Men 4x100m Relay Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - -- November - Gold Medal:
Finaltime
FinalTimeAth.1Ath.2Ath.3Ath.4
1. United States39.5sThane BakerLeamon KingBobby Joe MorrowIra Murchison
2. Soviet Union39.8sLeonid BartenevYuri KonovalovVladimir SoukharevBoris Tokarev
3. Germany40.3sHeinz FuttererManfred GermarLothar KnorzerLeonhard Pohl
4. Italy40.3sGiovanni ChiselliFranco GalbiatiLuigi GnocchiVincenzo Lombardo
5. Great Britain40.6sKenneth BoxRoy SandstromDavid SegalBrian Shenton
6. Poland40.6sZenom BaranowskiMarian FoikJanusz JarzembowskiEdward Schmidt

world Men 4x100m Relay History

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000.
-- competitors from -- nations.
Semifinals
Heats
The USA were fastest in the first two rounds with times of 40.5 (40.52) and 40.3 (40.34), though the USSR was only 0.02 slower in winning the second semi-final. Ira Murchison gave the USA a slight lead on the opening leg in the final. This was extended to 4m by Leamon King’s electrifying leg, but the lead was dissipated by more than 2m because of a poor handover caused by Baker underestimating King’s speed. Baker gained a little on Konovalov, and gave Morrow a 2m advantage over Sukharev at the changeover. Morrow, carrying a thigh injury, gained no more than a metre as the USA finished with a world record of 39.5 (39.60). The USSR set a European record of 39.8 (39.83), Germany overhauled Italy to take the bronze medal.

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