Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4x100 metre relay; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 9 (heats, final)
Competitors	from 15 nations
Teams	15
Winning time	39.8
Medalists
	← 1932 1948 →

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeple	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 9. The United States team of Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff won in a world record time of 39.8. Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, both Jewish, were originally slated to compete in the American relay team but were unexpectedly replaced by Owens and Metcalfe.

Results

The fastest two teams in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Rank	Name	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Draper, Frank Wykoff	40.0	=WR
2	Italy	Mariani, Caldana, Ragni, Gonnelli	41.1
3	23x15px South Africa	Eric Grimbeek, Pat Dannaher, Tom Lavery, Marthinus Theunissen	41.7
4	Finland	Toivo Ahjopalo, Toivo Sariola, Palle Virtanen, Aki Tammisto	42.0
	Japan	Takayoshi Yoshioka, Monta Suzuki, B. Taniguchi, Masao Yazawa		DSQ