Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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| Dates | August 6 (heats) August 7 (final) |
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| Competitors | from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 40.6 | ||||||||||||
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Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Mel Patton |
 United States
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Alastair McCorquodale Jack Gregory Ken Jones Jack Archer |
 Great Britain
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Michele Tito Enrico Perucconi Carlo Monti Antonio Siddi |
 Italy
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The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 6 & August 7. The United States team easily won the final, but was initially disqualified when officials thought the pass between Barney Ewell and Lorenzo Wright had taken place outside of the zone. After further review, officials reversed the decision giving the U.S. the victory.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Round 1 took place on 6 August. The first two teams from each heat advanced to the final.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
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