SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
 
OLYMPIC GAMES. HISTORY 
MEN'S 4 X 400 m. Relay
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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