Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 6 (heats) August 7 (final)
Competitors	from 15 nations
Teams	15
Winning time	3:10.4
Medalists
01 ! Roy Cochran Cliff Bourland Arthur Harnden Mal Whitfield  United States 02 ! Jean Kerebel Francis Schewetta Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jacques Lunis  France 03 ! Kurt Lundquist Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson  Sweden
←1936 1952→

01 !		Roy Cochran Cliff Bourland Arthur Harnden Mal Whitfield	United States
02 !		Jean Kerebel Francis Schewetta Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jacques Lunis	France
03 !		Kurt Lundquist Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson	Sweden

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 7 August and 7 August. The United States team won the final with a time of 3:10.4.

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

The first two teams in each heat qualified for the Final.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Key: DNF = Did not finish