Men 4x400m Relay Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Thursday, 8th September - Gold Medal: United States

Men 4x400m Relay Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Thursday, 8th September - Gold Medal: United States

Final 16:30	Time	Ath.1		Ath.2		Ath.3		Ath.4
1. United States	3:02.2	Jack Yerman	46.7s	Earl Young	45.6s	Glenn Davis	45.5s	Otis Davis	44.4s
2. Germany	3:02.7	Manfred Kinder	47.0s	Jochen Reske	45.8s	Johannes Kaiser	45.4s	Carl Kauffmann	44.5s
3. West Indies	3:04.0	George Kerr	46.8s	James Wedderburn	46.7s	Keith Gardner	45.5s	Malcolm A.E. Spence	45.0s
4. South Africa	3:05.0	Edward Jefferys	47.0s	Edgar Davis	46.0s	Gordon Day	46.5s	Malcolm C. Spence	45.5s
5. Great Britain	3:08.3	Barry Jackson	47.1s	Malcolm Yardley	46.9s	John Wrighton	46.6s	Robbie Brightwell	47.7s
6. Switzerland	3:09.4	Rene Weber	47.1s	Ernst Zaugg	47.4s	Hansrudi Bruder	46.3s	Christian Waegli	48.6s

world Men 4x400m Relay History

Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. Capp.: 65,000.

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Semifinals

Wednesday 07.09 17:10

Semi 1	Time	Ath.1	Ath.2	Ath.3	Ath.4
1. South Africa	3:06.4	Edward Jefferys	Edgar Davis	Gordon Day	Malcolm C. Spence
2. Germany	3:07.4	Manfred Kinder	Jochen Reske	Johannes Kaiser	Carl Kaufmann
3. Great Britain	3:07.5	Barry Jackson	Malcolm Yardley	John Wrighton	Robbie Brightwell
4. Italy	3:07.7	Giuseppe Bommarito	Mario Fraschini	Nerio Fossati	Renato Panciera
5. Canada	3:08.2	Ergas Leps	Joseph Mullins	Siegmar Ohlemann	Terry Tobacco
6. Yugoslavia	3:10.2	Srjan Savic	Dani Kovac	Miloje Grujic	Viktor Snajder

Semi 2	Time	Ath.1	Ath.2	Ath.3	Ath.4
1. United States	3:08.4	Jack Yerman	Earl Young	Glenn Davis	Otis Davis
2. West Indies	3:09.2	George Kerr	James Wedderburn	Keith Gardner	Malcolm A.E. Spence
3. Switzerland	3:09.7	Rene Weber	Ernst Zaugg	Hansrudi Bruder	Christian Waegli
4. Poland	3:10.8	Edward Bozek	Stanislaw Swatowski	Boguslaw Gierajewski	Jerzy Kowalski
5. Ghana	3:10.9	William Quaye	James Addy	Frederick Owusu	John Asare Antwi
6. Sweden	3:10.9	Hans-Olof Johansson	Per-Owe Trollsas	Lennart Jonsson	Alf Pettersson

Heats

Wednesday 07.09 10:30

Heat 1	Time	Ath.1	Ath.2	Ath.3	Ath.4
1. Germany	3:10.4	Manfred Kinder	Jochen Reske	Johannes Kaiser	Carl Kaufmann
2. Canada	3:10.5	Ergas Leps	Joseph Mullins	Siegmar Ohlemann	Terry Tobacco
3. Jugoslavia	3:10.6	Srjan Savic	Dani Kovac	Miloje Grujic	Viktor Snajder
4. Finland	3:11.7	Pentti Rekola	Borge Straand	Voitto Hellsten	Jussi Rintamaki
5. Puerto Rico	3:13.9	Ovidio De Jesus Vargas	Jose Luis Villalongo Cepeda	Ramon Vega Zayas	German Guenard Soltero

Heat 2	Time	Ath.1	Ath.2	Ath.3	Ath.4
1. West Indies	3:09.1	George Kerr	James Wedderburn	Keith Gardner	Malcolm A.E. Spence
2. Poland	3:09.5	Edward Bozek	Stanislaw Swatowski	Boguslaw Gierajewski	Jerzy Kowalski
3. Italy	3:09.8	Giuseppe Bommarito	Mario Fraschini	Nerio Fossati	Renato Panciera
4. Belgium	3:15.1	Marcel Lambrechts	Josef Lambrechts	Louis DeClerck	Roger Moens
5. Luxembourg		Roger Bofferding	Felix Heuertz	Norbert Haupert	Ramon Humbert

Heat 3	Time	Ath.1	Ath.2	Ath.3	Ath.4
1. Switzerland	3:10.7	Rene Weber	Ernst Zaugg	Hansrudi Bruder	Christian Waegli
2. South Africa	3:16.1	Edward Jefferys	Edgar Davis	Gordon Day	Malcolm C. Spence
3. Great Britain	3:20.3	Barry Jackson	Malcolm Yardley	John Wrighton	Robbie Brightwell
-. Greece	DNF	Leonidas Kormalis	Constantinos Morayemos	Evangelos Depastas	Vasilios Syllis
-. Uganda	DNS

Heat 4	Time	Ath.1	Ath.2	Ath.3	Ath.4
1. United States	3:10.4	Jack Yerman	Earl Young	Glenn Davis	Otis Davis
2. Ghana	3:10.5	William Quaye	James Addy	Frederick Owusu	John Asare Antwi
3. Sweden	3:10.7	Hans-Olof Johansson	Per-Owe Trollsas	Lennart Jonsson	Alf Pettersson
4. Czechoslovakia	3:11.2	Zdenek Vana	Jaromir Slegr	Jaroslav Jiranek	Josef Trousil
5. Soviet Union	3:12.1	Konstantin Grachev	Boris Kriunov	Vladimir Polianichev	Arnold Maculevich

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