| 1896-1904 (not
contested)
1908 (sprint
medley: 200, 200, 400, 800)
1. United States
............................................... 3:29.4
(Hamilton,
Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard)
2. Germany
...................................................... 3:32.4
(Hoffmann,
Elcke, Trieloff, Braunn)
3. Hungary
....................................................... 3:32.5
(Simon, Mezei-Wiesner,
Nagy, Bodor)
1912
1. United States
............................................... 3:16.6 WR
(Sheppard,
Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath)
2. France .........................................................
3:20.7
(Lelong, Schurrer,
Failliot, Poulenard)
3. Great Britain
................................................. 3:23.2
(Nicol, Henley,
Soutter, Seedhouse)
1920
1. Great Britain
................................................. 3:22.2
(Griffiths,
Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler)
2. South Africa
................................................. 3:24.2
(Dafael, Oldfield,
Oosterlaak, Rudd)
3. France .........................................................
3:24.8
(Andre, Fery,
Delvart, Devaux)
1924
1. United States
............................................... 3:16.0 WR
(Cochrane,
Stevenson, McDonald, Helffrich)
2. Sweden .......................................................
3:17.0
(Svensson,
Bylehn, Wejnarth, Engdahl)
3. Great Britain
................................................ 3:17.4
(Toms, Renwick,
Ripley, Butler)
1928
1. United States
................................................ 3:14.2 WR
(Baird, Spencer,
Alderman, Barbuti)
2. Germany
...................................................... 3:14.8
(Neumann, Krebs,
Storz, Englehard)
3. Canada ........................................................
3:15.4
(Wilson, Edwards,
Glover, Ball)
1932
1. United States
............................................... 3:08.2 WR
(Fuqua, Ablowich,
Werner, Carr)
2. Great Britain
................................................. 3:11.2
(Stoneley,
Hampson, Burghley, Rampling)
3. Canada ........................................................
3:12.8
(Lewis, Ball,
Edwards, Wilson)
1936
1. Great Britain
................................................. 3:09.0
(Wolff 49.2,
Rampling 46.7, Roberts 46.4, Brown 46.7)
2. United States
...............................................
3:11.0
(Cagle 48.7,
Young 47.6, O’Brien 46.7, Fitch 48.0)
3. Germany
..................................................... 3:11.8
(Hamann 49.3,
von Stelpnagel 48.3, Voigt 46.6, Harbig 47.6)
1948
1. United States
............................................... 3:14.8
(Harnden 48.0,
Bourland 47.3, Cochran 47.8, Whitfield 47.3)
2. France .........................................................
3:14.8
(Kerebel, Schewetta,
Chefd’hotel, Lunis)
3. Sweden .......................................................
3:16.0
(Lundkvist,
Wolfbrandt, Alnevik, Larsson)
1952
1. Jamaica
....................................................... 3:03.9 WR
(Wint 46.8,
Laing 47.0, McKenley 44.6, Rhoden 45.5)
2. United States
............................................... 3:04.0
(Matson 46.7,
Cole 45.5, Moore 46.3, Whitfield 45.5)
3. West Germany
............................................. 3:06.6
(Geister 47.3,
Steines 46.9, Ulzheimer 46.5, Haas 45.9)
1956
1. United States
............................................... 3:04.7
(Jones 47.1,
Mashburn 46.4, Jenkins 45.5, Courtney 45.7)
2. Australia
...................................................... 3:06.2
(Gregory 47.2,
Lean 46.3, Gipson 46.6, Gosper 46.1)
3. Great Britain
................................................. 3:07.1
(Salisbury
47.6, Wheeler 46.8, Higgins 46.2, Johnson 46.5)
1960
1. United States
............................................... 3:02.2 WR
(Yerman 46.2,
Young 45.6, G. Davis 45.4, O. Davis 45.0)
2. Germany
..................................................... 3:02.7
(Reske 47.0,
Kinder 44.9,Kaiser 45.9, Kaufmann 44.9)
3. Jamaica
...................................................... 3:04.0
(Spence 46.5,
Wedderburn 46.4, Gardner 45.8, Kerr 45.4)
1964
1. United States
.............................................. 3:00.7 WR
(Cassell 46.0,
Larrabee 44.8, Williams 45.4, Carr 44.5)
2. Great Britain
................................................ 3:01.6
(Graham 45.9,
Metcalfe 45.5, Cooper 45.4, Brightwell 44.8)
3. Trinidad
....................................................... 3:01.7
(Skinner 46.0,
Bernard 45.3, Roberts 45.4, Mottley 45.0)
1968
1. United States
............................................... 2:56.1(A) WR
(Matthews 45.0,
Freeman 43.2, James 43.8, Evans 44.1)
