Men 4x100m Relay Athletics VII Olympic Games Antwerp, Belgium 1920 - -- August - Gold Medal:
Final
Time
Ath.1
Ath.2
Ath.3
Ath.4
1. United States
42.2s
2. France
42.6s
3. Sweden
42.9s
4. Great Britain
43.1s
5. Denmark
43.5s
6. Luxembourg
43.9s
LUX Jean Colbach, Paul Hammer, Jean Proess, Alex Servais
France and the USA won the heats, both clocking 43.0. In the final, the
USA led off with Paddock, the 100m winner, and took an early lead.
Their baton passing was inferior to that of the French, but their speed
more than made up for it, and they ran out the winners by 3m in a new
world record of 42.2, a tenth better than Germany’s time from
Stockholm.
