED
2	42.3	Q	Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Donald Pettie, Edward Haggis	Canada	CAN
3	42.4		Gerardo Bönnhoff, Alberto Biedermann, Carlos Isaac, Fernando Lapuente	Argentina	ARG
4	42.9		Ásmundur Bjarnason, Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson, Trausti Eyjólfsson, Haukur Clausen	Iceland	ISL
AC	DNF		Alain Porthault, Marc Litaudon, Julien Lebas, René Valmy	France	FRA