Final time ____________________ 1. United States 3:16.6 WR Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath 2. France 3:20.7 Charles Lelong, Robert Schurrer, Pierre Failliot, Charles Poulenard 3. Great Britain 3:23.2 George Nicol, Ernest Henley, James Soutter, Cyril Seedhouse
First time this event was held! Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000. 28 competitors from 7 nations.
World Record: 3:18.2 United States (Harry Schaaf, Harry Gissing, James Rosenberger, Mel Sheppard) New York, United States September 4, 1911 The British squad, running in the first semifinal, set the best time of the semifinal round with 3:19.0 minutes. It was bettered by the Americans in the final, as they took the gold medal and set a new world record in 3:16.6.
Winners of each of 3 Semis advanced to Final.
Semi 1 time ____________________ 1. Great Britain 3:19.0 OR George Nicol, Ernest Henley, James Soutter, Cyril Seedhouse 2. Canada 3:22.2 Mel Brock, John Howard, Thomas Gallon, John Tait
Semi 2 time ____________________ 1. United States 3:23.3 Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath 2. Germany 3:28.5 Hanns Braun, Max Herrmann, Heinrich Burkowitz, Erich Lehmann
Semi 3 time ____________________ 1. France 3:22.5 Charles Lelong, Robert Schurrer, Pierre Failliot, Charles Poulenard 2. Sweden 3:25.0 Paul Zerling, John Dahlin, Eric Lindholm, Knut Stenborg 3. Hungary 3:29.4 Ervin Szerelemhegyi, Ödön Bodor, István Déván, Frigyes Wiesner
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