1936, 4x100m, men, olympic games, berlin

Date 8 august 1936 / 9 august 1936
final
rank name nation time 1 jesse owens; ralph metcalfe; foy draper; frank wykoff usa 39 8 2 orazio mariani; gianni caldana; elio ragni; tullio gonnelli ita 41 1 3 wilhelm leichum; erich borchmeyer; erwin gillmeister; gerd hornberger ger 41 2 4 juan lavenas; antonio sande; carlos hofmeister; tomas beswick arg 42 2 5 samuel richardson; bruce humber; lee orr; howard mcphee can 42 7 6 tjeerd boersma; wijnand van beveren; christiaan berger; martinus osendarp ned marty glickman and sam stoller, two american jews, were members of the u s 4x100m relay team in the 1936 summer olympics in berlin both travelled to germany and spent two weeks practicing as part of the relay team but, the day before they were scheduled to compete they were replaced on the team by foy draper and frank wykoff