The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 6 and August 7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Results
Heats Two heats were held; the fastest three times advanced to the final round.
Heat one Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ivan FuquaEd AblowichKarl WarnerBill Carr 3:11.8 WR, Q 2 Giacomo CarliniGiovanni TurbaMario De NegriLuigi Facelli 3:22.8 Q 3 Joachim BüchnerWalter NehbAdolf MetznerOtto Peltzer 3:25.4 Q
Heat Two Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Itaro NakajimaIwao MasudaSeikan OkiTeiichi Nishi 3:16.8 Q 2 Crew StoneleyTommy HampsonLord BurghleyGodfrey Rampling 3:21.8 Q 3 Ray LewisJimmy BallPhil EdwardsAlex Wilson 3:21.8 Q 4 Ricardo ArguelloJesús MorailaManuel ÁlvarezCarlos de Anda 3:28.5
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ivan FuquaEd AblowichKarl WarnerBill Carr 3:08.14 WR Crew StoneleyTommy HampsonLord BurghleyGodfrey Rampling 3:11.2 Ray LewisJimmy BallPhil EdwardsAlex Wilson 3:12.8 4 Joachim BüchnerWalter NehbAdolf MetznerOtto Peltzer 3:14.4 5 Itaro NakajimaIwao MasudaSeikan OkiTeiichi Nishi 3:14.6 6 Giacomo CarliniGiovanni TurbaMario De NegriLuigi Facelli 3:17.8
Key: WR = world record
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