2. Kenya ..........................................................
2:59.6
(Asati 44.4,
Nyamau 45.5, Bon 45.1, Rudisha 44.6)
3. West Germany
............................................. 3:00.5
(Muller 46.4,
Hennige 44.7, Kinder 44.7, Jellinghaus 44.7)
1972
1. Kenya ........................................................
2:59.83
(Asati 45.5,
Nyamau 45.5, Ouko 45.3, Sang 43.5)
2. Great Britain
............................................... 3:00.46
(Reynolds 46.2,
Pascoe 45.1, Hemery 45.1, Jenkins 44.1)
3. France .......................................................
3:00.65
(Bertould 46.4,
Velasquez 44.8, Kerbiriou 45.2, Carette 44.3)
1976
1. United States
............................................. 2:58.65
(Frazier 45.3,
Brown 44.6, Newhouse 43.8, Parks 45.0)
2. Poland .......................................................
3:01.43
(Podlas 46.7,
Werner 44.0, Jaremski 45.5, Pietrzyk 45.2)
3. West Germany
........................................... 3:01.98
(Hofmeister
46.0, Krieg 45.3, Schmid 45.8, Herrmann 44.9)
1980
1. Soviet Union
.............................................. 3:01.08
(Valiulis 45.7,
Linge 45.4, Chernyetskiy 44.8, Markin 45.2)
2. East Germany
........................................... 3:01.26
(Thiele 45.8,
Knebel 45.3, Schaffer 44.8, Beck 45.4)
3. Italy ..........................................................
3:04.3
(Malinverni
46.8, Zuliani 45.9, Tozzi 46.4, Mennea 45.2)
1984
1. United States
............................................ 2:57.91
(Nix 45.59,
Armstead 43.97, Babers 43.75, McKay 44.60)
2. Great Britain
............................................. 2:59.13
(Akabusi 45.87,
Cook 44.74, Bennett 44.17, Brown 44.35)
3. Nigeria
..................................................... 2:59.32
(Uti 45.34,
Ugbisie 44.48, Peters 44.94, Egbunike 44.56)
1988
1. United States
........................................... 2:56.16 =WR
(Everett 44.0,
Lewis 43.6, Robinzine 44.7, Reynolds 43.9)
2. Jamaica
................................................... 3:00.30
(Davis 45.1,
Morris 44.8, Graham 45.8, Cameron 44.6)
3. West Germany
......................................... 3:00.56
(Dobeleit 45.8,
Itt 44.2, Vaihinger 45.9, Lubke 44.6)
1992
1. United States
........................................... 2:55.74 WR
(Valmon 44.5,
Watts 43.1, Johnson 44.7, Lewis 43.4)
2. Cuba .......................................................
2:59.51
(Martinez 46.0,
Herrera 44.1, Tellez, 45.0 Hermandez 44.4)
3. Great Britain
.............................................2:59.73
(Black 44.9,
Grindley 44.7, Akabusi 45.1, Regis 45.0)
1996
1. United States
.......................................... 2:55.99
(L. Smith 44.62,
A. Harrison 43.84, Mills 43.66, Maybank 43.87)
2. Great Britain
........................................... 2:56.60
(Thomas 44.62,
Baulch 44.19, Richardson 43.62, Black 43.87)
3. Jamaica
................................................. 2:59.42
(McDonald 45.05,
Martin 43.81, Haughton 45.87, Clarke 44.69)
2000
1. United States
..........................................2:56.35
(Harrison Alvin,
Pettigrew Antonio, Harrison Calvin, Johnson Michael)
2. Nigeria
...................................................2:58.68
(Chukwu Clement,
Monye Jude, Bada Sunday, Udo-Obong Enefiok)
3 Jamaica
.................................................2:58.78
(Blackwood
Michael, Haughton Gregory, Williams Christopher, McFarlane Danny)
Medals
16 - 2 - 0
USA
2 -
4 - 4 Great Britain
1 -
3 - 1 Germany
1 -
2 - 2 Jamaica
1 -
1 - 0 Kenya
1 -
0 - 0 Soviet Union
0 -
2 - 2 France
0 -
1 - 1 Sweden
0 -
1 - 1 Nigeria
0 -
1 - 0 South Africa
0 -
1 - 0 Australia
0 -
1 - 0 East German
0 -
1 - 0 Cuba
0 -
0 - 4 Federal Republic of Germany
0 -
0 - 2 Canada
0 -
0 - 1 Trinidad
0 -
0 - 1 Italy |