The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 6 & August 7. The United States team won the final, but was initially disqualified when officials thought the pass between Barney Ewell and Lorenzo Wright had taken place outside the zone. After further review, officials saw that the pass took place inside the zone, and restored U.S. results.

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

World recordOlympic record(Foy Draper, Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens, Frank Wykoff)39.8Berlin, Germany9 August 1936

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundFriday, 6 August 1948 16:00Round 1Saturday, 7 August 1948 15:30Finals

Results

Round 1 Round 1 took place on 6 August. The first two teams from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes1 Harrison Dillard, Barney Ewell, Mel Patton, Lorenzo Wright 41.1 Q2 Carlo Monti, Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Michele Tito 41.3 Q3 Haroldo da Silva, Hélio da Silva, Ivan Hausen, Rosalvo Ramos 42.4 - Kemal Aksur, Erdal Barkay, Raşit Öztaş, Ruhi Sarıalp DSQ

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes1 Jack Archer, Jack Gregory, Ken Jones, Alastair McCorquodale 41.4 Q2 László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Ferenc Tima 41.4 Q3 John Bartram, Bill Bruce, Morris Curotta, John Treloar 41.5 4 Hércules Azcune, Mario Fayos, Juan López, Walter Pérez 42.8 5 Hazzard Dill, Perry Johnson, Stanley Lines, Frank Mahoney 45.4 - Fernand Bourgaux, Pol Braekman, Fernand Linssen, Isidoor Van De Wiele DNF

Heat 3 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes1 Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan 41.7 Q2 Ted Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Don Pettie 42.3 Q3 Alberto Biedermann, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Carlos Isaac, Fernando Lapuente 42.4 4 Ásmundur Bjarnason, Haukur Clausen, Trausti Eyjólfsson, Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson 42.9 - Julien Lebas, Marc Litaudon, Alain Porthault, René Valmy DNF

Final Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Harrison Dillard, Barney Ewell, Mel Patton, Lorenzo Wright 40.6 Jack Archer, Jack Gregory, Ken Jones, Alastair McCorquodale 41.3 Carlo Monti, Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi, Michele Tito 41.5 4 László Bartha, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi, Ferenc Tima 41.6 5 Ted Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, Don Pettie 41.9 6 Jan Lammers, Jan Meijer, Gabe Scholten, Jo Zwaan 41.9

References

External links Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.