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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4×400 metres relay
at the Games of the V Olympiad
1912 US relay team.JPG
The winning American relay team.
Venue
Dates July 14, 1912 (semifinals)
July 15, 1912 (final)
Competitors 28 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Edward Lindberg
Ted Meredith
Charles Reidpath
Mel Sheppard
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Pierre Failliot
Charles Lelong
Charles Poulenard
Robert Schurrer
 France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ernest Henley
George Nicol
Cyril Seedhouse
James Soutter
 Great Britain
1920
1st, gold medalist(s) Edward Lindberg
Ted Meredith
Charles Reidpath
Mel Sheppard
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Pierre Failliot
Charles Lelong
Charles Poulenard
Robert Schurrer
 France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ernest Henley
George Nicol
Cyril Seedhouse
James Soutter
 Great Britain

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 4x100 metre relay marked the first relays of equal legs in the athletics programme (a medley relay had been held in 1908). The competition was held on Sunday, July 14, 1912, and on Monday, July 15, 1912.

Twenty-eight runners from seven nations competed.

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

The British squad, running in the first semifinal, set the best time of the semifinal round with 3:19.0 minutes. It was bettered by the Americans in the final, as they took the gold medal and set a new world record in 3:16.6 minutes.

All semifinals were held on Sunday, July 14, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 3

The final was held on Monday, July 15, 1912.


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