The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 8 and 9.
Results
Heats
The fastest two teams in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat 1
Rank Country Athletes Time 1 Harold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch 3:13.0 2 Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács 3:17.0 3 Tadeusz Śliwak, Antoni Maszewski, Kazimierz Kucharski, Klemens Biniakowski 3:17.6 4 Toyoyi Aihara, Masao Ichihara, Seiken Cho, Hiroyoshi Kubota 3:18.4
Heat 2
Rank Country Athletes Time 1 Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown 3:14.4 2 Sven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt 3:14.6 3 Raymond Boisset, Georges Guillez, Georges Henry, Prudent Joye 3:15.2
Heat 3
Rank Country Athletes Time 1 Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig 3:15.0 2 Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring 3:15.0 3 Angelo Ferrario, Marsilio Rossi, Otello Spampani, Mario Lanzi 3:16.6 4 Willie Botha, Frank Rushton, William Lindeque, Dennis Shore 3:17.8 5 Heinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický 3:22.2
Final
Rank Country Athletes Time Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown 3:09.0 Harold Cagle, Bob Young, Eddie O'Brien, Al Fitch 3:11.0 Helmut Hamann, Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt, Rudolf Harbig 3:11.8 4 Marshall Limon, Phil Edwards, Bill Fritz, Johnny Loaring 3:11.8 5 Sven Strömberg, Per-Olof Edfeldt, Olle Danielsson, Bertil von Wachenfeldt 3:13.0 6 Tibor Ribényi, Zoltán Zsitva, József Vadas, József Kovács 3:14.8
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