The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Country Time Athletes Notes 1 3:21.4 George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti Q 2 3:22.0 Alex Wilson, Phil Edwards, Stan Glover, Jimmy Ball Q 3 3:23.2 Mór Gerő, László Magdics, László Barsi, Antal Odri 4 3:24.2 Feliks Malanowski, Zygmunt Weiss, Stefan Kostrzewski, Klemens Biniakowski 5 Philippe Coenjaerts, Émile Vercken, François Prinsen, Émile Langenraedt
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 2
Rank Country Time Athletes Notes 1 3:20.8 Otto Neumann, Richard Krebs, Harry Storz, Hermann Engelhard Q 2 3:21.2 Björn Kugelberg, Bertil von Wachenfeldt, Erik Byléhn, Sten Pettersson Q 3 3:22.6 Giacomo Carlini, Luigi Facelli, Guido Cominotto, Ettore Tavernari 4 Andries Hoogerwerf, Adje Paulen, Harry Broos, Rinus van den Berge 5 Johann Bartl, Karel Kněnický, Vilém Šindler, Jaroslav Vykoupil 6 Stelios Benardis, Renos Frangoudis, Vangelis Moiropoulos, Vasilios Stavrinos
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 3
Rank Country Time Athletes Notes 1 3:20.6 Roger Leigh-Wood, William Craner, John Rinkel, Douglas Lowe Q 2 3:23.0 Georges Krotoff, Joseph Jackson, Georges Dupont, René Féger Q 3 3:23.4 Alfonso García, José Lucílo Iturbe, Jesús Moraila, Víctor Villaseñor
Key: Q = Qualified
Final Rank Country Time Notes 3:14.2 WR 3:14.8 3:15.4 4 3:15.8 5 3:16.4 6 3:19.4
Key: WR = World record
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